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> Hi
> I have nfs server and client, both RH5.0, and I cant mount an nfs filesystem
> from one to another.
> the /etc/exports on nfssrv is:

> /nfsdir  *(rw,no_root_squash)

> and when I try to mount:

> /mountdir
> mount: nfssrv:/nfsdir failed, reason given by server: Permission denied

> what going on here???
> any idea will be highly appreciated!
> thanks,
> Johnny El

>> Hi
>> I have nfs server and client, both RH5.0, and I cant mount an nfs
filesystem
>> from one to another.
>> the /etc/exports on nfssrv is:

>> /nfsdir  *(rw,no_root_squash)

>> and when I try to mount:

>> /mountdir
>> mount: nfssrv:/nfsdir failed, reason given by server: Permission denied

>> what going on here???
>> any idea will be highly appreciated!
>> thanks,
>> Johnny El

>text from `man exports`
>Machine Name Format
>   single host
>   ....
>   netgroups
>        ....
>   wildcards (you have using it)
>        Machine names may contain the wildcard characters * and ?. This
>can be used to make the exports file more compact; for instance,
>*.cs.foo.edu matches all hosts in the domain cs.foo.edu. However,
>these wildcard characters do not match the dots in a domain name, so
>the above pattern does not include hosts such as a.b.cs.foo.edu.
>   IP networks
>        ....
>   =public
> ....
>end of text

>then you see, your wildcard match only localhost at all
>but i don't understand, why you need export some directory to the world
>via nfs?

> = lenin =