[Sussex] Re: Setting up a simple home network

[Captain Redbeard]

 >John Crowhurst wrote:
 >
 >Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 on Machine 1 to read:...

I'll have to assume that you made a slight error here. 
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 is a script file but the lines you told 
me to enter looked more like a config file. 
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf is probably what you meant.  This 
has been altered as you stated though the syntax of the 
default file was IPADDR[0]=...  Does it make a difference 
without the "[0]" if there is only one NIC?

 >Then you can type:
 >
 >/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1

Done.

 >You need to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2 to get NFS working, as 
 >the services
 >are commented out by default, remove the # from the 
 >beginning of these
 >lines to start NFS:...

The lines you mentioned do not exist on my system, however 
there is a similar entry to start /etc/rc.d/rc.portmap which 
is another script file that starts the binary file 
/sbin/rpc/portmap.  This was already uncommented by default, 
as were the rc.nfsd line and the mount commands so I didn't 
need to change these.

I then added the following line to /etc/fstab on the client:


templeofthebeard.homenet:/home/public /home/public nfs 
defaults 0 0


And for good measure ran "/etc/rc.d/rd.inet2" on both 
machines.  It ran OK on the server but the client warned me 
that rc.portmap was not executable!  I had to make this file 
executable and re-ran "/etc/rc.d/rd.inet2" but now it's 
telling me:


mount: templeofthebeard.homenet:/home/public failed, reason
given by server: Permission denied


i.e. all that work for nothing.  Now what?

Sorry for being such a nuisance, I really do appreciate all 
your help.  This is one reason of the main reasons why I 
choose Linux.




Captain Redbeard

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