Unable to mount NFS share getting error "mount.nfs4: an incorrect mount option was specified".
Issue
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Unable to mount NFS share getting error "mount.nfs4: an incorrect mount option was specified".
# mount -t nfs server:/nfs /mnt -vvv mount.nfs: timeout set for Fri Apr 30 12:19:35 2021 mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'logging=0,vers=4.2,addr=192.168.122.1,clientaddr=192.168.122.2' mount.nfs: mount(2): Invalid argument mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'logging=0,vers=4,minorversion=1,addr=192.168.122.1,clientaddr=192.168.122.2' mount.nfs: mount(2): Invalid argument mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'logging=0,vers=4,addr=192.168.122.2,clientaddr=192.168.122.2' mount.nfs: mount(2): Invalid argument mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'logging=0,addr=192.168.122.2' mount.nfs: prog 100003, trying vers=3, prot=6 mount.nfs: portmap query retrying: RPC: Timed out mount.nfs: prog 100003, trying vers=3, prot=17 mount.nfs: portmap query failed: RPC: Timed out mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified -
Dmesg logs reports
nfs: Unknown parameter:[Wed May 20 16:06:15 2026] nfs: Unknown parameter 'fatal_neterrors' [Wed May 20 16:06:18 2026] nfs: Unknown parameter 'fatal_neterrors' [Wed May 20 16:06:18 2026] nfs: Unknown parameter 'fatal_neterrors' [Wed May 20 16:06:18 2026] nfs: Unknown parameter 'fatal_neterrors'
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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