Why do I receive the error 'mount: can't get address for <server name>' in /var/log/messages?
Issue
- The following error appears in
/var/log/messages
accompanied by the inability to mount or connect to NFS shares. - The following error appears when issuing the
mount
command.
mount: can't get address for <server name>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Mounting NFSv3 or v4 shares
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