Mounting NFS share on RHEL, gives error "mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting"

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Issue

  • Mounting a NFS share, throws this error:

    # mount -t nfs x.x.x.x:/home/ISO1 /mnt
    mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied
    mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting x.x.x.x:/home/ISO1
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • NFS

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