"Authentication error" when mounting NFS share on Red hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
- Problem mounting home directory from NFS server
[root@hostname ~]# mount -t nfs X.X.X.X:/home/username /home/username mount: mount to NFS server 'X.X.X.X' failed: RPC Error: Authentication error. - I have the IP and subnet in hosts.allow and the NFS services in hosts.deny, and when I do this I can't register the service:
# grep -v \# /etc/hosts.allow service: 192.168.1.10 255.255.255.0 # grep -v \# /etc/hosts.deny portmap:ALL lockd:ALL mountd:ALL rquotad:ALL statd:ALL- I see the following error message when trying to connect with the configuration above:
portmap[31001]: connect from 192.168.1.10 to getport(nfs): request from unauthorized host
- I see the following error message when trying to connect with the configuration above:
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- NFS clients mounting shares from an NFS server (the server can be another RHEL host or any type of NFS server).
- tcpwrappers configured with "ALL:ALL" set and uncommented in /etc/hosts.deny
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