In RHEL 6.1, unable to mount localhost or 127.0.0.1 when exports with IP address or hostname

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Issue

  • Unable to mount localhost or 127.0.0.1 when exports with IP address or hostname.
  • Mounting the localhost host name will fail when the explicit 127.0.0.1 IP address is used in the export in /etc/exports.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.1
  • nfs-utils < nfs-utils-1.2.3-36

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