/etc/exports is not giving the intended permissions.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Issuing the touch command against a read-write mounted NFS share results in the following error:
# touch test
touch: cannot touch `test': Read-only file system
  • The NFS client is mounting the NFS share as read-write:
server.example.com:/share   /share         nfs     rw              0 0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (NFS Server)
  • EMC Unisphere (NFS Server)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (NFS Client)

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