RHEL 6 NFS mount errors with "clnt_create: RPC: Unknown host"
Issue
- When attempting to mount an NFS share from a RHEL 6 server, the mount fails with:
clnt_create: RPC: Unknown host
- Performing a
showmount -e
on a RHEL 6 NFS server fails with:
clnt_create: RPC: Unknown host
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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