NFS help

Hi guys,

I am a newbie in setting up networking on linux. I am running RH8.0
now, and try to set up the NFS and RARP server to boot a remote
system.
after set up the /etc/ethers and exports file, I try to restart nfs
server using the following
/etc/init.d/nfs restart
bash: nfs: command not found

Does anyone know how to solve this?

Thanks in advance,
Laura

Laura <lili@nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:
> after set up the /etc/ethers and exports file, I try to restart nfs
> server using the following
> /etc/init.d/nfs restart
> bash: nfs: command not found

I believe RedHat put the startup scripts in "/etc/rc.d/init.d". How
about try "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart"?

>How
>about try "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart"?

I tried this one, but still same error: nfs: command not found.
Any ideas?

First make sure the NFS package is installed on the system. Second try to
locate nfs, finding where it is.

Probably it is not installed.

-Weiting

<lili@nrcan.gc.ca> wrote in message
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> >How
> >about try "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart"?
>
> I tried this one, but still same error: nfs: command not found.
> Any ideas?
>

"Laura" <lili@nrcan.gc.ca> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> I am a newbie in setting up networking on linux. I am running RH8.0
> now, and try to set up the NFS and RARP server to boot a remote
> system.
> after set up the /etc/ethers and exports file, I try to restart nfs
> server using the following
> /etc/init.d/nfs restart
> bash: nfs: command not found
>
> Does anyone know how to solve this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Laura

Laura;

NFS has not been kind to me either.

Run man nfs and learn about mount points, export files, fstab, and more.
Once you get it, let me know how it works.

:) Doug

service nfs restart

On 14 Jan 2005 12:25:04 -0800, lili@nrcan.gc.ca
<lili@nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:
>>How
>>about try "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart"?
>
> I tried this one, but still same error: nfs: command not found.
> Any ideas?
>
Are you trying to do this on the server or the client? If it's the
server, try nfsd.


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lili@nrcan.gc.ca wrote:
>>How
>>about try "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart"?
>
>
> I tried this one, but still same error: nfs: command not found.
> Any ideas?
>

Check if the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs it's there and
readable. Maybe you don't have the nfs package properly
installed.


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I tried whereis nfs and get the following info:

/usr/include/nfs /usr/share/man/man5/nfs.5.gz

however, there is no file locate in /usr/sbin/

and in the directory /usr/include/nfs , there is only a nfs.h file

What does it mean? And I tried to reinstall the nfs-utlis-*.rpm
package, it told me that it already installed. What shall I do next?
Laura

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:44:01 -0800, lili wrote:

> I tried whereis nfs and get the following info:
>
> /usr/include/nfs /usr/share/man/man5/nfs.5.gz
>
> however, there is no file locate in /usr/sbin/

I am running SuSE 9.1 and the programs for nfs are called:

/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd
/usr/sbin/rpc.mountd

They have the rpc. prefix for historical (hysterical 8^) reasons, and also
to emphasize that they are rpc (remote procedure call) services. You don't
call them directly. Instead there are startup/management scripts.

> and in the directory /usr/include/nfs , there is only a nfs.h file
>
> What does it mean? And I tried to reinstall the nfs-utlis-*.rpm
> package, it told me that it already installed. What shall I do next?
> Laura

Sounds similar to my SuSE 9.1, which has nfs-utils-1.0.6 installed.
The (new) way to start the service (by hand) in SuSE is by using:

/usr/sbin/rcnfsserver

which is actually a softlink to (the old way):

/etc/init.d/nfsserver

So, you would type:

/usr/sbin/rcnfsserver start

or (since you must be root, and root has /usr/sbin in PATH) just:

rcnfsserver start

you might also find "rcnfsserver status" useful. Don't get freaked out by
the apparent complexity. There are pretty good reasons for these
conventions. For example, the "rc" prefix is pretty standard *nix for a
startup script file. Having a <servicename> command that you can give
"start, stop, status, restart", etc. arguments is also pretty standard.

BTW, before starting up nfs, you should tell the system what you want to
export, using the "exportfs" command and/or /etc/exports file (sort of
like the /etc/fstab file, but for offering exported files).

When nfs is running, you might also find these commands useful:

/usr/sbin/showmount -a
/usr/sbin/showmount -e

Once you are sure that the server is running rpc.nfsd (and rpc.mountd,
started with it) and showmount displays the directories to be shared, then
you can go to a workstation (or the server for that matter) and try
mounting those directories to some mount point, e.g. /mnt (for testing).
For permanent mounting you should make a more meaningful permanent mount
point (e.g. /mp3 or /pub or something meaningful to you? you might want to
look at FHS = Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for hints).

You should read the man pages for nfs, exports, showmount, and the NFS
howto(s) to understand how all this works. It is not that complicated, but
there are a few things that have to work together (or nothing works).

If you have several workstations, you might also want to look into the
automounter, which can automagically mount your home directory from your
server to your workstation wherever you are. Get the basics working first.

BTW, what Linux distro are you running?

p.s. For "persistent" nfs startup at boot time, I think you need to issue
the command (as root):

chkconfig nfs on

or is it:

chkconfig nfsserver on

I'm not sure, since I normally have my NFS shares coming from Solaris.

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