Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a Workgroup
Sharing Files and Applications via NFS and ftp
Chapter 4404
Troubleshooting NFS
Table 4-2
Problem What To Do
Individual client can’t
import from one or
more servers
Check the following on the client:
• Verify that the local directory exists on the client. If it does
not exist, create it using mkdir. For example:
mkdir /opt/adobe
• LAN cable intact and connected, and all connections are live.
• /etc/hosts exists and has “Requisite Entries” on page 407.
• /etc/fstab exists and has “Requisite Entries” on page 407,
and the entries still point to valid directories on the server.
• /etc/resolv.conf exists and has “Requisite Entries” on
page 407 (DNS only)
• /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf has NFS_CLIENT=1
Check the file directly, or check in SAM that NFS_CLIENT is
enabled (see “Using SAM to Import a File System” on
page 399).
Check on the servers that the directories the client is trying to
import exist and are listed in /etc/exports, and that the client
has permission to import them. See Step 3 under “Using the
Command Line to Export a File System” on page 395.