mount: nfs access denied by server

Question

Am trying to mount a NFS device in my linux machine.

My /etc/fstab is like this, 192.168.0.5:/volume2/Asterisk_Recordings /var/spool/newnfs nfs rsize=32768,wsize=32768,intr,noatime 1 0

My /etc/mtab is like this, 192.168.0.5:/volume2/Asterisk_Recordings /var/spool/newnfs nfs rw,addr=192.168.0.5 0 0

I have enabled NFS in my NAS device.

When i type mount " mount -t nfs -v 192.168.0.5:/volume2/Asterisk_Recordings /var/spool/newnfs/" I get like this, mount.nfs: timeout set for Thu Aug 1 07:01:04 2013 mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4,addr=192.168.0.5,clientaddr=192.168.1.1' mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting 192.168.0.5:/volume2/Asterisk_Recordings

Any possible reasons?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This error can also occur if the /etc/hosts file on the nfs server maps the hostname of the client to an incorrect IP address, or the IP address of the client to an incorrect hostname. It is quick and easy to check, so worth doing before looking for other problems. Note that, if you do have to change any entries then the nfs-server has to be stopped and re-started, as it reads the hosts file only when it is started.