Re: mount remote file system

["Jos Collin" <joscollin@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm getting the same error. But I'm able to mount a device, which is 'read-write' able

- Jos Collin

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 08/19/2008 03:53 PM, Jos Collin wrote:
>> in local machine mount it... export using nfs..
>>
>> and in remote machine mount it
>

> I can mount any other remote device using this method but not dvd. I can
> mount a remote pen drive and see the contents locally. But when I try to
> mount the dvd locally using the following command shows the error.
>
> debian:~# mount -t nfs 192.168.0.101:/root/dvddir/ laptopdvd/
> mount: 192.168.0.101:/root/dvddir/ failed, reason given by server:
> Permission denied

Is there a relevant line in /var/log/syslog of the exporting machine?

Use another mountpoint than within /root, say /media/dvddir and check
for file and directory permissions.

Johannes