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NFS between Sun SP and Linux

Whenever I setup an NFS share, I always forget about portmap and run into trouble with errors such as:

Error. Cannot mount remote directory.
mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused

So in addition to adding the necessary line in /etc/exports as follows:

/opt/solaris 192.168.x.x(rw,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)

You also need to configure portmap to allow the connection, using /etc/hosts.allow:

portmap : ip_of_remote_machine ip_of_this_machine

Restart both services (nfs-kernel-server and portmap) using the appropriate init.d script or using the upstart scripts, and you should be ready to go.