If the /etc/exports file exports a directory to an IP address, and a PTR record exists for that IP in DNS, mounting that export from the specified machine fails. Changing the IP address to the DNS name in the exports file and restarting the NFS server causes the mount to succeed.
assigned to johnsonm
Is this problem still existant in Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 8.0? I could not duplicate this at home with 8.0 but my test environment is not extensive.
Get serious! I reported this bug three years ago, as a good faith gesture. I don't use RH7.0 anymore -- I don't even use NFS anymore. Either the bug's been fixed, or it is still there. If you're conscientious, you'll check - which means finding out why it failed in the first place, and when/how it got fixed. Putting the onus on me, after three years, to do your QA for you -- "ooh, I need more information from the customer, or I'm helpless" -- is a bit much. Assuming that everything's OK just because you can't reproduce on the current release is sloppy. While I recognize that the person now asking for more info probably isn't the one who has ignored the bug report these long years, I also recognize a cop-out when I see one. 'Scuse the flame, but thinking about the 'net three years ago made me nostalgic.
Unable to reproduce in current release