ab@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Alan Butcher) (03/19/90)
SYSTEMS: VAXserver 3900 with ULTRIX-32 V3.0 hostname: a YPSLAVE to sun system
SUN 4/260 with SUNOS 4.0.3 hostname: h YPMASTER
Both are NFS servers and clients, there are no known problem with the
mounts from the Ultrix machine to the SUN machine.
PROBLEM 1)
I am able to mount files systems on the Ultrix machine from the Sun
machine at boot time from the standard rc.local file with no error, but
any attempt to access the files systems results in the following error
NFS geattr failed for server a: RPC: Authentication error
PROBLEM 2)
If I attempt to mount the file system after boot is complete I get the
following error
mount a:/usr00 server not responding: RPC: Authentication error; why = Invalid client credential
mount: giving up on:
/mnt
QUESTIONS:
1) Anyone have a solution? (I HOPE FOR AN EASY FIX)
2) What are the causes of RPC authentication error
3) Any suggestions on an approach to the problem, I have tryed most everything.
Alan Butcher
ab@cerc.wvu.wvnet.eduab@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Alan Butcher) (03/24/90)
> PROBLEM 1) > I am able to mount files systems on the Ultrix machine from the Sun > machine at boot time from the standard rc.local file with no error, but > any attempt to access the files systems results in the following error > > NFS geattr failed for server a: RPC: Authentication error > PROBLEM 2) > If I attempt to mount the file system after boot is complete I get the > following error > > mount a:/usr00 server not responding: RPC: Authentication error; why = Invalid client credential > mount: giving up on: > /mnt Thanks to all of you for your responses offering solutions to the problem. The cause of the problem was that there is a limit of 8 (eight) groups under the Ultrix 3.0 system and reducing the number of groups to less than 8 solved the problem. This solved both problems 1 & 2. An old groups file that needed badly to be cleaned up. Alan Butcher ab@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu