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Svetlana Belkin
Asked: 2016-08-12 12:21:43 +0800 CST

How to mount from an IP address using NFS?

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I have a Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit home server and I followed this guide to set up the NFS server. My problem is that I'm trying to connect (on my desktop) to it via IP address as the code below:

sudo mount 192.168.1.126/exports /local/ubuntu

But when I do, I get this:

mount: special device 192.168.1.126/exports does not exist

Is there a way to connect via IP address only or do you must have a domain and an address?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You are missing a colon (:) after the remote server IP:

    sudo mount 192.168.1.126:/exports /local/ubuntu

    Assuming the remote server (192.168.1.126) has exported /exports and you are mounting it on /local/ubuntu.

    Although, the preferred solution is to add the mount in /etc/fstab so that you do not have to mount it manually everytime. Also nfs provides a whole bunch of options while mounting, these provide more finer control over the mount, look at man 5 nfs.

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