NFS & NIS Login Failed

[Guest_imported]

I'm trying to connect to my Linux box via NFS with my Win98 PC. I've checked all the processes and config files and all howto checks seem to be ok. I can mount the NFS filesystem locally on the Linux box. I've tried 4 different Win98 NFS clients and they all report the same error 'NIS Login Failed'<br><br>Anybody got any ideas?

 

[Albion]

Try adding this line to /etc/exports<br><br>/mount/point xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa(rw,no_root_squash)<br><br>Now, this is _VERY_ unsecure, but if this is a home network there is no need to worry about it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>To be honest if I were you I wouldn't use NFS to connect to Linux from a Win98 station I would use Samba.&nbsp;&nbsp;Much easier to setup, much nicer when it comes to file permissions and it's free.&nbsp;&nbsp;You can also get samba binaries for other UN*X OSs if you need them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>If you need to connect to Win98 from Linux use smbmount.<br><br>Samba can be found at <br><A HREF="ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-2.0.7.tar.gz" TARGET="_new">ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-2.0.7.tar.gz</A><br>Smbmount can be found at <A HREF="ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/contributed/smbfs-2.02.tgz" TARGET="_new">ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/contributed/smbfs-2.02.tgz</A><br><br>Good luck<br><br>-cm<br><br><br>