Re: Having trouble with MOUNT *NFS

[mlazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Vern,

 Thanks.  That also might be an issue.  I explicitly put in the remote 
(Windows) IP address.

 At least that's an easy one for me to check out/resolve.  It's also 
not a requirement that I would have expected.

 -mark

On 1/10/2016 8:41 AM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> Hi again
>
> Rob is saying that DEVELOP.DOMAIN.COM refers to your IBM i - which IP 
> address did you specify explicitly?
>
> There are a couple settings when you run CFGTCP - one sets the domain, 
> the other the host name of your IBM i. Then there is an option to set 
> things in your local IBM i host table, right? He is saying you need an 
> entry there (or in your local DNS server) for the combination of your 
> IBM i host name and its domain.
>
> HTH
> Vern
>
> On 1/10/2016 12:26 AM, mlazarus wrote:
> > Rob,
> >
> >  I was a bit confused by the mention of the DEVELOP.DOMAIN.COM data 
> > in the message, too.  But I tried it with the explicit IP address, 
> > too, with the same result.
> >
> >  -mark
> >
> > On 1/8/2016 3:16 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > Sometimes the attempts to obfuscate things can really mess us up.  For
> > > example I see:
> > > MFS('RMTSYSTEM:/SharedFolder')
> > > and I see
> > > host DEVELOP.DOMAIN.COM
> > > in the error message.
> > >
> > > Maybe, just maybe, nfs is appending the domain from CFGTCP, 12 on to 
> > > your
> > > host name if you don't specify one?  And maybe that's not in your hosts
> > > file?
> > >
> > > Once again, I tend to believe that host files are the tools of the 
> > > devil.
> > > Maybe NFS doesn't support host files?  That would be a little weird, 
> > > but
> > > it would give me a nice sadistic grin.
> > >
> > >
> > > Rob Berendt