NFS mount in /etc/fstab of my QNap shares

[Thomsterdam]

Is there anyone who has successfully mounted a number of QNap shares via /etc/fstab? I have done this:
* turn on NFS access in QNap,
* configure NFS access for all shares from all computers in the network
* add lines in the computer's firewall config for connecting between the computer and the NAS
* add this line to my /etc/fstab :
* [ipadresofmyQNapNAS]/Backup /home/[myusername]/NAS/Backup nfs _netdev,auto 0 0

Then I enter: sudo mount -a
I get this error message:

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mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting [ipadresofmyQNapNAS]:/Backup

So why does the QNap still deny access?
I hope there are Linux Mint users who have tackled this. It is driving me insane.
(BTW: I'm not interested in SMB/CIFS, I need NFS).

Thanx in advance,

Peter

[catweazel]

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mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting [ipadresofmyQNapNAS]:/Backup

All we know is that you get that message, and we won't know anything more until you post your fstab, or at least the line in fstab that's causing the error.

[altair4]

* add this line to my /etc/fstab :
* [ipadresofmyQNapNAS]/Backup /home/[myusername]/NAS/Backup nfs _netdev,auto 0 0

I haven't used NFS since the Boer Wars but I don't think that is the right syntax for an NFS mount in fstab. In fact it looks like a cifs mount syntax except for the "nfs" entry.

Shouldn't the syntax be more like:
[ipadresofmyQNapNAS]:/Backup /home/[myusername]/NAS/Backup nfs <options> 0 0

[catweazel]

Shouldn't the syntax be more like:
[ipadresofmyQNapNAS]:/Backup /home/[myusername]/NAS/Backup nfs <options> 0 0

lol - my old eyes don't see code unless it's [ⅽoded]

[Thomsterdam]

Hi Catweazel, altair,
Thanx for your replies.
As you can see in the initial message, I had put this line in my fstab:

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[ipadresofmyQNapNAS]/Backup /home/[myusername]/NAS/Backup nfs _netdev,auto 0 0 

I hadn't put it between

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code

but it was all there.
Perhaps you could elaborate on the options that I should include and how I should change it to get it to work?
The problem is: it worked before with my NetGear NAS and it worked with my QNap NAS until I did a factory reset. So do you know how this works specifically with a Qnap NAS?
Thanx,

Thom

[catweazel]

Hi Catweazel, altair,
it worked with my QNap NAS until I did a factory reset.

The first thing to check is that you're exporting NFS shares to the correct IP addresses.

[Thomsterdam]

Yes it is

[catweazel]

Yes it is

Try mounting a share manually.

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mount -o vers=3 IP.Add.ress:/Network/Share/Name /mount.point

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[ipadresofmyQNapNAS]/Backup /home/[myusername]/NAS/Backup nfs _netdev,auto 0 0

There should be a colon after [ipadresofmyQNapNAS]. Try this:

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[ipadresofmyQNapNAS]:/Backup /home/[myusername]/NAS/Backup nfs defaults 0 0

Of course, /home/[myusername]/NAS/Backup must also exist.

[Thomsterdam]

Unfortunately I get the same result:

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mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting 192.168.178.44:/Backup

[catweazel]

Unfortunately I get the same result:

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mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting 192.168.178.44:/Backup

Well, apart from double-checking your machine's IP address against the shares and IP addresses that are exported on your server, I can't offer anything else, except perhaps asking you to post /etc/exports from the server.

[Thomsterdam]

Hey Catweazel,
Thanx for your efforts. I was hoping there might be someone on this forum who is familiar with both QNap NASs and Linux Mint.
Anyone?

Thanx.

[catweazel]

I was hoping there might be someone on this forum who is familiar with both QNap NASs and Linux Mint.

It's linux. Familiarity with QNAP NAS isn't required.

[altair4]

Have you seen these:

This one about how to set up the QNAP: Mount Qnap NFS Share on Linux OS

And this one from QNAP: Mounting an NFS share on Ubuntu