NFS Mounting, client credentials too weak

[Joachim Dagerot]

On 2005-01-26 Kris Kennaway  wrote:

On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:40:58PM +0100, Joachim Dagerot wrote:
>> 
>> On 2005-01-26 Kris Kennaway  wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:25:08AM +0100, Colin J. Raven wrote:
>> >> On Jan 25 at 12:04, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 12:39:59PM +0100, Joachim Dagerot wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm trying to mount from a freeSBIE system (freeBSD 5.3) to my freeBSD
>> >> >> server (5.1) when I get the errormessage: RPCPROG_MNT: RPC: 
>> >> >> Authentication error; why = Client credential too weak.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What can I do?
>> >> >
>> >> > Try to mount as root, not a nonprivileged user.
>> >> 
>> >> Unfortunately I ran into the same situation concerning the error message 
>> >> above. I *was* root when it happened. I thought perhaps the problem was
>> >> that I was *su'd* to root, so I connected a monitor to the client, 
>> >> logged in *as* root then tried to mount the remote share (from my office 
>> >> server). Still the same result.
>> >
>> >> To further complicate (or simplify) things, *both* machines are 
>> >> 5.3-RELEASE, and in fact the machines themselves are as close to clones 
>> >> of one another as you can get. I mention this because inconsistencies 
>> >> between local conditions on both machines thus becomes a non-issue.
>> >
>> >What two machines?  Above you said one is a FreeSBIE-based 5.3 system
>> >and the other a 5.1 system.
>> 
>> I am me and me is Joachim. Colin is Colin and never shall their system be mixed up.
>
>OK, thanks for clarifying :-)
>
>Are you running the full set of nfs daemons on client and server
>(nfs_server_enable/nfs_client_enable in rc.conf)?

My problem is solved, well - I can mount as root, just as you described.