Troubleshooting

The most common errors found in setting up network filesystems are:

• Incorrect firewall settings Older versions of NFS are more difficult to check; you need to open multiple ports to do so.
• Incorrect access control settings Test from a different guest in the same network, or in a different network.
• Syntax errors in configuration files Use testparm, showmount and the like for debugging​.
• NFS: showmount -e <SERVER>
• SMB: smbclient