What does the message “Bad MNT RPC: RPC: Authentication error; why = Client credential too weak” mean when I try to mount something from another machine?
This problem is a standard NFS problem; it simply means that your user number is not one of the ones that can mount this NFS. Normally, you will get this message when you are trying to mount a filesystem from a machine that allows ‘root’ to mount an NFS, but limits other users. Another documented problem with “client credentials being too weak” is the dichotomy of SunOS and 4.4 based systems. SunOS, and other commercial systems, do not allow NFS commands to come in on anything but a reserved port. There are several places that need to be addressed if weak credentials are a problem. The first is the mount command. The mount itself may work, but all references to files in the NFS will fail. This is usually the most common symptom of this problem. The solution for this is to either include the ‘-o resvport’ keyword pair on the mount command, or the -P option. In addition to the resvport command on the mount, it may become important to include an NFS volume in your fstab. If this is the ca
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