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Unable to mount NFS export when client does not match any export-policy rules

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Last Updated:
4/30/2025, 12:53:54 PM

Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFS
  • CVO

Issue

  • NFS clients are unable to mount the exported volume or qtree
  • Client error: Permission denied and/or access denied by server while mounting and/or mount.nfs: Operation not permitted
  • Running the export-policy check-access command shows that the client was denied on Rule Index 0

Example Volume:

::*> export-policy check-access -vserver vs_name -volume vol_name -client-ip 10.41.xx.xxx -authentication-method sys -protocol nfs3 -access-type read-write
                             Policy    Policy     Rule
Path              Policy     Owner     Owner Type Index  Access
----------------- ---------- --------- ---------- ------ ----------
/                 default    svm_root  volume         11 read
/oracle          oracle_policy oracle  volume         0  denied
2 entries were displayed.

Example Qtree:

::> export-policy check-access -vserver shruti -volume test_asa -client-ip 10.216.41.xx -authentication-method sys -protocol nfs3 -access-type read-write  -qtree test_asa_qtree
                                         Policy    Policy       Rule
Path                          Policy     Owner     Owner Type  Index Access
----------------------------- ---------- --------- ---------- ------ ----------
/                             test1      shru_svm_root
                                                   volume          1 read
/test_asa                     default    test_asa  volume          5 read
/test_asa/test_asa_qtree      qtree_policy
                                         test_asa_qtree
                                                   qtree           0 denied
3 entries were displayed.

 

 

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