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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 08:42:29 -0600
From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>
To: e9203125@linf.unb.br
Cc: amnuay@comnet.spu.ac.th, questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <3180F613.2D9B@linf.unb.br> (message from Alex Carlos Braga Antao
	on Fri, 26 Apr 1996 09:13:07 -0700)
Subject: Re: NFS server error
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>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Carlos Braga Antao <e9203125@linf.unb.br> writes:

    Alex> clnttcp_create: RPC: error: RPC protmapper failure
    Alex> clnttcp_create: RPC: error: RPC protmapper failure
    Alex> clnttcp_create: RPC: error: RPC protmapper failure

I bet it's saying *portmapper* failure ... but anyway, is your
`portmap' starting correctly?  After system starts up, log in, and run

	ps aux | grep '[p]ortmap'

If nothing shows up, then the portmapper isn't starting.  Check to
make sure /usr/sbin/portmap exists.

If it does show up, then run

	rpcinfo -p

and see if you get a list of registered clients.  If you get an error,
you might not have a loopback route.  In that case, make sure
/etc/sysconfig has

	network_interfaces="lo0 ..."
	static_routes="loopback"

Other entries may appear in these two entries.  Just make sure ``lo0''
is network_interfaces and ``loopback'' is in static_routes.  Also, you
need

	ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost"

and

	route_loopback="${hostname} localhost"

-- 
Sean Kelly                          
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory    kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA                http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/