From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 4 20:40:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from linum.cofc.edu (linum.cofc.edu [153.9.35.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1DBB1525B for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 20:40:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from astrand@linum.cofc.edu) Received: (from astrand@localhost) by linum.cofc.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA00563; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 23:40:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from astrand) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: natd coexisting with rpc.statd+nfs From: Allan Strand Date: 04 Jan 2000 23:40:43 -0500 Message-ID: <86aemlrv04.fsf@linum.cofc.edu> Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.070084 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.84) XEmacs/20.4 (Emerald) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm exploring different LAN configurations and one possibility requires a firewall (running natd/ipfw to connect the LAN to a semi-protected network) to also act as an NFS server to a couple of machines on the LAN. I can see that this might present security problems, yet I am curious as to its general feasibility. I've tried to set it up, but have run into a situation where rpc.statd hangs on the boot. Haven't even made it to the NFS server portion. Can anyone provide some suggestions? THX, A. -- Allan E. Strand stranda@cofc.edu, http://linum.cofc.edu Department of Biology Phone: (843) 953-8085 College of Charleston Fax: (843) 953-5453 Charleston, SC 29424 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message