From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 5 5:25:47 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 37A6B1531B for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 05:25:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from astrand@linum.cofc.edu) Received: (from astrand@localhost) by linum.cofc.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA01525; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 08:25:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from astrand) To: Gene Harris Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Allan Strand ] natd coexisting with rpc.statd+nfs References: From: Allan Strand Date: 05 Jan 2000 08:25:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: Gene Harris's message of "Tue, 04 Jan 2000 23:53:22 -0600 (CST)" Message-ID: <86puvg646i.fsf@linum.cofc.edu> Lines: 41 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 Gene Harris writes: > On 5 Jan 2000, Allan Strand wrote: > > > > > >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. > > > > Hmmm... In rc.network, the execution order is mountd, nfsd, > then rpc.statd. Are you starting rpc.statd from another > source? > > I use the configuration you describe on a server and have no > problems. In addition to ipfw, you might want to install > tcp_wrappers to assist with security/connection logging. > nfsd is started first on my setup as well. However, rpc.statd then hangs for a while before the boot continues. Then, when I try to mount disks on this machine from another, I get: NFS Portmap RPC: Program not Registered. I assumed that this was a problem with rpc.statd not running correctly. Thanks, 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