From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 29 13:52:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EF3237B401 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2003 13:52:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [64.8.50.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8500844003 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2003 13:52:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com ([24.53.179.151]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.32 201-253-122-126-132-20030307) with ESMTP id <20030629205247.SRCF1347.mta10.adelphia.net@potentialtech.com>; Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:52:47 -0400 Message-ID: <3EFF519E.7090901@potentialtech.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:52:46 -0400 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030429 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rod Person References: <20030629113149.0a9d858c.rod.person@hotpop.com> In-Reply-To: <20030629113149.0a9d858c.rod.person@hotpop.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: NFS - Problem 2 today, NFSPROC_NULL error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 20:52:48 -0000 Rod Person wrote: > ok, > > when trying to make a nfs connect to the server, I get the following > error. > > NFSPROC_NULL: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused > > Nothing is written in /var/messages on the server. So I'm not sure what > to do. > > I tried starting nfsiod on the client and still the same error. I'm > assuming this is a client problem and not a server problem. > > Googling this error return nothing of use. So I'm stuck at what to look > at now. > > The Client is a FreeBSD 4.8-stable laptop and the Server is 4.7. IPFW rules on the server? Is the /etc/exports file on the server configured to deny certain hosts? Try running nmap from the client to see if it sees ports 111, 1022, 1023 open. If not, it's a packet filter somewhere or the required services aren't running. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com