Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:38:06 -0400 From: Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd@sentinelchicken.net> To: Daniel Sammut <daniel.s@manuscript-els.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Automount Message-ID: <20050811153806.GB2745@sentinelchicken.net> In-Reply-To: <1123490183.607.11.camel@localhost.manuscript> References: <20050807202424.ACB6416A422@hub.freebsd.org> <1123490183.607.11.camel@localhost.manuscript>
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On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 12:36:23PM +0400, Daniel Sammut wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 20:24 +0000, > > freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 05:01:40PM +0400, Daniel Sammut wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I am fairly new to FreeBSD having only used it for about a month. I am > > > > using FreeBSD 5.4 release. > > > > > > > > I have recently got round to setting up amd. I followed the instructions > > > > to do this on a website I found - > > > > http://renaud.waldura.com/doc/freebsd/automounting.txt > > > > > > > > > > > > After following the instructions, and rebooting the machine, I notice > > > > that my logs give these messages: > > > > > > > > > > > > nfs send error 49 for server pid357@freya:/host > > > > nfs server pid357@freya:/host: not responding > > > > > > > > > > > > and typing "amq" gives this message: > > > > > > > > amq: localhost: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to send > > > > > > > > > > > > I double checked my setup of amd, and that I followed the instructions > > > > exactly. Everything seems correct. > > > > > > > > I have actually set up amd successfully using the same instructions on > > > > another computer on which I installed FreeBSD 5.4. > > > > > > > > What do you think the problem could be? > > > > > > > > > > Are your trying to automount an NFS server? Are you sure you have /etc/exports > > > set up correctly on the NFS server to allow access from the client in question? > > > > > > -Jason > > > > > > > Hi Jason, > > No, I am not trying to automount an NFS server. I am only trying to > automount the cdrom and floppy drives. > > I have successfully set up NFS between the problem computer (server) and > a laptop. I did have problems setting up NFS as I had to manually start > nfsd despite having nfs_server_enable="YES" in my rc.config In the end I > had to insert the line nfsd_enable="YES" in rc.config which I thought > was strange as this is not documented anywhere else. Using this method, > nfs works but amd does not despite following the howto mentioned in the > link in my previous post. > > This computer is a family machine so I need to make it as simple as > possible to use, hence the need for amd! > > Any help would be very gratefully received. Did you manage to get this solved? -Jason
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