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From: Justen Stepka <raistlin@ecp.net>
To: Paulo Menezes <pm@dee.uc.pt>
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Subject: Re: nfs problem
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On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Paulo Menezes wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> After last rebuild of the nfs server running 2.2.1 (ctm 226), the clients
> are unable to use mounted fs.
> They seem to be able to mount the fs but can do nothing with it.
> On the server I have the following messages
> 
> NFS request from unprivileged port (193.136.205.41:1236)
> NFS request from unprivileged port (193.136.205.41:1236)
> NFS request from unprivileged port (193.136.205.41:1236)
> NFS request from unprivileged port (193.136.205.41:1236)
> NFS request from unprivileged port (193.136.205.41:1327)
> NFS request from unprivileged port (193.136.205.41:1327)
> NFS request from unprivileged port (193.136.205.41:1327)
> 
> Is this a known problem, or it is just a gift I received.

I got the same problem and I screamed :). All that you need to do is use
mountd -n on the server. FreeBSD doesn't use secure ports by default and
this make allow the non secure port request.