Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:33:26 +0100 From: Alexander Frolkin <alexander@frolkin.demon.co.uk> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmap strangeness Message-ID: <20000425233326.A5755@gamma> In-Reply-To: <200004251932.UAA31667@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers on Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 08:32:48PM %2B0100 References: <alexander@frolkin.demon.co.uk> <200004251932.UAA31667@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 08:32:48PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 10:10:22PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 10:06:21AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > > > > In /usr/src/usr.sbin/portmap, can you > > > > > > > > > > cc -o from_local -DTEST from_local.c > > > > > ./from_local > > > > > > > > > > and see how this compares to the output of ifconfig -a ? If this > > > > > finds all the interface addresses after lp0, then there *should* be > > > > > no problems. > > > > > > > > I've done that, and I get the addresses of all the interfaces which are 'up' > > > > listed correctly, however portmap only works when lp0 is also up. (This is > > > > the first interface in ifconfig -a, if that makes a difference). from_local > > > > shows the address of lp0, when it is up, as 0.0.0.0, which is correct since > > > > the address isn't set because I'm not using the interface at the moment. > > > > > > Well, I think the next step(s) are to ensure that portmap is > > > LISTENing to *.111 and then to use tcpdump to see what address the > > > nfs stuff is coming from - without lp0 being IFF_UP. > > > > With lp0 down, netstat shows that portmap is listening on *.111, but there > > is no RPC traffic in tcpdump -ilo0 when I run mountd and nfsd. > > > > With lp0 up, netstat shows the same, but there is some sunrpc traffic on > > lo0, when the services register. > > > > > > Also, I've noticed that if the system boots with lp0 down I can bring lp0 up > > and then down again, and the services will register (this is without > > restarting portmap). > > So it looks like a problem with the rpc library ? Have you got ``::1 > localhost'' in /etc/hosts ? If so, try removing it to see if the > problem is that portmap isn't ip6 aware. No, I only have the ip4 address. I'll see if the problem goes away when I next make world. For now, I can add ifconfig_lp0="up" to my rc.conf, and it will work. Thanks, Alexander. > > Thanks, > > > > Alexander > > > > > It sounds like portmap is failing to identify the address as being > > > local.... > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Alexander. > > > > > > Cheers. > > -- > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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