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munn <munn@umd.edu> writes:

> I am trying to NFS connect to a server machine using mount_nfs.  I get
> the following message
> 
> RPCPROG_NFS: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC:  Unable to receive. An
> 'identical' machine connects without a message and the mount works.
> 
> Does anybody know what the message means and how to make it go away?
> 
> All machines are running 5.4-STABLE

Stable as of when?
There was a bug in -STABLE last week which could explain this.
If you updated the problematic machine last week, do it again now.