Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:36:45 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: x_patriot paracetamol <xparacetamol@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpc error on nfs Message-ID: <20050411203645.GA2905@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <5148d13405041021293a1a97fe@mail.gmail.com> References: <5148d13405041021293a1a97fe@mail.gmail.com>
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in message <5148d13405041021293a1a97fe@mail.gmail.com>,
wrote x_patriot paracetamol thusly...
>
> when i try to mount NFS on my machine,.. error messages appear
> like :
>
> "NFS Portmap: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to send"
>
> what was wrong on my system..?
For starters, search Google. I did, and solved my own similar
problems. Check list comes down to ...
- Server & client both have IP addresses such that they can find
each other. (In my case, dhclient(8) cannot get an IP address
after boot up; i had to start it manually on 4.x.)
- Portmapper/Rpcbind(8) is running on client & server.
- Nfsd(8) is registered with portmapper/rpcbind.
- Mountd(8) is listening on a port not blocked by a firewall. (In
my case, mountd was opening a random port for which there was no
allowance in the firewall. Now i start mountd with a port that
is open in firewall.)
- At the end, make sure above is as intended by use of rpcinfo(8) (on
5.x; don't know similar command on 4.x).
I could have replied just "more information" or not at all to your
post (since you have not provided much information), but i send it to
be committed to archive for my own future benefit.
- Parv
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