From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Dickson Subject: Re: How does lockd work when specifying mountd port. Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:23:43 -0500 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3E2DC86F.2070508@4Dicksons.org> References: <871y3fwmh8.fsf@prium.net> <3E2CB6DF.8050409@4Dicksons.org> <87k7gyzi6i.fsf@prium.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from nat-pool-rdu.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200] helo=lacrosse.corp.redhat.com) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18b6n4-0008Nt-00 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:22:42 -0800 To: Erik Enge , nfs@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <87k7gyzi6i.fsf@prium.net> Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: it turns out with RH8.0 (maybe earlier versions as well) you can specify the port at insmod time by setting nlm_udpport or nlm_tcpport You can also sett nlm_grace_period and nlm_timeout as well... Erik Enge wrote: >Steve Dickson writes: > > > >>Lockd gets an enumerated port number and then registers >>it with the portmapper. Then processes ask portmapper >>(or rpcbind if your talking to Solaris) for the port. so you will >>have to open up the port after lockd has started. IMHO, This may not >>be too wise to opening up all these ports, >>you might want to think of using a VPN or SSH.... >> >> > >Thanks for your reply. > >Is there no way I can specify this port and have all processes use the >same port and then open only that one through the firewall? > >I guess this means that I'm not using lockd at the moment. Not >devastating considering we have virtually only one NFS client. > >Erik. > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Scholarships for Techies! Can't afford IT training? All 2003 ictp students receive scholarships. Get hands-on training in Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, Linux/UNIX, and more. www.ictp.com/training/sourceforge.asp _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs