From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Myers Subject: Re: nfs connection refuse Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 11:23:45 -0400 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3F48D881.1090804@comcast.net> References: Reply-To: rmyers@rustuck.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from [204.127.202.55] (helo=sccrmhc11.comcast.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19qwiw-0005Tb-00 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:24:10 -0700 To: will supat In-Reply-To: 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: will supat wrote: > I set up nfs on redhat linux 9. I created dir and mount locally, It’s > work. But when I try to mount remotely from another redhat linux 9, I > got error message RPC: connection refuse. I can ping both ways. I also > replace host name with the IP address to eliminate DNS problem. But I > still get the same error message. > > Please suggest what else I need to do to resolve this error message. > You probably need to punch some holes in your firewalls. In fact you will pretty much need to allow the two machines to exchange information on any port they want, since the RedHat portmapper can put NFS communication on nearly any port. You will probably want to read about securing NFS in the RedHat Linux Security Guide. RM ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here:http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/358/0 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs