From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Ozy Ali" Subject: Re: (no subject) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:03:12 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Received: from f97.law4.hotmail.com ([216.33.149.97] helo=hotmail.com) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 16pSG3-0007SD-00 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 03:03:23 -0800 To: trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no 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: my host.deny file is empty, and i cant locate ipchain file that u talk of. the ip that i am attempting to install from is in the host.allow file, as i read it should be in a HOWTO on NFS installation. furthermore, when i execute the rpcinfo -p command, it says portmapper is running on both tcp and udp protocols. what am i doing wrong? by the way...i am a linux newbie, so be patient with me :-) >From: Trond Myklebust >To: "Ozy Ali" >CC: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [NFS] (no subject) >Date: 22 Mar 2002 15:45:46 +0100 > > >>>>> " " == Ozy Ali writes: > > > hi, > > ive got a system running on redhat 6.2. i am attempting to > > get another 2 pcs connected up top it as a network. i am > > currently trying to install via nfs as i only have 1 cd in > > the main pc. i have trawled through many HOWTO's and tried > > their ideas. (ie. change the file etc\exports) my problem is > > no matter wot i try i always get the same message wen i boot > > up the netboot.img floppy in the 2nd pc. the error reads " i > > could not mount that directory from the server, mount: RPC: > > port mapper failure - RPC:timed out. > > > > im going out of my minds with this as ive been at it for about > > 2 weeks. any help would be greatly appreciated. > > >The error message is fairly explicit: the portmapper program >(a.k.a. "/sbin/portmap") on your server appears not to be accessible >to this client. > >Is portmap not running on the server, or is there anything in >/etc/hosts.deny or in /etc/sysconfig/ipchains for instance that might >be blocking access to that client? > >Cheers, > Trond > >_______________________________________________ >NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs