i'm having rcp problems with nfs. unfortuneately, i have now idea what rcp is.
ONe of the machines gets a response of # /etc/init.d/netstd_nfs start Starting remote filesystem services: nfsd mountd ugidd pcnfsd bwnfsd rpc: RPC: U nable to receive; errno = Connection refused while starting ( i tried manually doing it). however, it happily mounts the other--manually, not automatically. i have the following fstab: <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 0 1 /dev/hda1 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2 pc3138.econ:/ /pc3138.econ nfs defaults 0 3 but i have to manually mount. i can't mount the other direction, though: # mount -t nfs pc3140.econ:/ /pc3140.econ/ rpc mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused both are mountable by ALL: .iastate.edu in hosts.allow. help ! :) rick more particularly, what does this rpc stuff mean: