Greetings nate, I followed your advice with results as follows:
## started portmap daemon grommit:/etc/init.d 00:18:01==>SUPER: /etc/init.d/portmap start Starting portmap daemon: portmap. grommit:/etc/init.d 00:18:08==>SUPER: rpcinfo -p rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: rpcinfo: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Broken pipe Similar error to that received when installing nfs-server ... ## starting nfs-common grommit:/etc/init.d 00:18:34==>SUPER: /etc/init.d/nfs-common start Starting NFS common utilities: statd lockd. grommit:/etc/init.d 00:18:48==>SUPER: rpcinfo -p rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: rpcinfo: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Broken pipe Same error as above ... hmmm Is there any way that either portsentry or ipchains is interfering with communication? I've attempted to install with portsentry stopped, but haven't yet tried to alter my ~limited~ chains scripts. Also, while problem solving I've: 1 checked inetd.conf for RPC services and restarted it with them commented out. Result: no change 2 Re-started inetd with RPC services enabled (that is the hash marks removed) Result: no change I've also removed xinetd as it didn't convert all active services listed in inetd when it was installed (as it ~appears~ to in the conf messages). Thanks for the suggestions. On 04-05-03, nate transmitted the following; % C-Cose Masters said: % % > Starting NFS servers:Cannot register service: RPC: Unable to % > receive; errno = Connection refused % % make sure portmap and nfs-common are running: ... snip of portmap output ... % sounds like portmapper is not running to me % % nate C-Cose -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]