Seems, authors rc.conf forgotten (or did not for some reason) to load portmap when nfs_server is marked on. Or nfsd now works without portmap ? (rc.conf unchanged: $OpenBSD: rc.conf,v 1.167 2012/04/01 18:32:51 deraadt Exp $)
# uname -a OpenBSD obsd52x64.vm.mike-i7.kmv 5.2 GENERIC.MP#5 amd64 # cat /etc/rc.conf.local nfs_server=YES # grep -rn nfsd /var/log/* /var/log/daemon:55:Oct 27 18:01:03 obsd52x64 nfsd[11977]: can't register with udp portmap /var/log/daemon:107:Oct 28 00:15:07 obsd52x64 nfsd[10408]: can't register with udp portmap /var/log/messages:371:Oct 28 00:15:07 obsd52x64 nfsd[10408]: can't register with udp portmap # rpcinfo -p 127.0.0.1 rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused P.S. searching by google gives strange result for keyword "nfs_server": http://www.google.com/search?q=%22nfs_server%22&domains=www.openbsd.org&sitesearch=www.openbsd.org&btnG=Search I'm not guessed to look for the answer in the documentation in Chinese. Information from openbsd.ru outdated because recommends edit rc.conf
