The problem with NFS now seems solved. It was a problem concernig the hosts.allow entries. Putting there the name of the clients everything worked fine. Thanks for you precious suggestions. > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Robert Canary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Inviato: venerd́ 12 novembre 1999 9.10 > A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oggetto: Re: [RedHat-List] Problems with NFS (part II) > > > Not always, > > /etc/host.deny and /etc/host.allow will cause some headache > if it isn't set > correctly. I found this out when trying to do NFS install of > RHL5.2. All > though I had entire lan listed in the host.allow ( > .ohiocounty.net) I had to > remove the ALL:ALL from the host.deny. Then it worked. > After I made the > connection (via NFS) I changed it back and it worked okay. Go > figure ___ > > Hope that helps > > Cameron Simpson wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 06:43:23PM +0100, Nicola Lamarca wrote: > > | after some brainstorming I made rpc.nfsd working > either on the > > | client or on the server. Unfortunately I'm facing a > problem with the > > | portmapper. When the client tries to mount a volume > existing on the server, > > | this one answers with: > > | > > | mount: RPC: Program not registered. > > | > > | How can I register the program (nfsd ?) ? > > > > Normally that error means that the mountd program is not > running on the > > server. NFS uses RPC, and RPC doesn't use fixed port > numbers. Instead, > > a daemon called portmap maintains a list of services and what ports > > they're using. When a service (like mountd, which processes > NFS mount > > requests) starts up it contacts the portmap daemon to > register with it > > the ports it's using. The clients also consult portmap to > find out how > > to talk to an arbitrary service. If the service isn't > registered, that > > normally means the daemon (mountd) never started. > > -- > > Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
