it would be nice and useful if you can show /etc/sysconfig/iptables,
/etc/sysconfig/nfs from both machines and showmount -e $server from
client side and exports from server side.


On 9 May 2012 23:40, Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>>
>> On 05/09/2012 10:26 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>>
>>> I get a message "rpc.idmapd appears not to be running" when it is
>>> running, and I'm
>>> using the same setup I have on my other clients from FC9 to fc17,
>>> including both
>>> 32/64 bit RHEL. Checked DNS to be sure the IP reverse maps properly, etc,
>>> etc. I do
>>> this on a real bunch of other machines, so I'm reasonably sure it's set
>>> up
>>> correctly. I did diff idmapd config between working and non-working
>>> machines, etc.
>>>
>>> Everything maps to nobody, which is not useful. Both CentOS5 and FC16
>>> machines are
>>> current on patches.
>>> mount is "rw,soft,intr -t nfs4" and the idmap process is running on host
>>> and
>>> client, remounts from other clients work, etc, etc.
>>>
>>> Anyone have a clue?
>>>
>>
>> It isn't clear to me from the above what system is the Client and what
>> system is the
>> Server and on which system you're getting the error message.
>>
> Sorry, I intended the subject to make that clear, the client is CentOS-5 the
> server FC16. The message appears on the CentOS5 client. The same server and
> data works on clients running FC9, FC10, FC13, RHEL-6, and I believe (ie.
> I'm told but haven't personally tested) OpenBSD works as well.
>
> This is the only machine which stopped working when the NFS server was
> updated, and of course it's the internal web server. :-(
>
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