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rpc.mountd times out (hamm)



Having moved our RAID array from a BSD box to a Debian box, I'm trying
to set up NFS.  I have an area I'd like all our clients to be able to
mount publically (it's a public ftp dir)

Debian Linux runs mountd through RPC.  BSD didn't - mountd ran
standalone.  Having RTFM, I think Debian does this for security (?) - I
can't get it to work.

I've edited my /etc/exports.  I also added a line to my
/etc/hosts.allow:

  portmap: <ipnet>/<ipmask>

portmap is running.  I tried /etc/inetd.conf with the stock setup, and
also tried adding the mountd lines listed in the mountd man page.

I don't know jack about NIS, or RPC :)  so I don't know why this doesn't
work.

Symptoms:

The server (pavlov) logs lines like 

  Apr 23 14:10:38 pavlov mountd[2456]: NFS mount of /home/ftp/pub
  attempted from <ipaddr>
  Apr 23 14:10:38 pavlov mountd[2456]: /home/ftp/pub has been mounted by
  <ipaddr>

However, the mount command on the other machine (also running Debian)
hangs indefinitely.  Only kill -9 will get rid of it.

showmount also hangs, and eventually comes back with

  mount clntudp_create: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out

If I log into one of our BSD servers and attempt an NFS mount, I get

  NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered

Help?

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