Re: rpc.mountd times out (hamm) (addendum)
Ok, sorry, there aren't a "bunch" of other programs. Really just nfsd. But that
one's real important! So see if that's running.
Nathan E Norman wrote:
> 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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