Re: rpcinfo problems
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 06:58:44PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 11:43:22PM +0000, ocorrain@esatclear.ie wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm trying to install debian on a small box using PLIP. The HOWTO was
> > treating me fine until I encountered the following...
> >
> > aurelius:~# rpcinfo -p
> > rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error -
> > Connection refused
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Is portmap running? The package that contains it seems to vary by
> Debian distribution (maybe "netbase" or "portmap"). Note: I highly
> recommend firewalling sunrpc (port 111) if you run it.
>
Indeed it wasn't. Neither did I have some nfs utilities installed.
Cheers
Tiarnan
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