Re: NFS behind a firewall

[Tom Cook <tom.cook@adelaide.edu.au>]

Ayman Haidar wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering how to setup NFS behind a firewall. I am trying to
> access my office linux box which is behind a DSL router from home
> where I have a cable modem.
> 
> the issue is I need to know what ports I need to open on the office
> router so I can mount a folder from my linux box.
> 
> the other thing is I want to be able to route it through ssh to make
> sure things are secure. I think it's not that hard once I know the ports.
> 
> I do have access to everything, and I run debian potato in the office,
> debian sid on my laptop.

This is more or less a stab in the dark, but I *think* it uses the
sunrpc ports (111).  Mind you:

$ lsof -i | grep nfsd
rpc.nfsd  20832     root    4u  IPv4 192602       UDP *:2049 
rpc.nfsd  20832     root    5u  IPv4 192605       TCP *:2049 (LISTEN)

Tom