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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: Starting RPC on 2.1R
To: ianw@ee.usyd.EDU.AU (Ian Wynne)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:22:19 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199608191056.UAA23612@quux.ee.usyd.EDU.AU> from Ian Wynne at "Aug 19, 96 08:56:23 pm"
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> 
> Hello People:
> 
> Could someone please tell me how to start the RPC services on FreeBSD 2.1R.
> When I try rpcinfo -p I get the following message:
> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: rpcinfo: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection reset by peer

/etc/rc:

/usr/sbin/portmap

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ian Wynne	ianw@ee.usyd.edu.au
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de