From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 19:40:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4096A16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:40:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from doom.homeunix.org (3-104.dialup.comset.net [213.172.3.104]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3933343D4C for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:40:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from igor@doom.homeunix.org) Received: from doom.homeunix.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by doom.homeunix.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBU3e77b000561; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:40:08 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from igor@doom.homeunix.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by doom.homeunix.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hBU3e6qd000560; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:40:06 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from igor) Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:40:06 +0300 From: Igor Pokrovsky To: Rob Message-ID: <20031230034006.GA518@doom.homeunix.org> Mail-Followup-To: Rob , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <3FEECA99.4030603@users.sourceforge.net> <20031229034221.GA671@doom.homeunix.org> <3FEFB9F4.7060500@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FEFB9F4.7060500@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS problem: "RPC: Port mapper failure" X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:40:25 -0000 On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 02:21:56PM +0900, Rob wrote: > This is what I get. > > The NFS server is 147.46.44.183 with gateway 147.46.44.1 > The NFS client is 147.47.254.184 with gateway 147.47.254.1 > > On the NFS server: > $ sockstat | grep portmap > daemon portmap 79693 3 udp4 *:111 *:* > daemon portmap 79693 4 tcp4 *:111 *:* > $ sockstat | grep nfsd > root nfsd 87 3 tcp4 *:2049 *:* > $ sockstat | grep mount > root mountd 84 3 udp4 *:1023 *:* > root mountd 84 4 tcp4 *:1023 *:* > > On the client: > $ rpcinfo -p 147.46.44.183 > rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - > Operation timed out > > > On another computer with the same gateway as the server: > $ rpcinfo -p 147.46.44.183 > program vers proto port > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper > > > Any idea what could block the contact to the portmapper? > Could a network setup at one of the gateways cause these trouble, such > as a firewall (though I don't know anything about firewalls!) ? Probably this is the cause, as I don't see any other probable reason for your trouble. Try asking firewall admin, maybe connections to some ports are blocked. Or you can always try to specify different port to use by nfsd. -ip -- Reality is just a convenient measure of complexity. -- Alvy Ray Smith