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Date:      Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:40:06 +0300
From:      Igor Pokrovsky <tiamat@comset.net>
To:        Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NFS problem: "RPC: Port mapper failure"
Message-ID:  <20031230034006.GA518@doom.homeunix.org>
In-Reply-To: <3FEFB9F4.7060500@users.sourceforge.net>
References:  <3FEECA99.4030603@users.sourceforge.net> <20031229034221.GA671@doom.homeunix.org> <3FEFB9F4.7060500@users.sourceforge.net>

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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



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