setting up nfs

[Derek Atkins]

Oh, another thing to think about: MediaOne (or your linksys router)
may block packets to the portmapper address.

-derek

Joel Gwynn <joelman at world.std.com> writes:

> I'm using mediaone, with a linksys router, and I'm trying to connect to a machine that a friend of mine is hosting for me.
> 
> I can ssh to this machine, ping it, etc.  I set up nfs on that computer, and the output of rpcinfo -p on that machine is:
> 
>    program vers proto   port
>     100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
>     100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
>     100024    1   udp    749  status
>     100024    1   tcp    751  status
>     100003    2   udp   2049  nfs
>     100003    2   tcp   2049  nfs
>     100005    1   udp    821  mountd
>     100005    2   udp    821  mountd
>     100005    1   tcp    824  mountd
>     100005    2   tcp    824  mountd
> 
> I have an entry in the hosts.allow file with the mediaone dynamic ip of my client machine, and the filesystem in my exports file.
> 
> When I try to mount the drive, nothing happens for a while, then I get:
> 
> mount: RPC: Timed out
> 
> rpcinfo -p <hostname> gives me this output:
> 
> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection timed out
> 
> Am I doing this right?
> 
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