[ale] nfs oddities

[Joseph A. Knapka]

"Robert L. Harris" wrote:
> 
> I've exported some disks on one linux box running 2.4.4 as well as 2.4.6.
> On a sun box I do this:
> 
> [413]root at db10.wc1p-/> showmount -e vampire.lsv
> showmount: vampire.lsv: RPC: Program not registered
> 
> portmap is installed and running:

portmap is just the "registration authority" for RPC ports.
nfsd and mountd also need to be running for NFS clients
to be able to make RPC requests.

Does that help?

-- Joe
 

-- Joe Knapka
"You know how many remote castles there are along the gorges? You
 can't MOVE for remote castles!" -- Lu Tze re. Uberwald
// Linux MM Documentation in progress:
// http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/linux-mm/vmoutline.html
* Evolution is an "unproven theory" in the same sense that gravity is. *
--
To unsubscribe: mail majordomo at ale.org with "unsubscribe ale" in message body.