setting up nfs

[joelman at world.std.com (Joel Gwynn)]

Thanks.  I talked to my friend who's hosting my box, and he's very paranoid, so he blocked those ports.  After he opens them up for
me, I'll try again.  Or as he says, "sure, expose yourself to the world, see if I care."


Derek Atkins wrote:

> 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?
> >
> > --
> > ========[Joel-Gwynn]-[joelman at joelman.com]=======
> > A train station is where a train stops.
> > A bus station is where a bus stops.
> > So now you know why they call this a workstation.
> >
> >
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========[Joel-Gwynn]-[joelman at joelman.com]=======
A train station is where a train stops.
A bus station is where a bus stops.
So now you know why they call this a workstation.



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