setting up nfs

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Also, let me elaborate even further.
Even without regard to security, you really do not want to use NFS over 
any slow connection. (And I mean < 10Mbps). It can cause your entire 
system to slow down under some circumstances.  

On 26 Jul 2001, at 9:50, Mark Komarinski wrote:

> 
> mount -t nfs -o tcp host:/share /mnt/share
> 
> <security>
> you really don't want to be running NFS over the Internet.  It's bad.
> It's insecure, anyone can read it, blah blah.
> </security>
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 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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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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