NFS Installation message
Susan G. Kleinmann
sgk at sgk.tiac.net
Thu Aug 1 13:02:59 EDT 1996
Subba.Rao wrote:
> On the system I am going to install ( after the NET BOOT and ROOT disks ),
> I typed the following command
>
> ifconfig eth0 111.111.111.111 netmask 255.255.255.0
> route add 111.111.111.111
>
> When I run the "setup", I mention the installation source ( NFS Server ).
> I type in my IP address, subnet mask and NFS server IP address. Then the
> installation program tries to mount the remote directory and fails.
>
> This is the following message it gives,
> mount clntudp_create : RPC : Port mapper failure - RPC : unable to send
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> What does this message mean? How do I solve this problem?
Rick Macdonald suggests that the fix for this type of problem is to check
your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files for lines starting with either
a '+' or a '-' character. These characters force a NIS lookup.
If you don't use NIS you will get the "Port mapper failure" error message.
HTH,
Susan Kleinmann
sgk at tiac.net
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