Re: Problem with nfs mounting

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam Trinity Edu>]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 02:35:05PM -0400, Margaret_Doll wrote:
> I am missing something.
> 
> I have a nfs client that exports files to dozens of computers 
> successfully.
> 
> I have two new clients which are not mounting the files from the 
> server, although the server  authorizes the mount
> request from the client --
> 
> 	from /var/log/messages
> 	
> 	rpc.mountd:  authenticated mount request from client for directory.
> 
> Both the client and the server have each other's ip address in 
> /etc/hosts.  The clients can ping computers on
> other subnets.  The server can successfully ping the clients.  The 
> clients can use mozilla successfully.
> 
> The error on the client is
> 
> 	rpc:  timed out
> 
> There are no errors reported in /var/log/messages on the clients.
> 
> 	Thanks for any help.
One possibility is that portmap  has died on the clients.
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