Ben Frame <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got a new debian 2.1 install... and when I try to use > the mount command, I get: > > mount: RPC: Program not registered > > I've never seen this before and don't know what it means. > I've got NFS and IPX installed into the kernel. If anyone > has suggestions I would really appreciate some help. > Thanks! > > Ben Frame > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had errors like that recently caused by my security; editing /etc/hosts.allow and restarting both /etc/init.d/netbase and /etc/init.d/netstd_nfs (I think these are the right two) fixed the problem. I have a local network of two dual-PII's (192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3) that I want to be able to NSF-mount a local mirror of the distribution and have relaxed security, so relevant parts of my hosts.allow looks like: --------------------------------------------------- # /etc/hosts.allow: list of hosts that are allowed to access the system. # See the manual pages hosts_access(5), hosts_options(5) # and /usr/doc/netbase/portmapper.txt.gz # # Example: ALL: LOCAL @some_netgroup # ALL: .foobar.edu EXCEPT terminalserver.foobar.edu # # If you're going to protect the portmapper use the name "portmap" for the # daemon name. Remember that you can only use the keyword "ALL" and IP # addresses (NOT host or domain names) for the portmapper. See portmap(8) # and /usr/doc/netbase/portmapper.txt.gz for further information. # # Allow np1 and np2 to NFS mount files and rsh in here portmap: 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3 rpc.mountd: 192.168.1. rpc.nfsd: 192.168.1. in.rshd: 192.168.1. in.rlogind: 192.168.1. in.ugidd: 192.168.1. --------------------------------------------------- I'm not sure I need to allow ugidd, and rsh/rlogin is for pvm and mpi, but the others are needed. Hope this helps, and comments from someone who knows more are gratefully accepted. --Norris -- Dr. Norris Preyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (843) 953-7997 (voice) College of Charleston (843) 953-4824 (fax) Charleston, SC 29424 http://galaxy.cofc.edu/