I have been watching this one for just this reason. Thanks this seems to explain some issues i was having with a file server i was attempting to access. I settled for samba in the end though it nags at me to "settle" for anything. I will have to try this when i find a spare moment. Happy New Year, -Max --- "Amadeus W.M." <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The difficulty with nfs is that it uses a few auxiliary rpc services, > which by default get started on a random port. These random ports must be > open in the firewall, but because they are random, the iptables has no > idea what they might be. > > The cure is to force these services to ALWAYS start on pre-assigned > ports, and open these ports in the firewall. > > To this end, on the nfs server > > 1) Create a file /etc/sysconfig/nfs with the following contents: > > RQUOTAD_PORT=4000 > LOCKD_TCPPORT=4001 > LOCKD_UDPPORT=4001 > MOUNTD_PORT=4002 > STATD_PORT=4003 > > The nfs config file already exists, but it's full of comments. Erase > everything and put these lines in, or just edit the appropriate lines in > the existing file. You can choose any ports available, not necessarily > 4000-4003. > > > 2) Open range 4000-4003 tcp and udp in iptables. This you can do > manually, but it can be done from system-config-firewall very easily and > intuitively. > > 3) Open port 111 (portmapper) and 2049 (nfs) as well. > > Done. > > > Now, from any client (which should be running the automounter (autofs) by > default), you should be able to > > cd /net/nfsserver/exported/partition > > > I have all this up and running, and it's pretty cool to watch video that > resides on my main pc (nfs server) on my big hdtv, via nfs and a wireless > laptop that sits on top of my tv. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
