Sorry - to be clear, the "rpcinfo -p" command must be run on the *client*, or directed to the client with "rpcinfo -p <clienthostname>", in order to show the client's current ports. Tom. At 07:58 AM 5/21/2008, Talpey, Thomas wrote: >At 07:20 AM 5/21/2008, Erik Hensema / HostingXS Internet Services wrote: >>So I granted 192.168.200.45 access to the portmapper on voyager, and >>most clients were unstuck. I updated hosts.allow on most clients to >>grant access to the portmapper now. >> >>Now I still have about 4 clients which can't lock rrd files. >... >> >>Everything is NFSv3 by the way. Most clients are opensuse 10.2 (kernel >>2.6.18.8), server is opensuse 10.3 (kernel 2.6.22.17). > >You need to grant access to the client's portmap, nlm and statd ports >in order for the server to call back with locking operations. Unfortunately, >only portmap is at a well-known port (111). The nlm and statd ports are >dynamically selected, and receive random high numbered port values. > >They are then advertised in portmap so if you are concerned about opening >up an entire port range to the servers, you can see these with "rpcinfo -p". >This command will show them under the names "nlockmgr" and "status" >respectively. Remember these ports may change at every boot. > >Also be aware that "statd" is a kernel process on opensuse. Most other >distros have rpc.statd as a user process. > >Tom. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >_______________________________________________ >NFS maillist - NFS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs >_______________________________________________ >Please note that nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is being discontinued. >Please subscribe to linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead. > http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html