mount to NFS server failed

[sly]

M. Lewis wrote:
> sly wrote:
> 
>> Damian Menscher wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, sly wrote:
>>>
>>>> M. Lewis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> sly wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> M. Lewis wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sly wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> on the stkserver i shared with nfs the folder /mnt/stuff
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jul 17 17:30:51 stkserver portmap[2894]: connect from 
>>>>>> 222.169.100.101 to getport(nfs): request from unauthorized host
>>>>>>
>>>>>> on the server i had this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # cat /etc/hosts.allow
>>>>>> portmap: 222.168.100. : 127.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and also tried w/ this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # cat /etc/hosts.allow
>>>>>> portmap: 222.168.100.101/255.255.255.0 : 127.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Try (at least temporarily) removing the entry(s) from /etc/hosts.allow
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i modified the /etc/hosts.deny file to deny nothing and now it works!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You never told us you had an /etc/hosts.deny file.  Out of curiosity, 
>>> what was in it?  Not that it should have mattered here anyway....  I 
>>
>>
>>
>> i followed the instructions from a book, and it said the 
>> /etc/hosts.deny should have:
>>
>> portmap: ALL
>>
>> and as soon as i deleted this line it worked!
>>
> 
> /etc/hosts.deny
> # hosts.deny    This file describes the names of the hosts which are
> #               *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
> #               by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
> 
> So what you had (portmap: ALL) explicitly said to NOT allow portmap from 
> ANYONE.

well, it was intended to deny all and allow only what was needed.

> 
> Mike
> 
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