NFS

[Raven Brooke]

Thanks so much, that was definitely the place to start! A few additional
changes on both sides and I am in business.

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> Raven Brooke wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am having some difficulty getting NFS to work on my Core 7
>> (2.6.22.1-33.fc7) box, wondering if I have missed something obvious. I
>> have edited the /etc/exports file, and when I attempt to restart the nfs
>> demon I get the following:
>>
>> [root at scully etc]# vi exports
>> [root at scully etc]# service nfs reload
>> [root at scully etc]# service nfs status
>> rpc.mountd is stopped
>> nfsd is stopped
>> rpc.rquotad is stopped
>> [root at scully etc]# service nfs start
>> Starting NFS services:                                     [  OK  ]
>> Starting NFS quotas: Cannot register service: RPC: Unable to receive;
>> errno = Connection refused
>> rpc.rquotad: unable to register (RQUOTAPROG, RQUOTAVERS, udp).
>>                                                            [FAILED]
>> Starting NFS daemon:
>>
>>
>>
>> at which point it hangs and I have to kill the command from a new shell.
>>
>> I have seen conflicting references online regarding this error, stating
>> that portmap must be started first, and also that portmap is deprecated
>> in
>> fc7. What else should I look at?
>>
>>
>>
> You need to make sure rpcbind is running.
>
> service rpcbind start
>
> before you start nfs services.!
>
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