nfsd/portmapper and iptables on Linux 4

[Ben Ransom]

Thanks again James.  This works, but of course I feel I must be missing 
something wrt how to deal with random port assignment and iptables.  So far 
I've gotten away with very only understanding of iptables syntax and rule 
making ...will read up and hope to get back to random ports eventually.
-Ben

At 10:02 PM 3/10/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>ypserv is another RPC based service, so it usually binds to a random 
>port.  However, it can take the -p option at startup to specify the port, 
>so you can probably edit /etc/init.d/ypserv find the start) section and 
>specify the -p option followed by the port you want to use.
>
>Give that a try and see if it works for you.
>
>Thanks,
>James Cooley
>
>
>
>On Mar 10, 2005, at 6:28 PM, Ben Ransom wrote:
>
>>Cool, thanks a lot.
>>Similar question now tho ...I see that ypbind on clients also cannot find 
>>ypserv on the Redhat 4 machine (again, it is the firewall blocking 
>>ports).   Is there a similar solution for this?  (or dissimilar, i don't 
>>much care :)  )
>>-Ben
>>
>>At 03:21 PM 3/10/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Yes. I know this problem well :) There are a couple of RPC services in 
>>>addition to portmapper and nfs (rquotad and mountd) used by NFS that 
>>>bind to a random port at startup.
>>>
>>>The solution is to add the ports to your /etc/services file such as the 
>>>following:
>>>rquotad 950/tcp
>>>rquotad 950/udp
>>>mount 951/tcp
>>>mount 951/udp
>>>
>>>Restart nfs, and those two services will bind to the ports specified. 
>>>Just add those ports to your firewall rules and you should be in business.
>>>
>>>
>>>I hope that helps.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>--
>>>James Cooley
>>>Sr. Systems Analyst
>>>Information Technology
>>>Florida Tech
>>>321-674-7999
>>>jcooley at it.fit.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Ben Ransom wrote:
>>>
>>>>I've just put up a Redhat 4 system (call it nfsServer) and am unable to 
>>>>nfs mount file systems from it on other machines ...unless I turn off 
>>>>iptables on nfsServer.
>>>>
>>>>I think the problem is the client is unable to see portmapper on 
>>>>nfsServer. In the past I've opened udp ports 111 and 2049 in iptables 
>>>>but this doesn't do the trick with the Redhat4 box. Note, I had SELinux 
>>>>turned on but have disabled it for now.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions?
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>-Ben
>>>
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