NFS access failed .... error 5 (RPC: Timed out)

[John O'Loughlin]

The portmap service may have stopped.

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, unix syzadmin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We have a RHEL AS 3 (Kernel 2.4.21-20.ELsmp on an i686) as our NIS and NFS
> server.
>
> Today while loging, using a NIS account, on one of our servers (a solaris
> server), I am getting the following error.
>
> login: gpunam
> Password:
> NFS access failed for server bangapps.bea.com: error 5 (RPC: Timed out)
> No directory! Logging in with home=/
> Last login: Mon Jan 30 11:34:33 from 172.22.45.128
> Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.10      Generic January 2005
> -bash-3.00$
>
> I tried to login directly on the NIS server, but cannot login....looks like
> the system is now stopped responding.  I had to restart the server.
> How do I go about finding the root cause for this issue. Please suggest.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> -GnanaShekar-
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