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I am getting this error from my RedHat Linux 6.0 System.

mount: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to receive

How can I fix this?  What is happening here?

The NFS server that it is trying to mount from is working and already
exporting its filesystems to two other computers, so I know the problem has
to be on my system.  "Exports" on server and "FSTAB" is correct, as far as I
can tell.

Lance Wilson.

Oh by the way here is a list of my running processes... at least the first
ones in the list:

  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
    1 ?        S      0:04 init [3]
    2 ?        SW     0:00 [kflushd]
    3 ?        SW     0:00 [kpiod]
    4 ?        SW     0:00 [kswapd]
    5 ?        SW<    0:00 [mdrecoveryd]
  246 ?        S      0:00 portmap
  296 ?        S      0:00 syslogd -m 0
  307 ?        S      0:00 klogd
  321 ?        S      0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
  335 ?        S      0:00 crond
  349 ?        S      0:00 inetd
  366 ?        S      0:00 rpc.statd
  377 ?        S      0:00 rpc.rquotad
  388 ?        S      0:00 rpc.mountd
  403 ?        SW     0:00 [nfsd]
  404 ?        SW     0:00 [lockd]
  405 ?        SW     0:00 [nfsd]
  406 ?        SW     0:00 [nfsd]
  407 ?        SW     0:00 [nfsd]
  408 ?        SW     0:00 [nfsd]
  409 ?        SW     0:00 [nfsd]
  410 ?        SW     0:00 [nfsd]
  411 ?        SW     0:00 [nfsd]
  412 ?        SW     0:00 [rpciod]
  447 ?        S      0:00 sendmail: accepting connections on port 25
  462 ?        S      0:00 gpm -t ps/2
  477 ?        S      0:00 xfs
  494 tty1     S      0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1
  495 tty2     S      0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2
  496 tty3     S      0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3
  497 tty4     S      0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4
  498 tty5     S      0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5
  499 tty6     S      0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6
  501 ?        S      0:00 update (bdflush)
 .... etc.

Don't know if this helps or not.

Lance Wilson.

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Getting the same error on my local machine, so I'm anxiously looking forward
for the relieving answer.

Pim Snel

In case you have not resolved this yet - to run
the nfsd daemon you also need to be running
portmap - nfsd is not finding it when it starts
up.

So - in /etc/rc.d/init.d do the following...

portmap start
nfs start

Starting nfs without portmap running causes
errors with some components of nfs.

(Learned this by shutting down portmap not
knowing this..) - hope this helps you.

Robin

from is working and already

Quote:> > exporting its filesystems to two other

computers, so I know the problem has

Quote:> > to be on my system.  "Exports" on server

and "FSTAB" is correct, as far as I

Quote:> > can tell.

> > Lance Wilson.

> Getting the same error on my local machine, so

I'm anxiously looking forward

Quote:> for the relieving answer.

> Pim Snel

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Before you buy.

In case you have not resolved this yet - to run the nfsd daemon you
also need to be running portmap - nfsd is not finding it when it starts
up.

So - in /etc/rc.d/init.d do the following...

portmap start
nfs start

Starting nfs without portmap running causes errors with some components
of nfs.

(Learned this by shutting down portmap not knowing this..) - hope this
helps you.

Robin

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

In case you have not resolved this yet - to run the nfsd daemon you
also need to be running portmap - nfsd is not finding it when it
starts up.

So - in /etc/rc.d/init.d do the following...

portmap start
nfs start

Starting nfs without portmap running causes errors with some
components of nfs.

(Learned this by shutting down portmap not knowing this..) - hope this
helps you.

Robin

Hi.. checkout ur system by typing..

rpcinfo -p hostname

if this give list out ur rpc ports then it should be ok...
next test:

showmount -e hostname

will give u list of drive enable mount thought nfs.
but ur error seems like having rpc problem.. check this

ps ax | grep port

check for rpc.portmap something something..