I've tried several HOWTO's and searched the forum but i cant quite seem to find the solution to my problem.

Im running Debian and installed nfs-common nfs-kernel-server and portmapper on whats supposed to be my nfs server.

/etc/exports reads as follow

/home/share 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw,root_squash,sync)


my /etc/hosts.allow reads:

portmap: 192.168.1.3


the odd thing is, allthough im convinced i installed the right packages and my kernel supports it (kernel 2.6.8), this is my output for rpcinfo -p

program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
100024 1 udp 772 status
100024 1 tcp 775 status


i tried to get the necessary daemons to run manually. I found that these should run in order to get the server to work:
rpc.portmap
rpc.mountd, rpc.nfsd
rpc.statd, rpc.lockd (if necessary), and rpc.rquotad

portmap is running ,the others are not. so after searching in /sbin and /usr/sbin to get these deamons to run

i cant seem to get nfsd to run:

output after trying to start daemons my self:

program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
100005 1 udp 982 mountd
100005 1 tcp 985 mountd
100005 2 udp 982 mountd
100005 2 tcp 985 mountd
100005 3 udp 982 mountd
100005 3 tcp 985 mountd
100024 1 udp 988 status
100024 1 tcp 991 status

So, needless to say, i have no idea what to do next and therefor calling for someone willing to give me some advice.


P.S. i did check my kernel and NFS seems to be loaded as a Module

I just do /etc/init.d/NFS start

You also need routes for packets to and from each host

Good - please put it in your profile (My LQ > edit profile (on the right)).

adjusted my profile

i tried to start NFS like you suggested but on debian, i think its /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server start

i tried it and i am getting this error:

modprobe: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented

modprobe: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented

Exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon...done.

then i tried to do /etc/init.d/nfs-common start:
Starting NFS common utilities: statd

needless to say, my problem isnt solved.

Strange. I never did. TCP/IP is supposed to take care of this.

Anyways. . .the modules are started, right? What have you done on the client machine?

okay,

my apologies. Its a stupid mistake of me. My kernel wasnt compiled right. I tried it with a standard kernel and it worked like a charm. SO i looked in the config and put the same options in my own kernel and now i have no problems anymore.

sorry to bother you all with this. should have searched better

Hi, now i'm using FC3, but i can't start portmap service. It returns permission denied. I login as root. . did u configure other things ? Pls advise

Regards
Daniel

Tell us how you are tryingt to start the portmap service.

And please don't quote anything you don't actually refer to.

(In fedora you'd normally use the main menue > system settings > server settings >services to make sure portmapping is available)