i installed nfs on mandriva 2008,32bit


----i started portmapper,,,,and its running

--- then i did
>>>/etc/init.d/nfs-server start

---then
>>>[root@rusta mnt]# lsmod | grep nfsd
nfsd 208880 13
exportfs 5376 1 nfsd
lockd 59112 2 nfsd
nfs_acl 3744 1 nfsd
sunrpc 148892 10 nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl

---but dmesg gave following errors
>>>>RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind server (errno 5).
rpcbind: server localhost not responding, timed out
RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind server (errno 5).
rpcbind: server localhost not responding, timed out
RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind server (errno 5).
rpcbind: server localhost not responding, timed out
NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery directory
NFSD: starting 90-second grace period


----but when i did service nfs start , it gave following errors
>>>>service nfs start
Cannot find nfs service
Usage: service -[Rfshv] SERVICE ARGUMENTS
-f|--full-restart: Do a fullrestart of the service.
-R|--full-restart-all: Do a fullrestart of all running services.
-s|--status-all: Print a status of all services.
-d|--debug: Launch with debug.
-h|--help: This help.

Pls help ,,ive bin working for last 18 hours,,,,but cudnt get it working,,,
Pls hlp as am an admin and need to solve it fast
Thanx in advance

-----also
>>>> [root@rusta mnt]service -f nfs start
Cannot find /etc/init.d/nfs

-----and
>>>> [root@rusta mnt] which nfsd
which: no nfsd in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/lib/qt3//bin)

---and
>>> [root@rusta mnt]# ls /etc/init.d/ | grep nfs
nfs-common*
nfs-server*
nfswatch*

>>>>>[root@rusta Download]# cat /etc/hosts.allow
#
# hosts.allow This file describes the names of the hosts which are
# allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
# by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#

portmap : 192.168.22.162

lockd : 192.168.22.162

mountd : 192.168.22.162

rquotad : 192.168.22,162

statd : 192.168.22.162

ftp : 192.168.22.162


>>>>> [root@rusta Download]# cat /etc/hosts.deny
#
# hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are
# *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
# by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
# The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that
# the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In particular
# you should know that NFS uses portmap!

portmap : ALL

lockd : ALL

mountd : ALL

rquotad : ALL

statd : ALL


>>>>>>[root@rusta Download]# cat /etc/exports
# /etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems which may be exported
# to NFS clients. See exports(5).
/home 192.168.22.162(rw)

>>>>>[root@rusta mnt]exportfs -a
exportfs: /etc/exports [1]: Neither 'subtree_check' or 'no_subtree_check' specified for export "192.168.22.162:/home".
Assuming default behaviour ('no_subtree_check').
NOTE: this default has changed since nfs-utils version 1.0.x

>>>>> [root@rusta mnt]# /etc/init.d/nfs-common start
Starting NFS common utilities
Starting rpc.statd [ OK ]
Starting rpc.idmapd [ OK ]

Please help this is very urgent....at least point out if u need sum extra info on this,,,,coz our project is stuck coz of this error.
So kindly look into the matter.

What about doing things in order ?
1) launch either portmap or rpcbind
service rpcbind start (or service portmap start)
2) launch service shared by client and server
service nfs-common start
3) launch server service
server nfs-server start

See http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases...08.0/Notes#NFS, and /usr/share/doc/nfs-utils/README.1.1.0.upgrade.urpmi for details about the changes since Mandriva 2007.1.

BTW, using bash completion would avoid you painful error message for non-existing service scripts: try "service nfs<TAB>"

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Hey i got it working with those 4 simple steps. Thans man

I had a similar problem with Fedora, but I did have the relevant services running. So this thread was useful indirectly.

In my case the problem was that the server firewall was blocking ports I needed. I unblocked port 111, but now I need to fix and unblock some other ports.