I am a new linux user. I have looked thru documentation, but could not find any answer. Need your help.

I am trying to setup file sharing between multiple linux 6.2 machines using NFS. I have exported files on one machine and when I try to mount the file on another machine I get the following error message: "mount clntudp - create : RPC : Program not registered". I get the same error message when I try showmount command.

Thanks in advance for your response.

Are portmapper and other NFS daemons running? What is in you hosts.allow and hosts.deny files? Output from your syslog would also be helpful.

Two good tools in RH6.2 and above. The first one is "chkconfig --list" this will list all services and runlevels the second one is "service xxx {start|stop|restart|status}"
in your case "service nfs start" for example. chkconfig is good for turning services on|off in diffrent runlevels.

These tools them self will not make it work, but they sure makes things easyer.

Good luck!

Thanks for your reply. Following are the answers to questions asked in the reply.
- There is only one line in /etc/exports as shown below
/exports (ro)
- All lines in /etc/host.allow are comment lines
- All lines in /etc/host.deny are comment lines
- I did Server type installation in Linux 6.2
- Output for command: rpm -qa | grep nfs
nfs-utils-0.1.6-2
- Output for command: rpm -qa | grep portmap
portmap-4.0-19
- Output for prcinfo -p is:
.... tcp portmapper
.... udp portmapper
.... tcp nlockmgr
.... tcp nlockmgr
.... upd nlockmgr
.... udp nlockmgr
.... tcp status
.... udp status
The nfsd and mountd are missing. I have rebooted the machine after making change in /etc/expots file. I have also tried /usr/sbin/exportfs command.

Thanks.