NFS problem: "RPC: Port mapper failure"

From: Rob (nospam_at_users.sourceforge.net)
Date: 12/28/03

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    Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:20:41 +0900
To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org

    Hi,

    I am running two FreeBSD-Stable PCs.

    One is an NFS server and the other NFS client. Everything used to
    work fine until recently. I suspect that either the new kernel is the
    problem (although there are no complaints on the stable mailing list)
    or the network administration has changed some things.

    The server is on 147.46.44.183 with following /etc/exports:
            /usr/ports -maproot=root 147.47.254.184
            /home/entertainment -ro 147.47.254.184

    The server boots with rc.conf:
            nfs_reserved_port_only="YES"
            portmap_enable="YES"
            nfs_server_enable="YES"
            mountd_flags="-r"

    The client boots with rc.conf:
            nfs_reserved_port_only="YES"
            nfs_client_enable="YES"

    On the client (147.47.254.184) I do not get the proper response on:
            $ showmount -e 147.46.44.183
            RPC: Port mapper failure
            showmount: can't do exports rpc

    Doing a mount_nfs on the client, gives the same port mapper failure.

    Portmap is running on the server; it is not on the client, but
    that should be OK here, right?

    I am at a total loss, since I have no idea how to investigate further
    what is actually going wrong. What could be a reason for the RPC Port
    mapper failure? How else can I test the port mapper's functunality?

    Thanks,
    Rob.

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