> Could you please do a (cd /etc;grep -3 portmap rc*)?

Okay i did exectly as you wrote me to do....
This is the output:

rc-# now start the rpc servers, for YP server/client.
rc-echo -n 'starting rpc daemons:'
rc-
rc:# note that portmap is generally required for all other rpc services.
rc:if checkyesno portmap; then
rc:     echo -n ' portmap';             portmap $portmap_flags
rc-fi
rc-
rc-if checkyesno ypserv; then
--
rc.conf-
rc.conf-# Daemons required by other daemons
rc.conf-inetd=YES               inetd_flags="-l"        # -l logs libwrap
rc.conf:portmap=NO              portmap_flags="-l"      # -l logs libwrap
rc.conf-
rc.conf-# Commonly used daemons
rc.conf-update=YES              update_flags="30"

Can you tell me what is wrong?
Maybe you need a copy of my rc.conf file?
Bye,

Reinoud.