Subject: Re: portmapper failure
To: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@hotdog.ping.apana.org.au>
List: port-alpha
Date: 05/01/1996 22:08:07
> 
> > The old problems remain -
> > 
> > 	no nfs to a netbsd/alpha partition
> > 
> >  	showmount -	RPC: portmapper failure
> >                         :Can't do Mountdump rpc
> >                         showmount exited with status 1
> 
> So, i just tried these.  Actually, i noticed that portmap was
> occasionally dumping core, and I tracked down why, and then I tried
> them, so I don't really know if I fixed the bug or never would have
> seen it...
> 
> Anyway, with the diff below applied to portmap (I can't check it in
> right now, since the NetBSD.ORG CVS machine is down...), I was able
> to:
> 	(1) do showmount from another machine 'pointed at' a
> 	    NetBSD/Alpha machine (for all variations of showmount),
> 	    and 
> 	(2) mount, via both NFS v2 and v3, the partition that the
> 	    NetBSD/Alpha machine was exporting.
> 
> I tried these tests from NetBSD/i386 and Digital UNIX.  (Those are the
> only systems I have access to.)
> 
> If you're still having problems once you've applied this fix,
> recompiled and installed portmap, and restarted the various daemons
> (mountd, nfsd), etc., then I'm apparently not able to replicate your
> problem with the systems i've tested.
> 
> 
> 
> chris
> 

Hi Chris

I've recompiled portmap with your diffs and rebooted the system....

and the result is: 

YES, NFS and associated binaries are working :)

Thank you very much, you've made my day....

cheerio Berndt
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