>   Setting nfs_portmon to 0 on SunOS solves the problem.
>   When nfs_portmon is set to 1, I get error messages dealing with weak 
>   authentication. If you want the exact messages, I can recreate them.
>
>Yes,  I realized this was possible. But I can not due this due to
>security concerns. I just want to be able to plop a netbsd machine
>into an already existing networking setup and make it a usable
>machine, I should not have to  reconfigure my servers to get one new
>machine to work, especially in this case.

Dave-
   what are you using in /etc/fstab?   it should look like this:

remote:/fs                     /fs     nfs     rw,-b,-P        0 0
                                                     ^^
						     |
                                                use priv port


    if you are running diskless, it should still work ok.   i sent
in a patch a few month ago which causes diskless boot to use priv
port numbers.   (it still works for me...)

cheers,
chuck
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Chuck Cranor
E-Mail: chuck@maria.wustl.edu / cranor@udel.edu