[CentOS] NFS mount problems

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 26 April 2008 14:29, Robert Spangler wrote:
> >  > > This is a firewall issue.  If I turn off the firewall everything
> >  > > works. NFS and SMB are marked as trusted services, but it seems that
> >  > > is not enough. Which ports need to be opened to use these services?
> >  I > > googled and followed that advice, which didn't work, so now I have
> > to > > ask here.
> >  >
> >  > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-March/msg02366.html
> >
> >  Hmmm - I had opened 111 and 4000-4004, but it seems that they may be the
> > wrong ones.  OTOH, this is a huge list.  Do I need all these open?
>
> First where are you trying to access this machine from?  Local LAN or the
> Internet?  If it is local LAN  then why not trust the machine that is
> trying to connect instread of opening  a bunch of ports?  That is how I do
> things at home.  Local machines are trusted so they can connect anytime on
> any port.

That would be a sensible solution, but how do you set that up?

Anne