[CentOS] service nfs start hangs on CentOS 4

[William L. Maltby]

On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 20:12 +0100, Frank Büttner wrote:
> Frank Büttner schrieb:
> > Milton Calnek schrieb:
> >>
> >>
> >> Frank Büttner wrote:
> >>> mike.redan at bell.ca schrieb:
> >>>>> Hello when I try to start nfs the command hangs.
> >>>>> I have found out, that the problem is, that I set an IP address at 
> >>>>> /etc/exports
> >>>>> sample:
> >>>>> /var/foo XXX.XXX.XXX(some rights)
> >>>>><snip>

> >>>> You might want to make sure that the portmap daemon is running.
> >>>>
> >>>> /etc/init.d/portmap status
> >>>>
> >>>>  will tell you if it is runnning. If it is not..fire it up.
> >>>><snip>

> After long waiting I get an RPC timeout error

What's in your /etc/hosts.{allow | deny}? Even if portmap is running,
these files need to have the correct contents.

E.g. mine have

    # hosts.allow   This file describes the names of the hosts which are
    #               allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
    #               by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
    #
    ALL: 192.168.2. 127.0.0.


    # hosts.deny    This file describes the names of the hosts which are
    #           *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
    #               by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
    #
    # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that
    # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow.  In
    # particular you should know that NFS uses portmap!
    ALL: ALL

> <snip sig stuff>

HTH
-- 
Bill