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[Bug Hunter]

  Doh!  The firewall had indeed been installed.  That is the second time 
this has bit me under redhat.  The good thing is someone else installed 
it :)  The bad thing is I didn't ask where the firewall setting was.

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Val W. Harris wrote:

> Bug Hunter wrote:
> >   I'm using two Redhat 7.3 boxes.  I turn box A nfs on, then try to mount 
> > a directory from box A onto box B using mount -t nfs server:/home /xxx.
> > 
> >   I get "RPC timed out".
> > 
> >   I started the nfs using /etc/init.d/nfs start
> > 
> >   /etc/exports shows the mounts properly. "/home  B(rw,no_root_squash)"
> > 
> >   /var/log/messages on box A says the mount request was authenticated.
> > 
> >   I've used nfs for years, but this has me stumped.
> > 
> >   Any suggestions?
> > 
> > bug
> > 
> 
> Assuming that NFS client services are running on box B; the possible
> problems which come to mind are:
> 
> 1. Box A doesn't have a route back to box B.
> 2. Box B is running a firewall which is blocking the NFS service.
> 
> ( I'm not making a judgement about your competence here, these are
>    just things which have bitten the butt of a "friend" of mine who
>    wishes to remain anonymous. )
> 
> Val
>