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Emulab FAQ: Testbed Operations: What can cause NFS mount failures to fs/ops?
Emulab FAQ: Testbed Operations: What can cause NFS mount failures to fs/ops?
> > ... > > *** Giving up on pc131 - it's been 7 minute(s). > > Tail of pc131 console: > > pc131: WARNING: Could not /bin/mount -o vers=2,udp > > fs.emulab.net:/users/rricci on /users/rricci: No such file or > > directory. > > pc131: Mounting fs.emulab.net:/users/barb on /users/barb. > > pc131: mount: RPC: Timed out. > > ... > > When mountd was restarted it wasn't set to listen on port 900, which we > do for some reason. I've restarted it with `mountd -r -p 900`.
We do it so that we don't have to worry about which of the 100s of ports SUN-RPC might choose for it (and thus have to open gaping holes in the firewall to accomodate). This is setup in /etc/rc.conf, but if we start it ourselves, we have to remember to specify the port.