The Joy of Penguins : Linux System Administration

Linux System Administration

NFS - Network File System

Verifying that NFS is running

Query the portmapper with the command rpcinfo -p

[root@Hamming ~]# rpcinfo -p                       [ OK ]
   program vers proto   port
    100000    2   tcp    111 portmapper
    100000    2   udp    111 portmapper
    100011    1   udp    947 rquotad
    100011    2   udp    947 rquotad
    100011    1   tcp    950 rquotad
    100011    2   tcp    950 rquotad
    100003    2   udp   2049 nfs
    100003    3   udp   2049 nfs
    100003    4   udp   2049 nfs
    100003    2   tcp   2049 nfs
    100003    3   tcp   2049 nfs
    100003    4   tcp   2049 nfs
    100021    1   udp 38363 nlockmgr
    100021    3   udp 38363 nlockmgr
    100021    4   udp 38363 nlockmgr
    100021    1   tcp 35494 nlockmgr
    100021    3   tcp 35494 nlockmgr
    100021    4   tcp 35494 nlockmgr
    100005    1   udp    963 mountd
    100005    1   tcp    966 mountd
    100005    2   udp    963 mountd
    100005    2   tcp    966 mountd
    100005    3   udp    963 mountd

If you do not at least see a line that says portmapper, a line that says nfs, and a line that says mountd then you will need to backtrack and try again to start up the daemons

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