Nfs problem: RPC_PROG_NOT_REGISTERED

[Tarek]

Hallo there..
using nis..hpux11.. i'm trying to mount this users directory via nfs.
ex: cd ~user
i'm having this error:
no such file or directory
I also tried to mount this directory manually,
mount ws:/local_user/user /mnt and i'm having
RPC_PROG_NOT_REGISTERED error.
From any ws i'm having these errors.
The nis.server service is up. I have exported the /local_user directory in the /etc/exports.
I don't know what to do.. maybe i've forgotten something, but what?
Any help?
Thanks
tarek

[Stefan Farrelly]

nis.server up ? dont you mean nfs.server ?

It cant hurt to restart it, try;

/sbin/init.d/nfs.server start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start

This will start nfsd processes, biod processes, rpc.statd, rpc.lockd , rpc.mountd and rpcd processes. Ensure all are running.

[Tarek]

Yeah..of course nfs.server and not nis ;)
i have stopped and started it hundred times..i have also rebooted the ws but nothing changed. The strange thing, is that when i stop the service (nfs.server) and i start it again, it starts immediately, in less than 1 second..usually it takes 2-3 seconds to restart. The output seems ok:
starting NFS SERVER networking
starting up the rpcbind daemon
rpcbind already started, using pid: 604
Reading in /etc/exports
starting up the NFS daemons
/usr/sbin/nfsd 4
starting up the Status Monitor daemon
rpc.statd already started, using pid: 700
starting up the Lock Manager daemon
rpc.lockd already started, using pid: 706

[Ravi_8]

ensure all the processes mentioned by stefan are all running. check mountd is running in the hosts. and also ensure 'exportfs' in the server shows the local_user/user. if not issue 'exportfs -a'

[eran maor]

Hi

i will check the /etc/hosts file (on the NFS
client) contains a duplicate address line for the NFS server.

[Tarek]

The /local_user is exported.
output of exportfs:
/local_user
/SD_CDROM -ro
The /etc/hosts of the client is ok..i don't have duplicate of the nfs server.
I stopped and started again nfs.client and nfs.server but without success.

[Stefan Farrelly]

You probably have a tcp socket problem. Try rebooting your machine.

Once this is done check everything has started up aok (all the necessary deamons) and try manually to mount it. Is the remote nfs server pingable ? telnetable ?? (to check network connectivity)

[Tarek]

I have solved. The START_MOUNTD variable was set to 1 so the rpc.mountd didn't start.
Now is ok. Thanks all for your help.
Regards.
Tarek