For troubleshooting, turn off the IP-firewall for a brief time and try mounting it.

CHeerz,
Rama
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Pablo Povarchik wrote in message news:...
> Hello all
>
> From the client:
> [root@beryllium bin]# iptables -L -n (output abreviated)
> ACCEPT tcp -- ip.of.the.client 0.0.0.0/0 tcp
> ACCEPT tcp -- ip.of.the.server 0.0.0.0/0 tcp
> ACCEPT udp -- ip.of.the.client 0.0.0.0/0 udp
> ACCEPT udp -- ip.of.the.server 0.0.0.0/0 udp
> [root@beryllium bin]# rpcinfo -p server
> program vers proto port
> 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
> 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
> 100011 1 udp 770 rquotad
> 100011 2 udp 770 rquotad
> 100005 1 udp 778 mountd
> 100005 1 tcp 781 mountd
> 100005 2 udp 778 mountd
> 100005 2 tcp 781 mountd
> 100005 3 udp 778 mountd
> 100005 3 tcp 781 mountd
> 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
> 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs
> 100021 1 udp 33829 nlockmgr
> 100021 3 udp 33829 nlockmgr
> 100021 4 udp 33829 nlockmgr
> [root@beryllium bin]# rpcinfo -u client nfs
> program 100003 version 2 ready and waiting
> program 100003 version 3 ready and waiting
> [root@beryllium bin]# rpcinfo -u client mountd
> program 100005 version 1 ready and waiting
> program 100005 version 2 ready and waiting
> program 100005 version 3 ready and waiting
> [root@beryllium bin]# rpcinfo -u client nlockmgr
> program 100021 version 1 ready and waiting
> rpcinfo: RPC: Program/version mismatch; low version = 1, high version = 4
> program 100021 version 2 is not available
> program 100021 version 3 ready and waiting
> program 100021 version 4 ready and waiting
> [root@beryllium bin]#
>
> From the server:
>
> [root@mars service]# iptables -L -n (output abreviated)
> ACCEPT tcp -- clientipaddr 0.0.0.0/0 tcp
> ACCEPT udp -- clientipaddr 0.0.0.0/0 udp
> [root@mars service]# rpcinfo -p
> program vers proto port
> 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
> 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
> 100011 1 udp 770 rquotad
> 100011 2 udp 770 rquotad
> 100005 1 udp 778 mountd
> 100005 1 tcp 781 mountd
> 100005 2 udp 778 mountd
> 100005 2 tcp 781 mountd
> 100005 3 udp 778 mountd
> 100005 3 tcp 781 mountd
> 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
> 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs
> 100021 1 udp 33829 nlockmgr
> 100021 3 udp 33829 nlockmgr
> 100021 4 udp 33829 nlockmgr
> [root@mars service]# rpcinfo -u localhost nfs
> program 100003 version 2 ready and waiting
> program 100003 version 3 ready and waiting
> [root@mars service]# rpcinfo -u localhost mountd
> program 100005 version 1 ready and waiting
> program 100005 version 2 ready and waiting
> program 100005 version 3 ready and waiting
> [root@mars service]# rpcinfo -u localhost nlockmgr
> program 100021 version 1 ready and waiting
> rpcinfo: RPC: Program/version mismatch; low version = 1, high version = 4
> program 100021 version 2 is not available
> program 100021 version 3 ready and waiting
> program 100021 version 4 ready and waiting
> [root@mars service]#
>
>
>
> Here goes the funny part:
> [root@beryllium bin]# /bin/mount -t nfs -o,hard mars:/ /mnt/nfs
> mount: RPC: Timed out
> [root@beryllium bin]#
>
> But, when im trying to mount from the client, i see this in the server:
>
> [root@mars service]# netstat -alnp | grep :53
> udp 0 0 an.ip.onthe.server:34451 anip.on.the.server:53
> ESTABLISHED 13781/rpc.mountd
> udp 0 0 anip.on.the.server:34453 anip.on.the.server:53
> ESTABLISHED 13781/rpc.mountd
>
> udp 0 0 eth0.ip.on.server:34456 some.ip.querying.dnscache:53
> ESTABLISHED 13781/rpc.mountd
> udp 0 0 eth0.ip.on.server:34457 a-dns.server.onresolv.conf:53
> ESTABLISHED 13781/rpc.mountd
>
>
> It's like rpc.mountd is binding hiself on port 53.
>
>
> This thing is happening in around 25 servers on our network...
>
> Obvious to say: PLEASE HELP :-)
>
> Thanks all