First try at NFS

[Ian Stephen]

Hi folks

I've been using sftp and scp between my laptop and desktop, but kept
thinking someday I should learn something about NFS.

Tried today using (mostly) Mandrake 10's GUI method with the desktop
machine as server and have met with frustration.

I put the line "portmap: <laptop ip>" in /etc/hosts.allow

/etc/exports is good I think, with the ip of the laptop specified and 
"rw,all_squash,anonuid=<my_normal_uid>,anongid=<fileshare_gid>, sync"

>From the laptop 'rpcinfo -p <desktop_ip>' gives

 program vers proto   port
    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
    391002    2   tcp  32768  sgi_fam
    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  32792  nlockmgr
    100021    3   udp  32792  nlockmgr
    100021    4   udp  32792  nlockmgr
    100021    1   tcp  32863  nlockmgr
    100021    3   tcp  32863  nlockmgr
    100021    4   tcp  32863  nlockmgr
    100005    1   udp    916  mountd
    100005    1   tcp    919  mountd
    100005    2   udp    916  mountd
    100005    2   tcp    919  mountd
    100005    3   udp    916  mountd
    100005    3   tcp    919  mountd

and nmap -v <desktop_ip> finds port 111 and 2049 open

but attempting to mount the remote directory from cli on the laptop
gives "mount: RPC: Timed out" and attempts to connect from Mandrake
Control Center or from Konqueror seem to time out as well.

I've tried it with both my router firewall and desktop machine's
firewall disabled. Same result.

Any clues to offer?

Thanks,
IanS