SuSE 9.1 & portmapper

Have done quite a few G. searches on SuSE 9.1 portmapper failure.
Lots of posts, but no solutions.
So, has anybody actually figured out why 9.1 is so busted w/ respect to
portmapper? Has anybody figured out a fix?
9.0 did not have this problem. 9.1 has features I want, but I cannot mount a
NFS share. Is there a post w/ fixes'.
Thanks, FXS

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:51:47 -0500, Frank Scully wrote:
> Have done quite a few G. searches on SuSE 9.1 portmapper failure.
> Lots of posts, but no solutions.
> So, has anybody actually figured out why 9.1 is so busted w/ respect to
> portmapper? Has anybody figured out a fix?
> 9.0 did not have this problem. 9.1 has features I want, but I cannot mount a
> NFS share. Is there a post w/ fixes'.

SuSE 9.1 starts up the firewall as a default, and the default
configuration does not let NFS traffic through. Reconfigure
the firewall (I wrote my own script, but the GUI is fine, I
think) and things should work.

I was real surprised when the reports starting coming in, I
disabled the default firewall and put in my own script before
starting NFS in the first place.

Bjørn
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Bjørn Tore Sund wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:51:47 -0500, Frank Scully wrote:
>> Have done quite a few G. searches on SuSE 9.1 portmapper failure.
>> Lots of posts, but no solutions.
>> So, has anybody actually figured out why 9.1 is so busted w/ respect to
>> portmapper? Has anybody figured out a fix?
>> 9.0 did not have this problem. 9.1 has features I want, but I cannot
>> mount a NFS share. Is there a post w/ fixes'.
>
> SuSE 9.1 starts up the firewall as a default, and the default
> configuration does not let NFS traffic through. Reconfigure
> the firewall (I wrote my own script, but the GUI is fine, I
> think) and things should work.
>
> I was real surprised when the reports starting coming in, I
> disabled the default firewall and put in my own script before
> starting NFS in the first place.
>
> Bjørn
I thought this was very plausible, but the short answer is no.
I thought the quickest way to test was to just remove SuSEfirewall2 from the
startup scripts ( used Yast2).
Re-booted. No firewall, but portmap failed.
It is so busted that I had to roll the server (& firewall) back to 9.0 from
9.1, and am now in the process of removing 9.1 from at least one of the
client machines.
I also found the Yast2 does a terrible job of configuring SuSEfirewall2.
Had to print the script, read it 3 times, and do it w/ an editor.
The server (9.0) now does what is expected, but I would like to rum 9.1 on
some of the laptops.
Thanks.
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FXS_at_beechhurst.com

Frank Scully wrote:

> Bjørn Tore Sund wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:51:47 -0500, Frank Scully wrote:
>>> Have done quite a few G. searches on SuSE 9.1 portmapper failure.
>>> Lots of posts, but no solutions.
>>> So, has anybody actually figured out why 9.1 is so busted w/ respect to
>>> portmapper? Has anybody figured out a fix?
>>> 9.0 did not have this problem. 9.1 has features I want, but I cannot
>>> mount a NFS share. Is there a post w/ fixes'.
>>
>> SuSE 9.1 starts up the firewall as a default, and the default
>> configuration does not let NFS traffic through. Reconfigure
>> the firewall (I wrote my own script, but the GUI is fine, I
>> think) and things should work.
>>
>> I was real surprised when the reports starting coming in, I
>> disabled the default firewall and put in my own script before
>> starting NFS in the first place.
>>
>> Bjørn
> I thought this was very plausible, but the short answer is no.
> I thought the quickest way to test was to just remove SuSEfirewall2 from
> the startup scripts ( used Yast2).
> Re-booted. No firewall, but portmap failed.
> It is so busted that I had to roll the server (& firewall) back to 9.0
> from 9.1, and am now in the process of removing 9.1 from at least one of
> the client machines.
> I also found the Yast2 does a terrible job of configuring SuSEfirewall2.
> Had to print the script, read it 3 times, and do it w/ an editor.
> The server (9.0) now does what is expected, but I would like to rum 9.1 on
> some of the laptops.
> Thanks.

A further note to anyone who is trying to fix this: I have found that Yast2
can bust the syntax of scripts. I think it might be in one of the startup
scripts.
Cheers.
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FXS_at_beechhurst.com