On 10 Sep 1998, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >whenever I try to use nfs or yp on my debian 2.0 machines they complain > >about the program not being registered. > >here's what happens when I try to mount nfs: > >mount: RPC: Program not registered > > Either the portmapper is not running, or your /etc/hosts.allow and > /etc/hosts.deny are too strict. If you're running with a mostly closed > config, you will need an extra entry for "portmapper", "rpc.nfsd" > and "rpc.mount" in /etc/hosts.allow. > OK I got nfs mounting to work, but the yp stuff still doesn't work. I just make hosts.allow = all and hosts.deny = "blank". What do I have to do to add NIS to portmapper? Thanks, Tod Detre
