+++ Binand Raj S. [linux-india] <04/02/02 12:21 +0530>:
> In my experience, you need to have the portmap service running on the client
> machine (the machine that's doing the mount). Don't ask me why. IMO, nfs
> is unusable anyway, use ssh.

We use nfs extensively (behind firewalls), with linux/bsd fileservers (and
maxtor / netapp network file storage systems) for mounting enormous /var/mail
directories.

Quite useful thing really.  Also insecure as hell, hence the firewalls.

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian  <---->  mallet <at> efn dot org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
[Linux One Stanza Tip]  From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
LOST #011        -**< Sub : Removing a HUGE file >**-
To remove a HUGE file  which causes crash of ls & rm commands
do:
$ cat /dev/null > mybigfile
$ rm mybigfile

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