Re: NFS mount error

["Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net>]

Mike,

The preferred response to a simple question is a simple answer. OK?

You apparently presume that my use of NFS means I know nothing about its
inner workings and that I'm ignorant about security. Wrong.

--Doc

On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 22:57, mike808@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> > Anybody know what this error means?
> > 
> > # mount /pub
> > mount: RPC: Program not registered
> 
> NFS requires RPC to operate, since NFS is basically a bunch of RPC calls.
> 
> That said, remember that everybody and their uncle wants to block RPC
> at the firewall and not run RPC services at all if they don't have to.
> 
> You apparently don't. It sounds like the RPC listener isn't running and
> maybe you don't even have the RPC ports listed in /etc/services.
> 
> So, when mount tries to issue the NFS commands, it can't find the underlying RPC
> stuff.
> 
> And remember kids, NFS stands for "No Friggin' Security".
> 
> If I am root on my box, and I NFS mount a share from your machine, I am root *on
> your box*.
> 
> Mike808/



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