[gentoo-user] Re: NFS mount fail

[Remy Blank]

Richard Marzan wrote:
> I get this error when mounting an nfs share:
>
>  mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking
>    Either use "-o nolocks" to keep locks local, or start statd.
>
>
> Anyone know what the problem might be? I followed the gentoo-wiki nfs
> guide @ http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Share_Directories_via_NFS
>
> rsize and wsize have been set on my client.

Did you add nfsmount to the default runlevel?

  rc-updated add nfsmount default

This should start rpc.statd at boot time. You can also start it without
rebooting:

  /etc/init.d/nfsmount start

You need to have emerged sys-fs/nfs-utils for this to work.

If you have already done all of the above, I'd look at your firewall rules.

-- Remy