Re: Problem with NFS after updating util-linux

Espen Stefansen wrote: > Hi > > At my company, we have a redhat 9 server which is a nfs and nis > server. It handles our logins and home-dirs. After updating my Fedora > 3 machine with util-linux, i cannot log on anymore. In my log it says: > > Mar 31 13:58:54 localhost automount[5900]: >> mount to NFS server > 'artemis' failed: server is down. > Mar 31 13:58:54 localhost automount[5900]: >> mount: backgrounding > "artemis:/export/home/espens" > > But the server isn't down. > > If i replace the new util-linux rpm, with the old one, it works fine. > > Does anybody know why?? I suspect that the fix for bug #141773 (which is presumably a security issue because bugzilla won't let me see it) mentioned in the changelog for the updated package has introduced this problem: * Fri Feb 25 2005 <SteveD(a)RedHat.com&gt; 2.12a-20 - Changed nfsmount to only use reserve ports when necessary (bz# 141773) I've just observed the exact same problem with my RH9 NFS server and also with an HP-UX 11 server, though my RHEL3 and FC3 servers are unaffected. I suspect it might be possible to work around this by convincing nfsmount that using the reserved ports is "necessary" for the older servers, but I haven't figured out how to do this yet.