Re: [newbie] NFS client: port-unreachable

From: Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 14:22:03 EDT

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    >>>>> " " == Roland Kuhn <rkuhn@e18.physik.tu-muenchen.de> writes:

    > Hi folks! When I lstat64 a directory on an nfs mount the
    > answer to GETATTR is received by the network interface but
    > dropped (not seen by the client) afterwards. Only 50musec after
    > the receive of the answer an icmp-destination-unreachable
    > (port-unreachable) goes out to the server. This is annoying
    > since it blocks all access to that directory. The request in
    > question is sent and received at port 772.

    > I'm using kernel 2.4.4.

    You probably have set ipchains or ipfilter to block port 772 on your
    client.

    Cheers,
      Trond
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