[mythtv-users] NFS issue

[Andrew Robinson]

Dan Wilga wrote:
> At 7:53 AM -0500 9/17/07, Chris Cox, N0UK wrote:
>> There is no guarantee whatsoever that after restarting the NFS 
>> server that those RPC programs will use the same tcp or udp ports. 
>> Only the RPC portmapper uses a consistent, well-known port.
> 
> Some distros will allow you to force the port to remain static. Check 
> /etc/sysconfig/nfs, if you have it.

The NFS ports can be fixed and then iptables rules set. I used this 
guide by Chris Lowth, "Configuring NFS under Linux for Firewall 
control",  http://www.lowth.com/LinWiz/nfs_help.html. I summarized 
Chris's paper on my blog: 
http://awrobinson.blogspot.com/2005/10/making-nfs-and-iptables-work-and-play.html

Andrew Robinson