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From: indra@amdcad.AMD.COM (Indra Singhal)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,alt.sys.sun
Subject: pcnfsd from inetd.conf, SunOS 4.0.3 question.
Message-ID: <27622@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 4 Oct 89 18:32:03 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, Ca.
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I just installed pcnfsd and popd on our Sun 3/280 running SunOS 4.0.3. 
I have the following entry in /etc/inetd.conf:

pcnfsd/1 dgram	rpc/udp	wait	root	/usr/etc/rpc.pcnfsd	rpc.pcnfsd

and I start /usr/etc/popd from /etc/rc.local.
On the PC side, testing is being done using an old IBM XT with a 3C501
card running PC-NFS 3.0.

Strangely: I am able to mount a disk on the PC and type out an ascii
	   file successfully even though the process table does not
	   show that rpc.pcnfsd is running.

	   I am unable to get logged in, authentication fails. Login as
	   noboby (UID -2, GID -2) results.

	   I am unable to redirect LPT1: (with: net use LPT1: \\host\lp).
	   I get: NFS033F: Unable to contact PCNFSD daemon on server ...

If I then manually issue: /usr/etc/rpc.pcnfsd (as root) to start the
daemon, I get success all around.

Does this mean inetd is not being able to start rpc.pcnfsd? How am I able
to mount a disk on to my PC without rpc.pcnfsd even without
authentication? What can I do to fix it?

Popd works great. no problem. I just wondered if inetd could handle this
service.

Any help will be appreciated. Direct mail preferred.

Thanks.
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