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From: marc@stingray.austin.ibm.com (Marc J. Stephenson/140000;1C-22)
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Subject: Re: NFS(??) error message
Summary: /usr/etc/portmap
Keywords: NFS rpc.statd
Message-ID: <7883@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 23 May 91 21:04:41 GMT
References: <1991May22.171846.11932@cmcl2.nyu.edu>
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In article <1991May22.171846.11932@cmcl2.nyu.edu> lixj@acf4.nyu.edu (Xiaojian Li) writes:
>I constantly receive the following message while the NFS works properly:
>  Cannot register service: RPC: Timed out
>  Unable to register (NLM_PROG, NLM_VERS, tcp). ...

I believe that this occurs when you do not have the portmapper running, as
in /usr/etc/portmap.  Check to see if you have the line starting portmap
commented out in /etc/rc.tcpip.  You can start it up from the command line as
well.

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