Hi Mark, I got NFS server to work behind a firewall (iptables) by forcing NFS to always listen and respond on a specific port. from the init script: startproc /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd -P 960 $PARAMS Then I set up a rule: # Insert the IP address of each client you want to export NFS to # separated with spaces NFS_EXPORT="10.0.1.10 10.0.1.11 10.0.1.13 10.0.1.201" for NFS_IP in $NFS_EXPORT; do ### RPC & NFS # SUN-RPC $IPTABLES -A INPUT -s $NFS_IP -p tcp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A INPUT -s $NFS_IP -p udp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT # Userspace NFS $IPTABLES -A INPUT -s $NFS_IP -p tcp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A INPUT -s $NFS_IP -p udp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT # mountd & ugidd $IPTABLES -A INPUT -s $NFS_IP -p tcp --dport 960 -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A INPUT -s $NFS_IP -p udp --dport 960 -j ACCEPT done HTH George On Sun, August 7, 2005 9:37 pm, Mark Jarvis wrote: > > *nix file sharing (aka NFS) works best and easiest between machines that > are NOT running individual firewalls. In that case they MUST have a > really good firewall machine sitting between them and the net. > > AAMOF, if someone knows of a simple tutorial on how to configure a Linux > box's firewall to allow NFS traffic but block just about everything > else, I'd REALLY like a pointer to it. The only times I've gotten NFS to > work, it was on boxen with firewalls off. In that case, it's dirt > simple--but you gotta be behind a really tight firewall box. > > -mj- > > Craig White wrote: >> On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 01:47 -0700, Glitch wrote: >> >>>Hello All, >>> >>> I could really use some help with some networking stuff. I have a >>>couple of Linux computers on a network together but don't know how to >>>make them see each other. What I need is the equal to drive mapping in >>>windows. I think that I might be able to do this through NFS but I am >>>not even sure how. So please any input on the issue would be great. I >>>am trying to connect two PC's running Suse 9.3. Both computers have >>>routable IP addresses and I cannot through SSH and FTP without issue >>>just need something more like network file access. >>> >> >> ----- >> SuSE may have some 'how-to' on NFS and networking issues. >> >> You probably have to consider firewall can block stuff so if you have >> these computers on the same network, try to make this work with the >> firewall settings off on the computers at first. >> >> Now for the 'how-tos' - always check tldp.org (the linux documentation >> project) >> >> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html/ >> >> see the 'networking' and 'NFS' how-tos >> >> Craig >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > George Toft, CISSP, MSIS AGD,LLC www.agdllc.com 623-203-1760 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss