I installed the NFS packages according to
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nfs

but when trying to start portmap
i get the following results. (i first tried installing rpcbind but it wasnt found so i continued with portmap instead. does it matter?)



and of course when trying to start nfslock and nfsd it complains that portmap is not started.

Am I missing something?
using linhes 6.04.00

Have you added the services yet?

$ sudo add_service.sh nfsd
$ sudo add_service.sh nfslock
$ sudo add_service.sh netfs (this one may be there already)

Then you have to set your /etc/exports correctly (per wiki) and then:
sudo exportfs –r -v

Make sure you restart NFS (/etc/rc.d/nfsd restart)

Then run: rpcinfo -p (IP_ADDRESS) to confirm nfs is running

Should see something like:
program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
100003 3 udp 2049 nfs
100003 4 udp 2049 nfs
100021 1 udp 43151 nlockmgr
100021 3 udp 43151 nlockmgr
100021 4 udp 43151 nlockmgr
100021 1 tcp 56351 nlockmgr
100021 3 tcp 56351 nlockmgr
100021 4 tcp 56351 nlockmgr
100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs
100005 1 udp 52063 mountd
100005 1 tcp 58820 mountd
100005 2 udp 52063 mountd
100005 2 tcp 58820 mountd
100005 3 udp 52063 mountd
100005 3 tcp 58820 mountd
100024 1 udp 59162 status
100024 1 tcp 52195 status

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Backend server - 4.0 TB 3.0ghz dual core 6 gig RAM, nVidia 9400, Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 MB, 2 HD-5500, 2 HD Homerun dual tuners, 3 frontend machines - LinHES 8.6.1

i ran the add_service scripts



and added the three daemons in /etc/rc.conf



and after a restart i was able to reach the exports from my frontend.
thanx!

had a similar problem with samba that it didnt start at boot even though I added it to the DAEMON list.
but after running add_service.sh smbd it did start during boot!