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Why do I get "portmapper is not responding" errors?

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Why do I get "portmapper is not responding" errors?

by  pcunix  Posted    (Edited  )
From http://pcunix.com/SCOFAQ/scotec4.html#portmapper :

"portmapper is not responding" usually means that there is an incorrect extra ip address in /etc/hosts for this machine. Remove the incorrect address( this usually happens when you change the tcp/ip address). Here's an example of what such a /etc/hosts file would look like:

# @(#)hosts,v 6.1 1993/08/21 02:17:48 stevea Exp - STREAMware TCP/IP source
# SCCS IDENTIFICATION
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.1.36.8 scobox scobox.fredness.com
10.1.36.7 scobox scobox.fredness.com

The machine's IP address has been changed, but the old entry is still present. Remove it.

The portmapper is used by NFS, so you could also disable NFS startup by commenting it out of the startup files in /etc/rc2.d

See also: http://stage.caldera.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference/?102428
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