NFS port range

[Oliver Fromme]

Petr Janda wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > > Petr Janda wrote:
 > > > Im trying to find some page documenting which ports NFS uses. I know it 
 > > > uses dynamic ports. Also is there anyway to make the ports static so I 
 > > > can just open a few ports in my firewall and thats it.
 > >
 > > Basically two port numbers are involved, one for the mount
 > > protocol, and one for the actual NFS traffic.  The latter
 > > is always 2049 by convention, but the former is allocated
 > > dynamically on some port below 1024 by default.  However,
 > > mountd(8) has an option -p which specifies a fixed port
 > > number.  So you simply have to start mountd(8) with that
 > > option and choose a fixed, unused port number below 1024.
 > > Then allow that port number and 2049 in your firewall.
 > 
 > Im just looking at the output of rpcinfo -p and there seems to be a 
 > whole bunch of ports like portmap , nlockmgr and others. What about them?
 > Petr

Sorry, I forgot to mention ...
The portmap (a.k.a. rpcbind) itself is always on Port 111,
so there's no problem.  Just add port 111 to pass in your
firewall, too.

The rest is optional and only required when using rpc.lockd
and rpc.statd.  NFS locking is pretty much broken anyway,
so I never use them.

Best regards
   Oliver

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