How to configure SuSE Firewall and NFS/NIS serving - any pointers?
First look, if your nfs/nis runs propper. You have to bind a port to the mount-daemon otherwise it changes with every restart of the service. Look at manpage for options e.g. at: http://www.netadmintools.com/html/8mountd.man.html You have ports for mount-daemon, nfs, lockdaemon, rpc-port. These should only be open from inside your network but not from outside. Here you get a portlist (hope it is correct): http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/1999/01/msg00176.html or with "rpcinfo -p localhost", wich leads you e.g. to: 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 100021 1 udp 32768 nlockmgr 100021 3 udp 32768 nlockmgr 100021 4 udp 32768 nlockmgr 100007 2 udp 997 ypbind 100007 1 udp 997 ypbind 100007 2 tcp 1000 ypbind 100007 1 tcp 1000 ypbind 100024 1 udp 32785 status 100024 1 tcp 39510 status 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs 100005 1 udp 32786 mountd 100005 1 tcp 39511 mountd 100005 2 udp 32786 mountd 100005 2 tcp 39511 mountd 100005 3 udp 32786 mountd 100005 3 tcp 39511 mountd The ports depend on the port the mountdaemon is binded to. The rest ist almost the same. Philippe