Jerome Lyles
On machine A and B the srvers are running but:
# /usr/sbin/rpcinfo -p server rpcinfo: server is unknown host
The word "server" stands for the hostname of your NFS server. If its name is "A" than use # /usr/sbin/rpcinfo -p A The same for the client.
On machine A nfsserver is running but nfslock is not loaded (Yast says there is potential for conflict if nfs server and nfs-utils are both loaded.
Note that two implementations of the NFS server are available in SUSE 9.0: the userspace and the kernel implementation. The nfs-server*.rpm is the userspace implementation, I suggest you don't use it.
On B nfsserver and nfslock are running. The rcportmap status is: running on both machines.
Don't concentrate on these things, just do what the Adminguide says to do and check the visibility of the NFS services via the "rpcinfo" command. -- A.M.