nfsd error mounting filesystem, kernel: nfsd: request from insecure port

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Issue

  • While trying to access the nfs share following errors are shown in RHEL 4.5 nfs server

    Oct  8 12:51:20 host1 mountd[15589]: authenticated mount request from hostname.example.com:606 for /webdocs/cp/hostname1.example.com-ssl (/webdocs/cp/hostname1.example.com-ssl)
Oct  8 12:51:20 host1 kernel: nfsd: request from insecure port (147.179.162.184:4323)!



NFS client (RHEL 5) shows:
# mount /usr/apps/webdocs_ro/web-t1
mount.nfs: Operation not permitted

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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