I have installed nfs4 in my Debian Server with kernel 2.6.18.8, my problem is port 2049 didnt LISTEN so the client nfs didnt connect to the server, here the information : ns2:/srv# rpcinfo -p program vers proto port 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100024 1 udp 33284 status 100024 1 tcp 39745 status 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs 100021 1 udp 33325 nlockmgr 100021 3 udp 33325 nlockmgr 100021 4 udp 33325 nlockmgr 100005 1 udp 33326 mountd 100005 1 tcp 51781 mountd 100005 2 udp 33326 mountd 100005 2 tcp 51781 mountd 100005 3 udp 33326 mountd 100005 3 tcp 51781 mountd At the above, it show that nfs is running ok ns2:/srv# lsof -i:2049 it show nothing! ns2:/srv# nmap localhost Starting Nmap 4.62 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-11-05 07:43 UTC Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1): Not shown: 1702 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 22/tcp open ssh 25/tcp open smtp 53/tcp open domain 80/tcp open http 110/tcp open pop3 111/tcp open rpcbind 143/tcp open imap 443/tcp open https 953/tcp open rndc 993/tcp open imaps 995/tcp open pop3s 3306/tcp open mysql I try to connet port 2049 via telnet ns2:/srv# telnet localhost 2049 Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused ns2:/srv# /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart Stopping NFS kernel daemon: mountd nfsd. Unexporting directories for NFS kernel daemon.... Exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon.... Starting NFS kernel daemon: nfsd mountd. And the /var/log said that : ns2:~# tail -f /var/log/messages Nov 5 06:52:21 ns3 kernel: nfsd: last server has exited Nov 5 06:52:21 ns3 kernel: nfsd: unexporting all filesystems Please help me!