CentOS 6.2 (LiveCD Graphical install) Tinker machine PG /etc/sysconfig/iptables # Firewall configuration written by system-config-firewall # Manual customization of this file is not recommended. *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT #manual nfs entries # the term "RH-Firewall-1-INPUT" did not work, I changed it to "INPUT" and that fixed it. -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 32803 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 32769 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 892 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 892 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 875 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 875 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 662 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 662 -j ACCEPT #manual nfs entries end -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited COMMIT #ref: # http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/centos-fedora-rhel-iptables-open-nfs-server-ports/ # http://pario.no/2008/01/15/allow-nfs-through-iptables-on-a-redhat-system/