diff -up nfs-utils-1.2.1/support/nfs/getport.c.orig nfs-utils-1.2.1/support/nfs/getport.c
--- nfs-utils-1.2.1/support/nfs/getport.c.orig	2010-01-27 13:48:06.136623000 -0500
+++ nfs-utils-1.2.1/support/nfs/getport.c	2010-01-27 14:02:28.491921000 -0500
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ nfs_get_proto(const char *netid, sa_fami
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTIRPC
 char *nfs_get_netid(const sa_family_t family, const unsigned long protocol)
 {
-	char *nc_protofmly, *nc_proto, *nc_netid;
+	char *nc_protofmly, *nc_proto, *nc_netid = NULL;
 	struct netconfig *nconf;
 	struct protoent *proto;
 	void *handle;
@@ -319,6 +319,19 @@ char *nfs_get_netid(const sa_family_t fa
 	endnetconfig(handle);
 
 out:
+	/*
+	 * The system configuration files are inaccessible 
+	 * so see if these are well known protocols
+	 */
+	if (protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
+		nc_netid = (family == AF_INET6 ? 
+			strdup("tcp6") : strdup("tcp"));
+	else if (protocol == IPPROTO_UDP)
+		nc_netid = (family == AF_INET6 ? 
+			strdup("udp6") : strdup("udp"));
+	if (nc_netid != NULL)
+		return nc_netid;
+
 	rpc_createerr.cf_stat = RPC_UNKNOWNPROTO;
 	return NULL;
 }
diff -up nfs-utils-1.2.1/utils/mount/network.c.orig nfs-utils-1.2.1/utils/mount/network.c
--- nfs-utils-1.2.1/utils/mount/network.c.orig	2010-01-27 13:48:06.141624000 -0500
+++ nfs-utils-1.2.1/utils/mount/network.c	2010-01-27 14:17:49.098201000 -0500
@@ -1280,7 +1280,26 @@ nfs_nfs_version(struct mount_options *op
 	*version = 0;
 	return 1;
 }
-
+/*
+ * Returns TRUE if the option string is a well known protocol
+ */
+int 
+nfs_set_proto(char *option,  unsigned long *protocol)
+{
+	if (strcmp(option, "tcp") == 0 || 
+			strcmp(option, "tcp6") == 0) {
+		*protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
+		return 1;
+	}
+	if (strcmp(option, "udp") == 0 ||
+			strcmp(option, "udp6") == 0) {
+		*protocol = IPPROTO_UDP;
+		return 1;
+	}
+	if (verbose)
+		nfs_error(_("%s: unkown protocol: '%s'"), progname, option);
+	return 0;
+}
 /*
  * Returns TRUE if @protocol contains a valid value for this option,
  * or FALSE if the option was specified with an invalid value.
@@ -1300,8 +1319,13 @@ nfs_nfs_protocol(struct mount_options *o
 		return 1;
 	case 2: /* proto */
 		option = po_get(options, "proto");
-		if (option != NULL)
-			return nfs_get_proto(option, &family, protocol);
+		if (option != NULL) {
+			if (nfs_get_proto(option, &family, protocol))
+				return 1;
+			if (nfs_set_proto(option, protocol))
+				return 1;
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1349,7 +1373,7 @@ nfs_nfs_port(struct mount_options *optio
 int nfs_nfs_proto_family(struct mount_options *options,
 				sa_family_t *family)
 {
-	unsigned long protocol;
+	unsigned long protocol = 0;
 	char *option;
 
 	*family = config_default_family;
@@ -1360,8 +1384,13 @@ int nfs_nfs_proto_family(struct mount_op
 		return 1;
 	case 2: /* proto */
 		option = po_get(options, "proto");
-		if (option != NULL)
-			return nfs_get_proto(option, family, &protocol);
+		if (option != NULL){
+			if (nfs_get_proto(option, family, &protocol))
+				return 1;
+			if (nfs_set_proto(option, &protocol))
+				return 1;
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1443,8 +1472,13 @@ nfs_mount_protocol(struct mount_options 
 	char *option;
 
 	option = po_get(options, "mountproto");
-	if (option != NULL)
-		return nfs_get_proto(option, &family, protocol);
+	if (option != NULL) {
+		if (nfs_get_proto(option, &family, protocol))
+			return 1;
+		if (nfs_set_proto(option, protocol))
+			return 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * MNT transport protocol wasn't specified.  If the NFS