NFS statd fails to start

Aldo Foot lunixer at gmail.com
Sat Sep 6 21:51:31 UTC 2008


On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Aldo Foot <lunixer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> While booting F9, I NFS statd fails to start. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> What troubleshooting steps have you taken? More details are needed.
>>>> The mandatory questions: have you checked your logs for messages? Do you
>>>> get any errors? Have you searched the archives for answers?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Aldo. My logs after I run '/sbin/service nfs start" are:
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Sep  6 20:46:50 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
>>> responding, timed out
>>> Sep  6 20:46:50 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
>>> server (errno 5).
>>> Sep  6 20:47:20 localhost nfsd[7023]: nfssvc: writing fds to kernel
>>> failed: errno 5 (Input/output error)
>>> Sep  6 20:47:20 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
>>> responding, timed out
>>> Sep  6 20:47:20 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
>>> server (errno 5).
>>> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost nfsd[7023]: nfssvc: writing fds to kernel
>>> failed: errno 5 (Input/output error)
>>> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
>>> responding, timed out
>>> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
>>> server (errno 5).
>>> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost kernel: NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery
>>> as the NFSv4 state recovery directory
>>> Sep  6 20:47:50 localhost kernel: NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
>>> Sep  6 20:48:20 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
>>> responding, timed out
>>> Sep  6 20:48:20 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
>>> server (errno 5).
>>> Sep  6 20:48:50 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
>>> responding, timed out
>>> Sep  6 20:48:50 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
>>> server (errno 5).
>>> Sep  6 20:49:16 localhost acpid: client connected from 2400[0:0]
>>> Sep  6 20:49:20 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
>>> responding, timed out
>>> Sep  6 20:49:20 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
>>> server (errno 5).
>>> Sep  6 20:49:20 localhost kernel: nfsd: last server has exited
>>> Sep  6 20:49:20 localhost kernel: nfsd: unexporting all filesystems
>>> Sep  6 20:49:50 localhost nfsd[7023]: nfssvc: Input/output error
>>> Sep  6 20:49:50 localhost kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not
>>> responding, timed out
>>> Sep  6 20:49:50 localhost kernel: RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind
>>> server (errno 5).
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Is the rpcbind service running in  your system? if not start it.
>> You must be running Fedora 9, right?
>
> Whenever I run
>
> /sbin/service rpcbind restart
>
> I get everything OK, but Selinux pops up a message indicating:
>
> "AVC denial"
>
> After the rpcbind restart, no progress regarding nfs being able to start.
>
> Yes, I am running F9.
>
> Paul
>

I don't run F9 -so I cannot be much help if I don't have system to look at.
But google "AVC denial" it has been discussed in this list before.
Perhaps someone who has solved this will be kind to share it that with you.

~af




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