mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking.

[unix syzadmin]

I think i found the answer; even though chkconfig reported that
"rpcbind" was setup to start in run level 3, for some reason it was
not running.

After this was started; I was able to mount the NFS share.

# who -r
         run-level 3  2012-02-16 19:19


# chkconfig --list rpcbind
rpcbind         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off


# service rpcbind status
rpcbind is stopped


# service rpcbind start
Starting rpcbind:                                          [  OK  ]

Thanks,


On 2/17/12, unix syzadmin <unixsyzadmin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am getting the following error on RHEL6 for NFS mount. Please suggest.
>
> # more /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)
>
> # uname -r
> 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64
>
> # mount -t nfs nfs02:/share0217 /mnt
> mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking.
> mount.nfs: Either use '-o nolock' to keep locks local, or start statd.
> mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified
>
> Thanks.
>