NFS problem after update to rpcbind-0.1.4-8.fc7

[Mike Cohler]

Steve Dickson wrote:

>> Anyone know how to fix/workaround this?
>Is selinux in the picture? If so try 'setenforce 0'
>What does 'service rpcbind status' say?

I have just seen
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=358621

I tried the suggestion in this bug - i.e. add
ALL: localhost

to /etc/hosts.allow

Then restart the services - nfs now starts properly and everything
seems fine - but what are the security implications of this change I
wonder?

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mike cohler