NFS statd fails to start

[Paul Smith]

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