NFS statd fails to start

[Paul Smith]

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:51 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.
>
> 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.

Thanks, Aldo. I have just noticed that with Selinux set in permissive
mode, NFS starts correctly.

Any ideas, you or others?

Paul