nfs issue...

[bruce]

ok..

here's what i get now.... (i rebooted the box)

it looks like i don't have some processes running... also, the NFS Server
Config dialog never comes up from the Gnome User Interface...

any ideas as to what's going on...????

thanks...

-bruce


[root at lserver3 root]# rpcinfo -p
   program vers proto   port
    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper


from "grep nfs /var/log/messages"

[root at lserver3 root]# grep nfs /var/log/messages
Jul  1 14:24:25 lserver3 kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996
okir at monad.swb.de).
Jul  1 14:24:26 lserver3 nfs: Starting NFS services:  succeeded
Jul  1 14:24:26 lserver3 nfs: rpc.rquotad startup failed
Jul  1 14:25:41 lserver3 nfs: Starting NFS services:  succeeded
Jul  1 14:25:41 lserver3 nfs: rpc.rquotad startup failed
Jul  1 14:36:11 lserver3 nfsd[14439]: nfssvc: Address already in use
Jul  1 14:36:11 lserver3 nfs: rpc.nfsd startup failed
Jul  1 14:36:12 lserver3 nfs: rpc.mountd startup failed
Jul  1 14:40:11 lserver3 nfsd[14193]: nfssvc: Input/output error
Jul  1 14:40:11 lserver3 nfs: rpc.nfsd startup failed
Jul  1 14:40:11 lserver3 nfs: rpc.mountd startup failed
Jul  1 14:54:58 lserver3 nfs: rpc.mountd shutdown failed
Jul  1 14:54:58 lserver3 nfs: nfsd shutdown failed
Jul  1 14:54:59 lserver3 nfs: rpc.rquotad shutdown failed
Jul  1 14:54:59 lserver3 nfs: Shutting down NFS services:  succeeded
Jul  1 14:58:29 lserver3 nfs: Starting NFS services:  succeeded
Jul  1 14:58:29 lserver3 nfs: rpc.rquotad startup failed
Jul  1 14:58:30 lserver3 kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996
okir at monad.swb.de).
Jul  1 15:14:15 lserver3 nfsd[672]: nfssvc: Input/output error
Jul  1 15:14:15 lserver3 nfs: rpc.nfsd startup failed
Jul  1 15:14:15 lserver3 nfs: rpc.mountd startup failed

-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Nesbitt [mailto:pete at linux1.ca]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 3:48 PM
To: bedouglas at earthlink.net; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: nfs issue...


On July 1, 2004 03:14 pm, bruce wrote:
> hi...
>
> getting bold... thought i'd configure a basic nfs test... i have a rh8.0
> with gnome. running gnome, i selected the nfs service, and walked through
> the process. i created a dir to use as the nfs dir, and i selected a
> machine on my network as the host.
>
> i then attempted to start the service.. and it never came back.... the
"NFS
> SErver Configuration" dialog/app is grey...
>
> i did a "ps -ef" and got...
>
> root     14424 14198  0 14:25 ?        00:00:00 sh -c { /sbin/service nfs
> start
> root     14425 14424  0 14:25 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/service nfs
> start
> root     14428 14425  0 14:25 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/nfs
> start
> root     14438 14428  0 14:25 ?        00:00:00 initlog -q -c rpc.nfsd 8
> root     14439 14438  0 14:25 ?        00:00:00 rpc.nfsd 8
>
> i tried to start the NFS Service from the "Services Menu" as well...with
no
> luck...
>
> so.. any ideas as to what's going on, and why things are hanging....
>
> thanks for any assistance/pointers/comments...
>
> -bruce


Hi Bruce,
try stoping then starting it from the command line
'service nfsd stop' then 'service nfsd start'
that may give you some status about what is going on. Also look in
/var/log/messages ('grep nfs /var/log/messages')

--
Pete Nesbitt, rhce