On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Aldo Foot <lunixer@xxxxxxxxx> 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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines