Version: 1:1.1.1~git-20070709-3

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 10:38:59PM -0500, Nelson Castillo wrote:
>Package: nfs-kernel-server
>Version: 1:1.1.1~git-20070709-3
>Severity: normal
>
>Hi.
>
>I get this message whenever I restart nfs-kernel-server (dmesg).
>
> nfsd: unexporting all filesystems
> RPC: failed to contact portmap (errno -5).
> NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery
> directory
> NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
>
>This message was printed once in dmesg:
>
>  lockd_up: makesock failed, error=-5
>
>I don't have iptables rules in this host.
>
>I don't know if this is actually a bug, but this message
>had me looking for it for a while and confused me :)
>I couldn't mount NFS shares from other hosts because
>portmap was bound to the loopback interface.
>
>Regards,
>Nelson.-
>
>-- System Information:
>Debian Release: lenny/sid
>  APT prefers unstable
>  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
>Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
>Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
>Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
>Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>
>Versions of packages nfs-kernel-server depends on:
>ii  libblkid1         1.40.2-1               block device id library
>ii  libc6             2.6.1-1                GNU C Library: Shared libraries
>ii  libcomerr2        1.40.2-1               common error description library
>ii  libgssapi2        0.11-1                 A mechanism-switch gssapi library
>ii  libkrb53          1.6.dfsg.1-6           MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
>ii  libnfsidmap2      0.20-0                 An nfs idmapping library
>ii  librpcsecgss3     0.14-2                 allows secure rpc communication us
>ii  libwrap0          7.6.dbs-14             Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
>ii  lsb-base          3.1-24                 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
>ii  nfs-common        1:1.1.1~git-20070709-3 NFS support files common to client
>ii  ucf               3.001                  Update Configuration File: preserv
>
>nfs-kernel-server recommends no packages.
>
>-- no debconf information

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 10:51:38PM -0500, Nelson Castillo wrote:
>On 8/12/07, Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 08:28:30PM -0500, Nelson Castillo wrote:
>>>I'm using Debian sid and I upgraded the system today
>>>(the last complete upgrade was about one month ago).
>>>I get the "failed to contact portmap" errors.
>>
>>Is the portmapper running at all? (ps aux | grep portmap)
>>
>>>I am stuck. I used the proposed workaround (fsid=0) and it didn't work.
>>
>>I believe this is a separate bug. Please open a new one.
>
>Done. I opened:
>
>Bug#437525: nfs-kernel-server: Kernel prints "RPC: failed to contact
>portmap (errno -5)"
>
>In my case, portmap was bound to the loopback address in
>/etc/default/portmap. Removing this option allowed me to do the remote
>mount. I don't know if #437525 is actually a bug,

It isn't.

>but at least the message is misleading and it's ok to have it
>documented somewhere.

The portmap man page is very clear about that.

>Thanks for your help.
>
>--
>http://arhuaco.org
>http://emQbit.com

Nelson,

Thank you for the report.

I'm clossing this bug accordingly.

Best Regards,

Aníbal Monsalve Salazar
-- 
http://v7w.com/anibal

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