NFS server problem

[jhawk45]

Since install of 10.04 remote attempts to mount nfs exports from this machine hang. The entries in /var/log messages are
statd: server rpc.statd not responding, timed out
lockd: cannot monitor jcwmac.local
There are no rpc.statd processes running.
If I manually start rpc.statd (sudo rpc.statd) the remote mounts start working and continue that way for the life of the boot.

the question is what should start rpc.statd.

This machine has not a clean install since 8.04 but has been upgraded to every release since.

[oshunluvr]

Re: NFS server problem

I believe the correct place to start rpc.statd is a script in /etc/init named statd.conf. See if you have that script.

The other thing that can cause this error is improper host definitions.

[jhawk45]

Re: NFS server problem

I do have /etc/init/statd.conf and within it it says

start on (started portmap or mounting TYPE=nfs)
stop on stopping portmap

After a reboot portmap is running but not rpc.statd. This was changed in 10.04. In my 9.10 system rpc.statd was started by /etc/init.d/nfs-common .

[oshunluvr]

Re: NFS server problem

Mine has a lot more code - here it is...

[jhawk45]

Re: NFS server problem

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that that was all that was in the file. The code is also there it just never gets used.

[oshunluvr]

Re: NFS server problem

Hmm, anything in your log messages about nfs??

Are you attempting to mount the shares via fstab entries or using HAL?

What about /usr/share/kde4/services/nfs.protocol ? Do you have that file?

[jhawk45]

Re: NFS server problem

Nothing in messages from NFS past the startup of NFSD.

/usr/share/kde4/services/nfs.protocol does exist.

I have been using this setup for 3 years without change except for additions to the exports list.

The mounts are done manually from a terminal on a mac.

[oshunluvr]

Re: NFS server problem

Curious, anything in the logs? Can you ping from every computer to the others?

[jhawk45]

Re: NFS server problem

Everything else seems normal. I use samba to for a windows laptop to get access and I use ssh to login from the mac. The one thing I can't find is what should trigger the start of statd.