rpc.mountd dies when a file system is unmounted. An error messesage is smp3m# umount /home/smo244 Bad UMNT RPC: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused Kernel and nfs versions for amd64/x86 are: Linux version 2.4.23-pre5-k8-smp-64gb-devfs-raid-ext3 nfs-kernel-server 1.0.3-2