Bug#612002: Starting NFS common utilities failed
Package: nfs-common
Version: 1:1.2.2-4
Severity: important
Symptom:
The nfs-common failed to be installed properly:
$ sudo apt-get install nfs-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nfs-common
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Selecting previously deselected package nfs-common.
(Reading database ... 59010 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nfs-common (from .../nfs-common_1%3a1.2.2-4_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up nfs-common (1:1.2.2-4) ...
Creating config file /etc/idmapd.conf with new version
Creating config file /etc/default/nfs-common with new version
Starting NFS common utilities: statd failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript nfs-common, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing nfs-common (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while processing:
nfs-common
Launching it manually get the same error as well:
% invoke-rc.d nfs-common start
Starting NFS common utilities: statd failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript nfs-common, action "start" failed.
The whole execution log of
sudo bash -x /etc/init.d/nfs-common start
is posted at http://pastebin.com/SQefWNQs
On the surface, the reason of failure is the failure of
statd+ start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --quiet --exec /sbin/rpc.statd
--
+ RET=1
The symptom is confirmed as well by Dr. Ed Morbius, Chief Scientist,
Krell Power Systems Unlimited. See
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/399917
The real reason is that the post install process of nfs-common
didn't deal with portmap:
$ grep portmap /etc/runlevel.conf || echo not found
not found
I.e., the portmap is not enabled by default as the daemon.
Starting it manually solve the problem:
% rpcinfo -p
rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused
% /etc/init.d/portmap start
Starting portmap daemon....
% rpcinfo -p
program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
% /etc/init.d/nfs-common start
Starting NFS common utilities: statd.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (360, 'testing'), (300, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-grml64 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages nfs-common depends on:
ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii initscripts 2.88dsf-13.1 scripts for initializing and shutt
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcap2 1:2.19-3 support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii libcomerr2 1.41.12-2 common error description library
ii libevent-1.4-2 1.4.13-stable-1 An asynchronous event notification
ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.8.3+dfsg-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii libgssglue1 0.1-4 mechanism-switch gssapi library
ii libk5crypto3 1.8.3+dfsg-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - C
ii libkrb5-3 1.8.3+dfsg-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libnfsidmap2 0.23-2 An nfs idmapping library
ii librpcsecgss3 0.19-2 allows secure rpc communication us
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-19 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii netbase 4.45 Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii portmap 6.0.0-2 RPC port mapper
ii ucf 3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv
nfs-common recommends no packages.
nfs-common suggests no packages.
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