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rmoerlan
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 Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: error starting NFS statd |
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When I try to start NFS I get the following:
| Code: | | * Error starting NFS statd [ !! ] |
Looking at /var/log/messages it appears there is a permissions problem:
| Code: | rpc.statd[17731]: open (/var/lib/nfs/state): Permission denied
rc-scripts: Error starting NFS statd |
I've screwed around with the permissions on /var/lib/nfs/state to no avail.
| Code: | | -rw-r-xr-x 1 nobody root 0 Aug 18 15:10 state |
I've done a lot of searching the documentation, these forums, usenet, and the web and can't seem to find an answer that resolves the problem.
Thoughts?
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xbmodder
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Can benji20 be banned now? Also in other news.
try chmod 777?
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rmoerlan
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | -rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody root 0 Aug 18 15:10 state |
results in:
| Code: | rpc.statd[19118]: Version 1.0.7 Starting
rpc.statd[19118]: open (/var/lib/nfs/state): Permission denied
rc-scripts: Error starting NFS statd
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I don't get it. rpc.statd should be running with sufficient permissions to modify the state file, right?
BTW, the reason I'm running nfs-utils 1.0.7 is 1.0.6-r6 didn't work either.  |
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zeek
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| rmoerlan wrote: | | Code: | | -rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody root 0 Aug 18 15:10 state |
results in:
| Code: | rpc.statd[19118]: Version 1.0.7 Starting
rpc.statd[19118]: open (/var/lib/nfs/state): Permission denied
rc-scripts: Error starting NFS statd
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I don't get it. rpc.statd should be running with sufficient permissions to modify the state file, right?
BTW, the reason I'm running nfs-utils 1.0.7 is 1.0.6-r6 didn't work either. |
Also check the permissions of /var, /var/lib, and /var/lib/nfs |
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xbmodder
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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did you 777 the state dir?
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rmoerlan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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Okay,
Here are my directory permissions after running chmod 777 on them all. This is my first time really dealing with nfs since I started using Gentoo a few years ago so this one is a bit... frustrating.
from the /var/lib/nfs tree:
| Code: | drwxrwxrwx 12 root root 4096 Aug 16 15:42 var
drwxrwxrwx 13 root root 4096 Aug 18 09:17 lib
drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 Aug 22 09:02 nfs
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It appears I'm still getting that same stupid error. Is there a way to know whether rpc.statd is running with proper priveledges? |
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buchan
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:18 am Post subject: |
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| I'm having the same problem on a fresh install. Anyone discover the solution? |
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kik
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Same here, fresh 2005.1 install also. Running 2.6.12-gentoo-r9. I tried disabling NFS V4 support in the kernel, still getting the error :
| Code: | Sep 2 12:44:14 nostromo Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
Sep 2 12:44:14 nostromo rpc.statd[11047]: Version 1.0.6 Starting
Sep 2 12:44:14 nostromo rpc.statd[11047]: open (/var/lib/nfs/state): Permission denied
Sep 2 12:44:14 nostromo rc-scripts: Error starting NFS statd
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I checked the permissions in /var/lib/nfs :
| Code: | nostromo ~ # ls -al /var/lib/nfs
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 99 Sep 2 11:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Sep 2 10:50 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 2 10:52 .keep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Sep 2 2005 etab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 2 10:50 rmtab
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody root 18 Sep 2 10:52 sm
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody root 18 Sep 2 10:52 sm.bak
-rw------- 1 nobody root 0 Sep 2 10:50 state
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 18 Sep 2 10:52 v4root
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 2 10:50 xtab
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chmod'ing 777 /var/lib/nfs and /var/lib/nfs/state does not change anything.
Could this be a bug introduced by 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 as I have no problem on other servers running 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 ? |
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kik
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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Solved the issue with "chown root:root sm sm.bak state" in /var/lib/nfs :
| Code: | ls -al
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 116 Sep 2 15:48 .
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Sep 2 10:50 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 2 13:07 .keep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Sep 2 15:48 etab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 2 10:50 rmtab
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Sep 2 13:05 rpc_pipefs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 18 Sep 2 13:07 sm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 18 Sep 2 13:07 sm.bak
-rw------- 1 root root 4 Sep 2 15:48 state
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 18 Sep 2 13:07 v4root
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 2 10:50 xtab
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Now statd starts correctly, this is what I get in the syslog though :
| Code: | Sep 2 15:48:08 nostromo rpc.statd[12561]: Version 1.0.6 Starting
Sep 2 15:48:08 nostromo rpc.statd[12561]: statd running as root. chown /var/lib/nfs/sm to choose different user
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I am not sure if this poses a security threat of some sort. Does anybody know the implications of running rpc.statd as root ?
Last edited by kik on Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:51 am; edited 1 time in total |
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buchan
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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If you don't want it to run as root try 'chown nobody:nobody'.
Although I wonder what is the real cause of this... all my other boxes are nobody:root. |
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kik
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| Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the tip. I just did a "chown nobody:nobody sm sm.bak state" in "/var/lib/nfs" :
| Code: | nostromo nfs # ls -al
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 116 Sep 5 12:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Sep 2 10:50 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 2 13:07 .keep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Sep 5 12:56 etab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 2 10:50 rmtab
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Sep 2 13:05 rpc_pipefs
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody 18 Sep 2 13:07 sm
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody 18 Sep 2 13:07 sm.bak
-rw------- 1 nobody nobody 4 Sep 5 12:57 state
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 18 Sep 2 13:07 v4root
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 2 10:50 xtab
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and restarted nfs and netmount. Now rpc.statd starts with no warning :
| Code: | Sep 5 12:57:39 nostromo rpc.statd[12532]: Version 1.0.6 Starting
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I confirm all my other Gentoo boxes have nobody:root for these files as well. |
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heilong
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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I've had the same problem on a new box. Doing
"chown nobody:nobody sm sm.bak state" fixed it. The same files are owned by nobody:root on my notebook and work fine.
I really wonder what's the problem with it? |
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Tony240zt
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: |
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I had the same prob with a fresh install box
chmod 755 /
fixed the problem.
It was
d-wxr----t 19 root root 440 Jul 30 2005 . |
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