2010/2/3 Rudi Ahlers <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > I want to map an NFS share from a remote server to a local CentOS 5.4 > server, but have a problem with portmap: > r...@mercury:[~]$ service portmap restart > pmap_getmaps rpc problem: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection reset > by peer > Stopping portmap: [FAILED] > Starting portmap: [ OK ] > r...@mercury:[~]$ service portmap status > portmap dead but subsys locked > r...@mercury:[~]$ > > What is "subsys", and how do I "unlock it"? > > > /var/log/messages gives me this: > Feb 3 13:44:23 mercury portmap[2221]: cannot bind udp: Address already in > use > > Which address is it referring to? Portmap isn't running so I don't see how > it can be in use. Or should I be looking for the problem elsewhere? > Google search results sugested opening port 111 in the firewall, which I > have, but still get the error. And I cannot, at any costs, reboot this > server. So, is there a way to fix this?
Check if there is lock file for portmap under /var/run and remove it and try again. Use also netstat -lp --ip to check if portmap is already running. -- Eero _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
