[Bug 875471] Re: nfs-kernel-server does not start on boot because portmap is not running

[mr_echo]

I have a fresh installation of 11.10 64 bit.  I can confirm that rpcbind
is not starting at boot time.  In my case, I needed to mount some NFS
directories from another server.  Since rpcbind doesn't start, statd
fails.  This, in turn, causes the NFS mounts to fail.  I've tried
tracking through the rpcbind startup stuff but I'm not very familiar
with upstart.  As suggested above, the workaround is to start the
required services manually from /etc/rc.local.

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Title:
  nfs-kernel-server does not start on boot because portmap is not
  running

Status in “nfs-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have a fully upgraded 11.10 desktop release and installed nfs-common, nfs-kernel-server, and rpcbind which provides portmap. After I boot up, nfs-kernel-server is not running. When I try to start nfs-kernel-server with
  service nfs-kernel-server-start
  I get the error message that portmap is not running. But, with 
  service portmap status
  I get the message that portmap is running. To start nfs-kernel-server, I have to do:
  service statd start
  service portmap stop
  service portmap start
  service nfs-kernel-server start
  This may be related to the fact that the script /etc/init/portmap-wait.conf portmap returns "2" on exit which I think confuses the "system ... status" command.
  Also, in /etc/init/statd.conf there is a reference to a file "portmap-boot.conf" but that file is missing in /etc/init.

  A temporary workaround may be to put the lines
  service statd start
  service portmap stop
  service portmap start
  service nfs-kernel-server start
  into /etc/rc.local

  Note that I have /, /boot, /var, /tmp, /usr in different partitions.
  Not sure this makes a difference.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: nfs-kernel-server 1:1.2.4-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Oct 15 22:53:34 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: nfs-utils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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