Re: [TCLUG:7347] NFS errors

["John J. Trammell" <trammell@nitz.hep.umn.edu>]

Hello all:

Tim Wilson wrote:

> I just compiled a custom kernel for my server, and now I'm getting this
> error message for NFS that I don't understand. I can't find a reference to
> it in the man pages. I assume that it's related to my new kernel because
> it worked before. Here's what I get when I try to start NFS on my RH6
> sytem:
>
> [root@thales /root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs start
> Starting NFS services:                                     [  OK  ]
> Starting NFS statd:                                        [  OK  ]
> Starting NFS quotas:                                       [  OK  ]
> Starting NFS mountd:                                       [  OK  ]
> Starting NFS daemon:
> nfssvc: Function not implemented
>                                                            [FAILED]
>
> Does anyone know what 'nfsssvc' refers to? Incidentally, I didn't compile
> the NFS server into the kernel. I'm using the older, non-kernel-based
> system. Any hints?

BTDT, sort of.  I'm guessing your /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs is trying
to start the nfs daemon not built into your kernel.  

What happens when you do a 'rpm -qf /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd'?

Regards,
John