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Author: Ken Dibble
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] NFS rookie mistake?
On 6/1/22 21:04, Ken Dibble wrote:
> Here is the story:
>
> I needed to do some server maintenance so I issued $init 1.
>
> After the maintenance was done I issued $init 5.
>
> Everything was fine except no nfs-server-kernel running.
>
> No problem.
>
> Issue $sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart
>
> System response:
>
> Stopping NFS kernel daemon: mountd nfsd.
> Unexporting directories for NFS kernel daemon....
> Exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon....
> Starting NFS kernel daemon: nfsd
> Not starting: portmapper is not running ... (warning).
>
> Problem to be investigated LATER.
>
> Issue $ /etc/init.d/rpcbind restart
>
> System response:
>
> Stopping RPC port mapper daemon: rpcbind.
> Starting RPC port mapper daemon: rpcbind.
>
> No problem.
>
> Try nfs server again.
>
> $sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart
>
> System response:
>
> Stopping NFS kernel daemon: mountd nfsd.
> Unexporting directories for NFS kernel daemon....
> Exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon....
> Starting NFS kernel daemon: nfsd mountd.
>
> no problem.
>
>
> So, Now it is LATER.
>
> So obviously when I went to runlevel 1, rpcbind was stopped and
>
> didn't come back up when I went back to runlevel 5.
>
> Investigate:
>
> /etc$ sudo find . -name *nfs-kernel-server
> ./rc2.d/S04nfs-kernel-server
> ./rc0.d/K01nfs-kernel-server
> ./rc1.d/K01nfs-kernel-server
> ./default/nfs-kernel-server
> ./init.d/nfs-kernel-server
> ./rc3.d/S04nfs-kernel-server
> ./rc4.d/S04nfs-kernel-server
> ./rc6.d/K01nfs-kernel-server
> ./rc5.d/S04nfs-kernel-server
>
> Observation:
>
> nfs-kernel-server gets killed at 0,1,6
>
> and  gets started at runlevels 2-5
>
>
> /etc$ sudo find . -name *rpcbind
> ./rc0.d/K06rpcbind
> ./rc1.d/K06rpcbind
> ./rcS.d/S17rpcbind
> ./default/rpcbind
> ./init.d/rpcbind
> ./rc6.d/K06rpcbind
> ./insserv.conf.d/rpcbind
>
>
> Observation:
>
> The only time rpcbind is brought up is at system start.
>
> RUNLEVEL 1 kills it.
>
> Conclusion:
>
> So either rpcbind shouldn't be killed at runlevel 1 or it should be
>
> started prior to nfs-kernel-server on runlevels 2-5.
>
> OR .....
>
> I have no clue about something here.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ken
>
>
>

Reported to Devuan BTS, result follows:

Re: bug#680: RPCBind incorrect or incomplete runlevels

Control: tag -1 debian

Ken,

Thanks for this.

On Fri, Jun 03, 2022 at 10:45:38AM -0400, Ken Dibble wrote:

> Package: rpcbind
>
> Version: 1.2.5-9
>
> The only time rpcbind is brought up is at system start.
>
> RUNLEVEL 1 kills it.


I don't know why the LSB header specifies that either. The oldest version in
Debian[1] also has the same header wrt runlevels.

src:rpcbind is not a forked package and Devuan uses Debian's packages
directly without recompilation. Please report this to Debian's BTS to be
addressed.

Thanks

Mark

[1]https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/r/rpcbind/rpcbind_0.2.3-0.6.dsc


Reported to Debian BTS on June 7.


Thanks for the help.


Ken