rpc.statd error: "Failed to insert: creating /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm/xxxx: Permission denied" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Application encounters problems when trying to read and write to a mount-point.
  • The following error appears in /var/log/messages:
Jan 14 14:38:59 hostname rpc.statd[3144]: Failed to insert: creating /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm/nfsserver: Permission denied

Environment

  • nfs-utils-1.2.3-26.el6.x86_64
  • nfs-utils-lib-1.1.5-4.el6.x86_64

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