The rpcbind service will not start properly

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Issue

  • The rpcbind service will not start properly
# service rpcbind start
Starting rpcbind:                                          [  OK  ]
# service rpcbind status
rpcbind dead but pid file exists
  • /var/log/messages shows:
rpcbind: cannot get uid of 'rpc': Success

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

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