Not able to start rpcbind service "rpc.statd[2391]: failed to create RPC listeners, exiting"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When issuing the rpcinfo -p command, the following error is present:
$ rpcinfo -p
rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error
  • /var/log/messages shows the following:
rpc.statd[2391]: failed to create RPC listeners, exiting"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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