Why does NFS daemon fail?
Issue
- When NFS starts, it gives the error as follows:
> /etc/init.d/nfs start
Starting NFS [ OK ]
Starting NFS daemon: rpc.nfsd: writing fd to kernel failed: errno 111 (Connection refused)
rpc.nfsd: unable to set any sockets for nfsd
[FAILED]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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