nfs-server service fails to start due to error "rpc.mountd: bad port number"

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Issue

  • nfs-server.service fails to start after making changes to file /etc/sysconfig/nfs.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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