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rpcbind package

  1. Bug #835833
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 835833

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Mathew Cairns (mat-cairns) wrote : Re: spurious syslog error because of use of -w on boot [rpcbind.xdr / portmap.xdr : errno 2 (no such file)]

How about using the fix suggested by in Debian Bug # 645880 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=645880) ?
Simply start rpcbind without the '-w' option if neither of the relevant xdr files exist.

I've modified the patch from the above Debian bug for compatibility with Upstart:

--- /etc/init/portmap.conf (0.2.0-7ubuntu1) 2012-05-23 11:06:40.755992557 +1200
+++ /etc/init/portmap.conf 2012-05-23 11:43:56.813215443 +1200
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@
 pre-start exec mkdir -p /run/rpcbind

 script
- OPTIONS="-w"
+ OPTIONS=""
        if [ -f /etc/default/rpcbind ]; then
                . /etc/default/rpcbind
        elif [ -f /etc/rpcbind.conf ]; then
                . /etc/rpcbind.conf
        fi
+ if [ -e /run/rpcbind/portmap.xdr ] || \
+ [ -e /run/rpcbind/rpcbind.xdr ] ; then
+ OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -w"
+ fi
        exec rpcbind $OPTIONS
 end script