Could not start NFS service for any protocol. Exiting (Solaris Common Messages and Troubleshooting Guide)

Solaris Common Messages and Troubleshooting Guide

Could not start NFS service for any protocol. Exiting

Cause

The following errors occur at boot time:

/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: t_bind to wrong address
/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: t_bind to wrong address
/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: Cannot establish NFS service over /dev/udp: transport setup problem.
/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: Cannot establish NFS service over /dev/udp: transport setup problem.
/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: t_bind to wrong address
/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: t_bind to wrong address
/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: Cannot establish NFS service over /dev/tcp: transport setup problem.
/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: Cannot establish NFS service over /dev/tcp: transport setup problem.
/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: Could not start NFS service for any protocol. Exiting.
/usr/lib/nfs/nfsd[478]: Could not start NFS service for any protocol. Exiting.

In this situation, a backup copy of the S15nfs.server script in /etc/rc3.d was made. However, the backup copy was renamed to S15nfs.server.BAK. Since the backup copy starts with a upper case "S," it was also executed at boot time. The errors occurred when a second NFSD was attempted.

Action

If a backup copy of any startup script is made, it should be renamed with a lower case "s," so as not to be executed at boot.