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Portmap Error: Unable to receive; errno = Connection reset by peer

Mike Linux Tips January 9, 2013

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While setting and configuring NFS share on a server when you try to restart portmap service you get following error

[root@server mounted]# service portmap restart
pmap_getmaps rpc problem: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection reset by peer
Stopping portmap:                                          [FAILED]
Starting portmap:                                          [  OK  ]
[root@server mounted]#

Logs (tail -f /var/log/message) shows that portmap port is conflicting with some other service.

Dec 29 06:39:46 server portmap[32452]: cannot bind udp: Address already in use
Dec 29 06:39:46 server portmap[32452]: cannot bind udp: Address already in use
Dec 29 06:39:46 server portmap[32452]: cannot bind udp: Address already in use
Dec 29 06:39:46 server portmap[32452]: cannot bind udp: Address already in use

 

I have searched on internet and found following commands which fixed the issue.

1) Stop portsentry service

[root@server mounted]# /etc/init.d/portsentry stop

2) Restart portmap service

[root@server mounted]# /etc/init.d/portmap restart

3) Start portsentry service

[root@server mounted]# /etc/init.d/portsentry start

Try to configure NFS now :)

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About: Mike

Milind Koyande loves to work on new technologies specially virtualization and troubleshoot server problems. I’m an avid photographer and love to spend my free time close to nature, trying to capture its glory on my camera.

One thought on “Portmap Error: Unable to receive; errno = Connection reset by peer”

  1. on Debian Linux i am getting below error while running showmount command, guys is there any workaround for this error.

    RPC: failed to contact portmap (errno -5)
    qa-vm2:~# showmount
    mount clntudp_create: RPC: Port mapper failure – RPC: Unable to receive
    qa-vm2:~#

    qa-vm2:~#tail -f /var/log/messages
    Mar 19 03:33:15 qa-vm2 kernel: NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
    Mar 19 03:39:22 qa-vm2 kernel: nfsd: last server has exited
    Mar 19 03:39:22 qa-vm2 kernel: nfsd: unexporting all filesystems
    Mar 19 03:39:22 qa-vm2 kernel: RPC: failed to contact portmap (errno -5).
    Mar 19 03:39:23 qa-vm2 kernel: NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery directory

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