Package: nfs-common
Version: 1.0.10-6
Severity: important
rpc.statd -p 900 -o 901
does not work in etch (it does in sarge).
The reason is that rpc.statd changes its uid to user statd and therefore is
not allowed to open ports < 1024.
Workaround: rpc.statd runs as owner of /var/lib/nfs/sm which is user statd in
etch.
With
chown -R root /var/lib/nfs/sm
chown root /var/lib/nfs/state
rpc.statd will run as root and bind to ports < 1024.
A proper fix: rpc.statd should first bind to the ports and then drop
privileges.
--
Wolfgang Walter
Studentenwerk München
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