Steve, I'm looking at your change to gssd.conf and idmapd.conf, and it looks like you've got a race condition. You add the following to the pre-start script of both:
if ! mountpoint -q "$PIPEFS_MOUNTPOINT" then mount -t rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs "$PIPEFS_MOUNTPOINT" fi The problem is that the filesystem could get mounted between when you check with mountpoint and when you call mount. And because mount is the last command in the pre-start script, if it fails then the pre-start will fail, preventing the job from starting. I haven't actually seen this issue, but since two jobs are running this same code around the same time, it definitely seems like a possibility. Probably a simple "|| true" on the mount command would be sufficient. If the mountpoint isn't actually there when rpc.gssd or rpc.idmapd starts, that process will exit and upstart will retry. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/811823 Title: idmapd upstart job ends in an inconsistent state if /usr is a separate partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/811823/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs