HP Serviceguard Toolkit for NFS on Linux User Guide (May 2013)

Recommended actionPossible causeProblem scenario
up any rpc.idmapd process. The
/var/log/syslog log file indicates
command rpc.idmapd as root. For
example: #rpc.idmapd
to start. When all the required NFS
RPM's are installed on the system, this
directory must be created. If for some
/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
directory is not found.
reason this directory is not created,
the rpc.idmapd does not start.
The NFS toolkit uses the lock_file
command, hence, the procmail rpm
The lockfile command is available
with the procmail rpm. The
Package log contains following error
ERROR: lock_file: lockfile command
does not exist and package fails to
start on a node.
must be installed before configuring the
NFS toolkit package.
procmail rpm might not have been
installed on the node.
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