I have a problem where nfs failed. 2 units fail to start rpc-statd.service nfs-server.service. ------------------------------------- rpc-statd: systemctl status rpc-statd rpc.statd[736]: Version 1.3.2 starting rpc.statd[736]: Flags: TI-RPC rpc.statd[736]: Running as root. chown /var/lib/nfs to choose different user rpc.statd[736]: failed to create RPC listeners, exiting systemd[1]: rpc-statd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 systemd[1]: Failed to start NFS status monitor for NFSv2/3 locking.. systemd[1]: Unit rpc-statd.service entered failed state. systemd[1]: rpc-statd.service failed. ------------------------------------- I am unable to start this by hand either - continues to fail same way. I had seen this once a month or so back - but was able to start it by hand after machine was up. ------------------------------------- nfs-server: systemctl-status nfs-server ● nfs-server.service - NFS server and services Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2015-01-31 16:05:32 EST; 5min ago Process: 743 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd $RPCNFSDARGS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 741 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/exportfs -r (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 743 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) rpc.nfsd[743]: rpc.nfsd: writing fd to kernel failed: errno 111 (Connection refused) rpc.nfsd[743]: rpc.nfsd: unable to set any sockets for nfsd systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE systemd[1]: Failed to start NFS server and services. systemd[1]: Unit nfs-server.service entered failed state. systemd[1]: nfs-server.service failed. ------------------------------------- Machine is fully updated from testing repo. I did try kernel 3.19.rc6 but it does not help. nfs-utils 1.3.2-1 linux 3.18.5-1 rpcbind 0.2.2-1 Really appreciate some help - this is my main nfs server and I can no longer get it working ... Thanks for any advice. gene