Description of problem: The script /etc/init.d/nfs reports incorrectly 'Shutting down NFS', while nfs is up and running. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nfs-utils-1.0.6-70.EL4 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. service nfs status 2. 3. Actual results: Shutting down NFS mountd: rpc.mountd (pid 5016) is running... nfsd (pid 5010 5009 5008 5007 5006 5005 5004 5003) is running... rpc.rquotad (pid 4999) is running... Expected results: rpc.mountd (pid 2228) is running... nfsd (pid 2218 2217 2216 2215 2214 2213 2212 2211) is running... rpc.rquotad (pid 2207) is running... Additional info: Fix by removing the following line in /etc/init.d/nfs below 'status' echo -n $"Shutting down NFS mountd: "