Description of problem: LOCKD_*PORT settings in /etc/sysconfig/nfs are ignored while booting the system. Afterwards it can be triggered by /etc/init.d/nfs* restart and this time there are readed. speak - settings are ignored onetime / while booting Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.0.9-35z.el5_2 How reproducible: every boot time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set LOCKD_*PORT in sysconfig/nfs 2. ReBoot 3. confirm with rpcinfo -p Actual results: random ports for lockd Expected results: specified port for lockd Additional info: workaround: set options lockd nlm_*port=xxxxx for modprobe
This will be fixed by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474449 Meaning loading the nfsd module will make sysctl variables exist when the they are being set. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 474449 ***