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When an RPC service is started, it will tell rpcbind at what address it is listening, and what RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve. When a client wishes to make an RPC call to a given program number, it will first contact rpcbind on the server machine to determine the address where RPC packets should be sent.
rpcbind permits partial success. That is, if it can start on at least one loopback provider it will continue, even if it fails on the other loopback providers and on all of the non-loopback providers like TCP and UDP.
rpcbind is restricted to users with the root user ID.
If the rpcbind daemon fails to start, the name of the machine may be different from that in the /etc/net/*/hosts files. This can occur if the machine name is changed with the uname(1) command.
To see if rpcbind is running, enter
nfsping -o rpcbind
If a message is displayed that states rpcbind is not running, check the name of the system (uname -n) with the entries in the /etc/net//hosts files, and see if they match.
If they do not match, your machine has had its name changed with the uname command, and the hostname entries in the /etc/net//hosts files must be manually updated.
For example, if the machine's hostname was hulk (use uname -n), the first entry in each of the /etc/net//hosts files should look like:
hulk hulkIf the first entry in each of the /etc/net/*/hosts files do not match the machine's hostname, you must update the first entry in the /etc/net/*/hosts files, and restart the rpcbind daemon. To restart rpcbind, enter: