[plug] portmap: unrecognised service

[Steve Grasso]

Bruce,

Welcome to the list!

Are you using RPC for anything? I would suspect not under normal operations, 
therefore you probably wouldn't need the portmapper. I don't have it running 
on my Mandrake 8.0 workstation.

Sounds like portmap was installed, then has been uninstalled/broken.

Check for the presence of /etc/rc.d/init.d/portmap. I suspect it won't be 
there, or that the portmap installation is broken for some reason. 
Now check for a portmap sym link in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d and/or /etc/rc.d/rc3.d 
prefixed by S and a number. If there, change the name of the file (perhaps 
change uppercase S to lowercase s). That will prevent portmap from attempting 
to start next time you reboot.

Regards,
Steve


On Thursday 07 February 2002 10:05, Bruce Fountain wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I am new to this list. I have been using unix on and off for over a
> decade, but I am still on my L plates with linux and I have very little
> sysadmin experience.
>
> I am running Mandrake 8.0, which installed without hassle. After install
> I rebooted several times without problem, but lately I am seeing the
> error "portmap: unrecognised service" on boot. The system hangs
> for about 10min and then continues. System runs fine - mail, web
> access, ping, ftp all work okay.
>
> Where should I look for service configuration? I don't see any mention
> of portmap in MandrakeControlCentre->System->Services.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bruce Fountain (fountainb at switch.aust.com)
> Senior Software Engineer
> Union Switch and Signal Pty Ltd
> Perth Western Australia
> tel: +618 9256 0083