1. emerged nfs-utils net-fs/nfs-utils-1.3.2-r6::gentoo USE="ipv6 libmount nfsidmap nfsv4 tcpd uuid -caps -kerberos -nfsdcld -nfsv41 (-selinux)" 2. added nfs share to /etc/exports 3. tried to start nfs-service view systemd/systemctl: [snip] $ systemctl start nfs-server Job for nfs-server.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status nfs-server.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. $ systemctl status nfs-server ● nfs-server.service - NFS server and services Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/systemd/system/nfs-server.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2015-07-31 11:09:45 EEST; 5s ago Process: 1183 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd $RPCNFSDARGS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 1180 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/exportfs -r (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1183 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Jul 31 11:09:45 t431s systemd[1]: Starting NFS server and services... Jul 31 11:09:45 t431s rpc.nfsd[1183]: rpc.nfsd: writing fd to kernel failed: errno 111 (Connection refused) Jul 31 11:09:45 t431s rpc.nfsd[1183]: rpc.nfsd: unable to set any sockets for nfsd Jul 31 11:09:45 t431s systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jul 31 11:09:45 t431s systemd[1]: Failed to start NFS server and services. Jul 31 11:09:45 t431s systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Unit entered failed state. Jul 31 11:09:45 t431s systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. [/snip] Eventually figured out that missing part in the puzzle was to start rpcbind service: $ systemctl start rpcbind Then everything went smooth: $ systemctl start nfs-server $ systemctl status nfs-server ● nfs-server.service - NFS server and services Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/systemd/system/nfs-server.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Fri 2015-07-31 11:12:29 EEST; 4s ago Process: 1227 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd $RPCNFSDARGS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1224 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/exportfs -r (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1227 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/nfs-server.service Jul 31 11:12:29 t431s systemd[1]: Starting NFS server and services... Jul 31 11:12:29 t431s systemd[1]: Started NFS server and services. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
$ emerge --info Portage 2.2.20 (python 2.7.10-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, gcc-4.9.3, glibc-2.21-r1, 4.2.0-rc4+ x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.2.0-rc4+-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-3337U_CPU_@_1.80GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 12039924 total, 9960900 free KiB Swap: 2097148 total, 2097148 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 04:30:01 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p39 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.25.1 p1.0) 2.25.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p39::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.22.0::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.10::gentoo, 3.3.5-r1::gentoo, 3.4.3::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.3.0::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r3::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.17::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r1::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r1::gentoo, 1.13.4::gentoo, 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25.1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 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rpcbind isn't a dependency of NFSv4 server. On OpenRC script it isn't list as a dependency either. It is only needed of NFSv2 and NFSv3. I think it's not a but. I am running myself an NFSv4 server without rpcbind (I am also using systemd).
JFYI: rpc-statd.service from nfs-utils-1.3.4 depends on rpcbind.socket.
(In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #3) > JFYI: rpc-statd.service from nfs-utils-1.3.4 depends on rpcbind.socket. Ooops.. I meant nfs-server.service. And it has a weak dependency on rpcbind.socket (Wants=rpcbind.socket): http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git;a=commitdiff;h=91da135f243d6f87fcea8b8a3ce28a589917b0e4;hp=85c5c16d29d50c1f798d60e57641cd21cec2e905
