NFSv4/krb5: Cannot mount: "Warning: rpc.gssd appears not to be running."

[Christian G. Warden]

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 09:06:48PM +0200, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to set up an NFSv4 with Kerberos 5 sharing of disks in a
> small local network, which is proving itself more difficult than I had
> hoped. After parsing all documentation I could find, I don't know
> where to continue looking.
> 
> Here is the situation:
> 
> Local subnet "mydomain" with "MYDOMAIN" Kerberos domain. One machine
> (server) hosting the Kerberos authentication and file server, one
> machine (client) trying to mount a disk from the file server.
> 
> Both are running Debian GNU/Linux machines (one etch, one sid) and it
> is Kerberos Version 1.4.3 all around. All firewalls in between were
> torn down entirely for tests.

Make sure the server is running rpc.svcgssd.  It was removed from the
nfs-kernel-server package briefly.  It was restored in 1:1.0.9-5.

Christian