[CentOS] URGENT: libdvdcss install hosed /var

[MHR]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:29 PM, William L. Maltby
<CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
> /etc/hosts permissions OK? I ask because it should be worl-readable
> and you sudo'd it.
>
It is - I was overdoing it....

> IIRC (it's been a long time), the RPC stuff needs to be running for nfs
> locks, status, etc. Are they? I can't confirm this because I don't have
> any nfs stuff running.
>
> But I don't recall whether server/clioent needs any/all on one or both.
>
> Anyway, that and portmap? Not sure. /etc/hosts/{deny,allow} come into
> play if portmap is in use.
>
> I don't recall dinking with the nfs service, so I ps'd it.
>
> rpc       2284     1  0 05:36 ?        00:00:00 portmap
> rpcuser   2310     1  0 05:36 ?        00:00:00 rpc.statd
> root      2356     1  0 05:36 ?        00:00:00 rpc.idmapd
>
> Maybe that gives a clue?
>

I get (psg = ps -ef | grep -i):

[mrichter at swordfish ~]$ psg rpc
rpc       5786     1  0 14:32 ?        00:00:00 portmap
root      5937    11  0 14:32 ?        00:00:00 [rpciod/0]
root      5938    11  0 14:32 ?        00:00:00 [rpciod/1]

> Showmounts might help you out (server side only?).
>
I'm listed there (it's 'showmount' though :-).

I am now certain that this is an nfs issue, but I haven't a clue where
to look.  I noticed that my backup system had a
/var/lock/subsys/nfslock file, so I touched it over here.  I think
it's running a little faster, but it's still like tar whenever one of
my home dir files gets touched (which is a lot, since most apps use
their .<appname> files for local storage).

Any nfs gurus here?

:-)

Thanks to everyone so far....

mhr