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nfs server not starting with latest updates as of 2022-01

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Server is AMD 64bit w/32GB; OS-Linux pm01 5.11.0-44-generic #48~20.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 14 15:36:44 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What happened-After my PSU blew, installed new one; looked good but unable to mount NFS shares from client. Checking server:

ps aux | grep nfs
pete      140516  0.0  0.0  19248   736 pts/4    S+   20:09   0:00 grep --color=auto nfs

After a couple of attempts to reinstall I decided to remove and reinstall:

sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server nfs-common 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  open-iscsi watchdog
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nfs-common nfs-kernel-server
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/303 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,251 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package nfs-common.
(Reading database ... 294719 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nfs-common_1%3a1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nfs-common (1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.4) ...
Selecting previously unselected package nfs-kernel-server.
Preparing to unpack .../nfs-kernel-server_1%3a1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nfs-kernel-server (1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.4) ...
Setting up nfs-common (1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.4) ...
Failed to restart nfs-utils.service: Unit run-rpc_pipefs.mount is masked.
Setting up nfs-kernel-server (1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.4) ...
Failed to restart nfs-server.service: Unit mnt-int-data.mount is masked.
Failed to restart nfs-kernel-server.service: Unit proc-fs-nfsd.mount is masked.
invoke-rc.d: initscript nfs-kernel-server, action "restart" failed.
● nfs-server.service - NFS server and services
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/nfs-server.service.d
             └─order-with-mounts.conf
     Active: inactive (dead)

Jan 17 16:38:36 pm01 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for NFS server and services.
Jan 17 16:38:36 pm01 systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Job nfs-server.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Jan 17 16:40:08 pm01 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for NFS server and services.
Jan 17 16:40:08 pm01 systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Job nfs-server.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Jan 18 16:26:55 pm01 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for NFS server and services.
Jan 18 16:26:55 pm01 systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Job nfs-server.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Jan 18 16:33:31 pm01 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for NFS server and services.
Jan 18 16:33:31 pm01 systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Job nfs-server.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Jan 19 19:07:19 pm01 systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Unit cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Jan 19 19:08:15 pm01 systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Unit cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Failed to restart nfs-kernel-server, ignoring.
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.15) ...

sudo systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server.service 
[sudo] password for pete: 
Failed to restart nfs-kernel-server.service: Unit proc-fs-nfsd.mount is masked.

'journal -xe' shows nothing related to nfs after the above command.

What are the 'masked' items? Had googled it but nothing helpful that I could see.

This is /etc/fstab:

# internal hard drives
UUID=9f1187ac-d4af-4673-9b72-6618350e78c7   /mnt/int/data   ext4    defaults    0   0
UUID=a4571467-15b4-4663-a4d2-01d93cab9eeb   /mnt/int/data1  ext4    defaults    0   0
UUID=4b4f358c-4300-4dc9-af9f-e9a80802ca16   /mnt/int/data2  ext4    defaults    0   0
UUID=df3d4194-3863-4b65-ad57-e51e1863f58f   /mnt/int/data3  ext4    defaults    0   0
#
# external USB drives
UUID=729fc8c8-5382-4cd2-8a4d-5a306e538e97   /mnt/ext/PLEX   ext4    defaults    0   0
#UUID=0e4cc69e-9d5a-445f-84b5-3c8e81733305  /mnt/ext/PHOTOS ext4    defaults    0   0
#UUID=12498fd4-d62f-4675-b244-23d8a19802fb  /mnt/ext/Other  ext4    defaults    0   0

/etc/exports:

# export internal drives
/mnt/int/data/Public101 192.168.60.0/24(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
/mnt/int/data/peter/Documents   192.168.60.102(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
#
# export external drives
#/mnt/ext/Other/Mail    192.168.60.102(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
#/mnt/ext/Other/Finance 192.168.60.102(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
#/mnt/ext/Other/Backup  192.168.60.102(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
#/mnt/ext/Other/Recipes 192.168.60.0/24(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)

Any other info that I can provide?

TIA, Pete

Peter Martin avatar
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Sorry! Xubuntu 20.04.
Peter Martin avatar
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Thank you guiverc for the cleanup! My sincere apologies to all for the initial mess!
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