novell-nss fails to start vlrpc

  • 7010618
  • 14-Aug-2012
  • 14-Aug-2012

Environment

Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux

Situation

novell-nss fails to start because vlrpc fails to start
"ERROR: Failed starting vlrpc"
"ERROR: vlrpc terminated prematurely"

Resolution

Make sure the /var/novell/dfs directory exists, so the vlrpc process can create vlrpc in that directory.