"FATAL: Module nfsd not found" and "FATAL: Error running install command for nfsd" are generated to console screen on every startup
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Created On 02/14/23 17:06 PM - Last Modified 11/05/25 22:14 PM
Symptom
On every startup of the PA-800 Series Firewalls and PA-220, the following 2 FATAL messages could be generated to console screen.
These FATAL messages are often found by customer engineers who are conducting acceptance test for the devices at their warehourse since these FATAL messages are unusual and sound critical for them.
Here is the part of the sample console logs.
[ OK ] Starting ntpd: [ OK ] FATAL: Module nfsd not found. FATAL: Error running install command for nfsd Starting NFS services: [ OK ] Starting NFS mountd: [ OK ] Starting NFS daemon: [ OK ]
Environment
- PA-800 Series Firewalls
- PA-220
- PAN-OS 9.0 or higher
Cause
A package upgrade done in PAN-OS 9.0 has introduced these 2 FATAL messages.
Resolution
These 2 FATAL messages are just a cosmetic issue and harmless, thus can be ignored.