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Symptom
During boot or halt, the portmapper service hangs for about a minute before the system continues.
What was checked
- Firewall rules – reviewed, working correctly.
- Service restart under
tcpdump– no unexpected traffic. - Logs – clean, nothing pointing at the cause.
- A suspected link to a known portmap bug was ruled out.
Resolution
The service was not needed on the machine, so it was removed from the init scripts. The stall disappeared.
_Originally published in June 2010._