When I shut down my computer I get this message:
Stopping NFS statd...FAILED

Is this cause for concern?

i see this has been asked before:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...003/09/1/89206
but no answer.

RH9

Do you run NFS on your system? If not, and its not starting up, your scripts on shutdown might be trying to shutdown the service as its not even running. Not a big concern really and shouldn't affect your system.

trickykid, i think you're right.
here's what I've learned since i posted

# service nfslock status
rpc.statd is stopped

#chkconfig --list nfslock
nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

# chkconfig --list portmap
portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

# service portmap status
portmap (pid 702) is running..

# service nfslock start
<no message returned>

# service nfslock status
rpc.statd is stopped

# /sbin/rpc.statd
<no message returned>

# service nfslock status
rpc.statd is stopped

So its not running in the first place most likely
The nfslock service will run at runlevel 3, 4 and 5, so the service (which run rpc.lockd and rpc.statd) will run, but for some reason, it doesn't. Its not due to the portmapper, though, 'cause its running. I guess just because I don't use it.