Index: nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/mount/network.c
===================================================================
--- nfs-utils-1.1.3.orig/utils/mount/network.c
+++ nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/mount/network.c
@@ -694,7 +694,18 @@ int start_statd(void)
 #ifdef START_STATD
 	if (stat(START_STATD, &stb) == 0) {
 		if (S_ISREG(stb.st_mode) && (stb.st_mode & S_IXUSR)) {
-			system(START_STATD);
+			pid_t pid = fork();
+			switch (pid) {
+			case 0: /* child */
+				execl(START_STATD, START_STATD, NULL);
+				exit(1);
+			case -1: /* error */
+				perror("Fork failed");
+				break;
+			default: /* parent */
+				waitpid(pid, NULL,0);
+				break;
+			}
 			if (probe_statd())
 				return 1;
 		}
Index: nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/statd/start-statd
===================================================================
--- nfs-utils-1.1.3.orig/utils/statd/start-statd
+++ nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/statd/start-statd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -p
 # nfsmount calls this script when mounting a filesystem with locking
 # enabled, but when statd does not seem to be running (based on
 # /var/run/rpc.statd.pid).