diff --git a/shell/src/interpreter.py b/shell/src/interpreter.py

index d18f918b..8a2d79f7 100644

--- a/shell/src/interpreter.py

+++ b/shell/src/interpreter.py

@@ -2549,6 +2549,22 @@ class Util(object):

         return adminUserName

+    @staticmethod

+    def getlisteningports():

+        """Check which ports are being listened on"""

+        ports = []

+        try:

+            import subprocess

+            pipe_out_err = subprocess.Popen("ss -tln", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()

+            for listen in pipe_out_err[0].split('\n'):

+                m = re.search(r":([0-9]+)\s", listen)

+                if m != None:

+                    ports.append(int(m.group(1)))

+        except:

+            pass

+

+        return ports

+

     @staticmethod

     def setFSReadonly(interpreter, sourceFS):

         #check which implementations are loaded

@@ -2572,7 +2588,7 @@ class Util(object):

                 return 1

             else:

                 #if DPM python is there try to set to RO also via DPM but don't fail in case of errors

-                if 'dpm2' in sys.modules:

+                if 'dpm2' in sys.modules and 5015 in Util.getlisteningports():

                     dpm2.dpm_modifyfs(sourceFS.server, sourceFS.name, 2, sourceFS.weight)

                 return 0