Re: NFS *client* locking issues in 2.2.x ?

Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
13 Sep 1999 12:23:52 +0200


Dr J Pelan <J.Pelan@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> Here is a simple case using the program 'inc' (which includes new mail -
> part of nmh-0.27 as comes with RedHat 6.0). It is compiled for fcntl locking.
>
> NFS Server - Irix 6.4 NFS v2/v3 capable
> NFS Client - RedHat 6.0 Linux
>
> Kernel Status
> ------ ------
> 2.0.36 works
>
> 2.2.5-22 inc: unable to lock and fopen /nfs/home/test/.mail
> kernel: lockd: failed to monitor xx.xx.xx.xx
> 2.2.10 ditto
> 2.2.16 ditto

'failed to monitor xx.xx.xx.xx' means that the client and/or server is
not running the 'statd' daemon.

Cheers,
Trond

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