Re[2]: NFS problem with 2.6.9-rc1-bk7

[Harry Edmon]

Well, the mount of /proc/fs/nfs helped, but it pointed out another problem.  In my exports file have entries like the following:

/home/data    stormy.atmos.washington.edu(rw,sync,no_root_squash) pond91.drizzle.com(rw,sync,insecure) flake.atmos.washington.edu(rw,sync,no_root_squash) dry.atmos.washington.edu(rw,sync,no_root_squash) viking.atmos.washington.edu(rw,sync,insecure) damp(rw,sync,no_root_squash)  *.atmos.washington.edu(rw,sync)

When I mount the nfsd file systems, machines individually listed in the exports file have problems mounting the disk - they either get "permission denied", or the mount hangs.  As soon as a shut down the nfs server, unmount nfsd, and start it up again the hung mounts finish (just stopping and starting does not fix the problem).  If I replace the wildcard entry with a netgroup entry the problem does not occur with nfsd mounted.

Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> På on , 01/09/2004 klokka 12:06, skreiv Harry Edmon:
> > I have been trying newer versions of the kernel on a web/NFS server
> > tofix memory problems that seem to be associated with NFS for all
> > 2.6versions through 2.6.8.1-mm4.  Andrew Morton suggested I try the
> > latestsnapshot.  With this version (2.6.9-rc1-bk7) I have the problem
> > that NFSclients will spontaneously find themselves without permission
> > to accessthe files on the server.  When I type "exportfs -ar" on the
> > server, theclients get better for awhile, and then fail.  The message
> > I see on theserver is:
> > 
> > Sep  1 08:17:57 funnel rpc.mountd: getfh failed: Operation not
> > permitted
>
> Looks like that is more of a question for Neil Brown than for me.
>
> That said 2.6 kernels require more recent versions of nfs-utils, and
> require you to mount the "nfsd" pseudofilesystem on /proc/fs/nfsd or
> /proc/fs/nfs (see the "exportfs" manpage). Have you checked that this is
> indeed the case?
>
> Cheers,
> Trond
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