On Tue, 31 May 2005, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 02:42:02PM -0700, Michael Marion wrote: > > Wonder if this is known.. don't see the same thing in the list, but I'm way > > behind. > > > > Most hosts failing to mount a test server, but watching packets shows that > > it > > never does try to mount. I've verified that patching 4.1.4 with: > > autofs-4.1.4-multi-parse-fix.patch > > autofs-4.1.4-non-replicated-ping.patch > > autofs-4.1.4-misc-fixes.patch > > > > fixes the problem, and I'm guessing it's the non-replicated-ping patch that > > does it as the ok hosts do a lot more rpc traffic. > > If patching autofs works, why not simply do that? > > > We're trying to figure out if just enabling nfs v2 support, or something > > else > > simple will help in the short term.. I'd rather not update the kernel and > > automount daemon on 800+ hosts for one path. :) Though I want to get them > > all > > updated eventually where I can. > > You don't have to update the kernel for the fixes, just the daemon. If you > have 800+ machines, surely you must have some kind of automated system for > doing that.
Yep. Assuming I'm right. Resolving this specific issue won't need a kernel update. Ian _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
