Adding an S99exportfs that just does a /usr/sbin/exportfs -av sort of fixes the problem. There still may be a window where NFS clients get an error they shouldn't, but at least it starts working again after that point in the boot.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:34:48PM -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote: > Update: This is happening with both kernels 2.4.18-5 and 2.4.18-10. > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 08:36:44AM -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote: > > We're having some NFS trouble that's making us relucant to use Linux NFS > > servers at the moment, much as we'd like to. > > > > We just moved our workgroup server to linux/x86 from a solaris/sparc, > > and started getting: > > > > NFS lookup failed for server dcs.nac.uci.edu: error 7 (RPC: > > Authentication error) > > > > ...sometimes, when we reboot the NFS server. It seems that reexporting > > (and sometimes mounting in a 2nd place on the clients?) "fixes" the > > problem temporarily, but then it comes back again later. I'm not > > convinced it happens every time we reboot. > > > > The message above is from a Solaris box, but I know this is happening > > with more than one OS - I'm not sure if it's also happening with Linux > > NFS clients, Tru64 NFS clients, or both Linux and Tru64 NFS clients. > > > > I searched the google groups archives and saw that a guy from Burlington > > Coat Factory was having the same problem, but no one had posted a > > (public) solution for him. I tried the lkml archives on > > www.cs.helsinki.fi via altavista, and found nothing. > > > > This particular NFS server runs 7.3, but we've also seen the problem on > > at least two 7.1 NFS servers. > > > > Anyone have a suggestion as to how to fix this? > > > > -- > > Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS > > > > -- > Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS > -- Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
