On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 11:57:55AM +0100, Rainer Bawidamann wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex van den Bogaerdt) writes:
> >
> > Karyn Ulriksen wrote:
> >>
> >> yup... its an nfs issue... works on local volumes just fine...
> >>
> >> will be changing thread here...
> >
> > glad you've found it. While I think this is not an RRDtool
> > problem per se, maybe Tobi can fix it somewhere, somehow?
>
> rrdtool uses fcntl to lock the rrd file. This needs a nfs implementation
> with working locking. The original sun nfs has working locking. Linux
> might have it with with version 2.2 or 2.4, don't know exactly. Look for
> a running "lockd".
The procmail package has a fairly useful utility which tests the
different locking mechanisms and capabilities of your OS on specified
directories. Useful in situations like this.
-- Clifton
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