Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:17:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:16:54 -0500 Received: from ns.ithnet.com ([217.64.64.10]:37899 "HELO heather.ithnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:16:49 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 14:16:49 +0100 From: Stephan von Krawczynski To: linux-kernel Subject: Problem with kernel nfs server in 2.4.17-rc1 Message-Id: <20011217141649.2ee44a10.skraw@ithnet.com> Organization: ith Kommunikationstechnik GmbH X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.6.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello all, I run constantly in a problem with knfsd (or related) that looks like this: After several hours clients cannot mount via nfs any more, they get: db:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES # mount /backup mount: admin:/p2/backup/db failed, reason given by server: Permission denied On the server I get: Dec 17 14:09:54 admin rpc.mountd: getfh failed: Operation not permitted This issue can always be solved by simply restarting the kernel nfs server. Does this sound familiar to anybody? I tend to believe this is yet another issue with knfsd getting into troubles with failed allocs. I can test whatever, if someone tells me how and what. Regards, Stephan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/