From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Subject: of rmtab and 'Invalid argument' and permission denied Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 19:20:21 +0000 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20030308192021.GB747@gallifrey> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252] helo=www.linux.org.uk ident=exim) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18rjsO-00033i-00 for ; Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:20:57 -0800 Received: from dsl-212-23-14-246.zen.co.uk ([212.23.14.246] helo=gallifrey.home.treblig.org) by www.linux.org.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #5) id 18rjrp-0002uw-00 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 08 Mar 2003 19:20:21 +0000 Received: from dg by gallifrey.home.treblig.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18rjrp-0002LE-00 for ; Sat, 08 Mar 2003 19:20:21 +0000 To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, I have a problem with an NFS server running SuSE 8.1 and serving to a mix of different systems; the server runs the kernel server. Sometimes the client will get a permission denied on attempting to mount =66rom the server even though it managed it a few hours earlier with no change to config of the server. Restarting the nfs server gives a line of the form: clienthostname: Invalid argument Going into /var/lib/nfs/rmtab and removing the entries for the client and then restarting cause both the Invalid argument error and the mounting problems to disappear. I'm not sure but one observation is that for the clients which have the problem the rmtab contains two entries for the same file system - e.g. clienthostname:/mountpoint:0x00000005 clienthostname:/mountpoint/a/sub/directory:0x00000002 I haven't been able to replicate the problem on a Debian (sid) box that I happen to have here (even with the SuSE mountd binaries). So questions: 1) Has this been seen before - what are the known causes/cures. 2) What exactly reads rmtab (is it mountd?) - are there any easy ways to track the problem? Thanks in advance, Dave ---------------- Have a happy GNU millennium! ---------------------- =20 / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \=20 \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs