From: mehta kiran Subject: Re: file :"/var/lib/nfs/rmtab" Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 03:42:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20050203114241.7498.qmail@web51610.mail.yahoo.com> References: <42020B15.4030602@moving-picture.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CwfNo-0002tS-MU for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:42:48 -0800 Received: from web51610.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.38.215]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CwfNn-0005F1-4r for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:42:48 -0800 To: James Pearson In-Reply-To: <42020B15.4030602@moving-picture.com> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Or is it for security reasons , so as to prevent server from fake client handle. --thanks,. --kiran --- James Pearson wrote: > mehta kiran wrote: > > Hi , > > In mountd man page , it written that > > rmtab is ornamental and client can contiune > > to use filesystem even after calling umount > > for that filesystem. > > > > Is there any real use of this rmtab file ? > > Does mountd use this file to know the > > clients having access to filesystem ? > > If yes , isn,t filehandle supplied by > > client enough to prove that client has > access > > to filesystem. ? > > On 2.4 kernels it is not 'ornamental' - if the > server reboots without an > entry for a client mount in /var/lib/nfs/rmtab, then > the client will get > a stale NFS file handle when the server reboots. > This can happen if > umount fails e.g. the mount point is busy - > rpc.mountd on the server > removes the entry from /var/lib/nfs/rmtab, but > umount fails, so the file > system remains mounted. > > I believe the situation has changed with 2.6. > > James Pearson > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs