From: Steve Dickson Subject: Re: order of starting nfsd and mountd Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:50:02 -0400 Message-ID: <4266C07A.1010403@RedHat.com> References: <20050420145111.90658.qmail@web51610.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DOM9E-0006ok-9R for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:50:12 -0700 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.41) id 1DOM9C-00084R-RS for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:50:12 -0700 To: mehta kiran In-Reply-To: <20050420145111.90658.qmail@web51610.mail.yahoo.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: mehta kiran wrote: > I tried starting rpc.mountd before nfsd and > when nfs restarts , client gets nfs stale handle > error(RHEL4 GA 2.6.9-5.ELsmp). > If mountd is started after nfsd , everything > works > find. > Why is this dependency or ordering ? Due to the way rpc.mountd and the kernel (i.e. nfsd) communicate. rpc.mountd need to open files under /proc/net/rpc and if nfsd is not running, those opens will fail. steved. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs