From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:22:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:22:37 -0400 Received: from [195.89.159.99] ([195.89.159.99]:13301 "EHLO kushida.degree2.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:22:26 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 02:59:47 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Michael Rothwell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: nfs is stupid ("getfh failed") Message-ID: <20010907025947.E7329@kushida.degree2.com> In-Reply-To: <002b01c136e1$3bb36a80$81d4870a@cartman> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <002b01c136e1$3bb36a80$81d4870a@cartman>; from rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 10:35:53AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michael Rothwell wrote: > server# tail /var/log/messages > Sep 6 09:37:43 gateway rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from > 192.168.1.133:933 for /export (/export) > Sep 6 09:37:43 gateway rpc.mountd: getfh failed: Operation not permitted I'm seeing this message quite often with one Linux 2.4.7 system automounting another. As long as A has B's filesystem mounted, all is ok. Then A times out, unmounts, and later wants to remount B's filesystem. Then, sometimes, I see a message much like yours. It doesn't seem to need a reboot to cause this problem, and the fix I have found is to kill and restart the NFS server: /etc/init.d/nfs restart. I have no idea why it happens, or why restarting nfsd or mountd fixes it. -- Jamie