Re: rpc.lockd

[Chuck Swiger <cswiger%mac.com@localhost>]

On Mar 7, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Patrick Welche wrote:
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> I suppose avoiding locks using the nolock option may avoid the issues,
> but I wonder how the duplicate locks form in the first place - presumably
> those messages are correct?

NFS locking (ie, rpc.lockd) is infamous for being buggy.  If at all possible, 
try to avoid using it by configuring your software to use dot-file locking or 
whatever alternatives which might exist.

  http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/locking.txt.html

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck