Subject: Re: NFS locking
To: Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@apk.od.ua>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/23/2005 15:28:12
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 03:18:59PM +0300, Mike M. Volokhov wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:36:34 +0200
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:09:28PM +0200, David Wetzel wrote:
> > > hi,
> > > 
> > > I am using NFS between a NetBSD machine an Apple Tiger (latest version)
> > > 
> > > I keep getting messages like that on the mac:
> > > 
> > > nfs server myserver.example.com:/: lockd not responding
> > > 
> > > 
> > > myserver# rpc.lockd -d 5
> > > rpc.lockd: cannot get udp netconf.
> > 
> > Make sure you also have rpc.statd and rpcbind running.
> 
> Is it possible to solve/workaround this way (i.e. using lockd/statd)
> old annoying "nfsrcvlk" trouble (please see kern/5960, kern/26209,
> kern/29528, kern/30401 for examples)?

No, it's a completely different issue. lockd/statd is a protocol to allow
NFS clients to lock files (using flock() or fnctl). It has nothing to do with
nfsrcvlk which is an internal lock to the NFS code.

> 
> Or it has been already fixed?

Some of these PRs may be fixed. 

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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