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From: Paul Flores <pflores@phoenix.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: NFS struggles
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:40:51 -0600
Organization: C-Com/Phoenix Data Net (281) 486-8337/ http://www.phoenix.net
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To: Scott Michel <scottm@taliesin.cs.ucla.edu>
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On 6 Mar 1997, Scott Michel wrote:
> If I hard mount the file system (called host:/misc) from an NFS client,
> the mount completes. When I do a 'ls -l' of the mount point, the client
> machine freezes, and a 'kill -9' won't get rid of the process:
>
> # mount host:/misc /mnt # completes OK
> # ls -l /mnt # Grip o' Death Command
>
> -- It's not just a floor wax, it's a dessert topping too! --
>
> I took the liberty of doing a tcpdump on that interface to figure out
> what was going on. Apparently, there are a flood of ICMP messages in
> response to a non-existent UDP port, generally in the 1035 - 1088
> range (but this isn't constant.) The sequence of events looks something
> like (names have been changed to protect the topology):
>
> 22:46:30.970045 client.bb > server.nfs: 120 getattr [|nfs]
> 22:46:30.970662 server-intf2.nfs > client.bb: reply ok 96
> 22:46:30.970718 client > server-intf2: icmp: client udp port 1039 unreachable
>
What is the server machine running? I ran into a similar problem
trying to mount a NFS drive off a DecSafe cluster.
Try mounting to server-intfs2 instead. I think you may be
confusing the poor NFS daemon! (if it IS a DecSafe system,
look into amd to solve your problem.)
Paul Flores
"Show me an Ethernet collision and I'll show you a network that
could do with one user fewer" --BOFH