Environment
Novell SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 9
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES)
Novell Open Enterprise Server (Linux based)
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES)
Novell Open Enterprise Server (Linux based)
Situation
Symptoms:
NFS Mount command hangs for several minutes
NFS mount is eventually successful
Changes:
Portmap service was not allowed to start during boot as a security precaution
NFS Mount command hangs for several minutes
NFS mount is eventually successful
Changes:
Portmap service was not allowed to start during boot as a security precaution
Resolution
This is expected
behavior for the NFS client as it requires the nfslock service to
be registered with portmap. If portmap is not allowed to
start at boot time, nfslock can not register. When the NFS
client attempts to mount an external file system export, it will
make sure the nfslock is registered with portmap. It will try
several times to do so, eventually timing out anywhere from 3 to 11
minutes after the Mount command is issued.
Workaround:
If, as a security precaution, portmap needs to not be running on the server, this problem can be avoided by allowing both the portmap and nfslock services to start at boot time and then stopping the portmap service after the server is up. This can be accomplished through the use of a shell script to issue the"rcportmap stop" command.
Workaround:
If, as a security precaution, portmap needs to not be running on the server, this problem can be avoided by allowing both the portmap and nfslock services to start at boot time and then stopping the portmap service after the server is up. This can be accomplished through the use of a shell script to issue the"rcportmap stop" command.