Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jul 1997 12:13:19 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Swen Thuemmler <> | Subject | Re: NFS troubles when mounting multihomed server |
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On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Ion Badulescu wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm having some problems mounting an NFS share from a multihomed server: > if the hostname resolves to a different interface than the one on the > route to the server (due to DNS RR for example), the mount call just > hangs. Tcpdump shows that linux is sending requests to the resolved > address, receives replies from the other address, doesn't grok them and > sends back ICMP port unreachable.. This goes on for ever, until the client > is rebooted.
You should check the version of /sbin/mount - newer versions don't connect the socket (if your kernel is not too old (below 1.1.3x, I think)). And you might check the version of amd, if you use automounting. The debian version contains the neccesa^H^H^H^H^Hsseca^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hneeded (:-) patches.
Hope this helps.
--Swen
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