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    SubjectWorkaround for NFS locking urgently needed
    [Please CC me any replies - I am unable to keep up with this list]

    Hi *,

    Sorry for jumping into this mailing list but I do not know how to solve this.
    RTFM did not work out and searching the list archives did not help either.

    Situation:

    We are using SuSE Linux 5.3 in our PC laboratory for about a year. Now it is
    time to upgrade and I am in the progress of installing Debian potato on
    the clients. Of course I installed version 2.2.12 on the clients. The
    server is still running 2.0.37 and shall be converted when all clients
    are upgraded.

    Problem:

    Many programs do not work anymore when run on a NFS volume (e.g. /home...).
    They block in an SETLK call to fcntl. I need to get everything working
    without upgrading the server to 2.2.x.

    Question:

    What can I do that locking is compatible with the 2.0 kernel installed before?
    I found two postings about the same problem in the archive, one of them with
    a patch to the kernel. But I do not want to patch the kernel for this little
    problem - is there a way I can run a dummy lockd on the server or something?
    Or is 2.2.x needed for rpc.lockd?

    Thanks in advance
    Torsten



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