On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 04:53:28PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-12-14 12:42:13, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 12:18:27PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > How do I get NFS locking to work? (And why doesn't it "just work" > > > anyway?) > > > > > > I am unable to use monotone properly over an NFS mount because it very > > > sensibly tries to lock its repository before modifying it. > > You NEEED to mount your NFS-Share HARD in your /etc/fstab with: > > nfsserver:/directory /datadir nfs > rw,bg,hard,intr,tcp,vers=3,wsize=8192,rsize=8192 0 0 > ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ > > and it seems, that some things are working only correctly, > if you use "tcp" and "vers=3". Be sure, you have compiled > this options into your kernel or kernel-module. > > Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Thanks. I finally had the chance to do that. But it still doesn't work. Could the following error messages be a clue? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dv/lang/frith$ mtn commit lockd: cannot monitor 172.25.1.11 lockd: failed to monitor 172.25.1.11 mtn: error: sqlite error: database is locked [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dv/lang/frith$ I also occasionally get similar messages from fam The /etc/fstab entry for /farhome is 172.25.1.11:/farhome /farhome nfs noauto,user,defaults,rw,hard,tcp,lock,vers=3,exec,nodev 1 1 And the /etc/exports entry on 172.25.1.11 is /farhome 172.25.1.2(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) 172.25.1.3(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) 172.25.1.4(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) 172.25.1.9(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) 172.25.1.12(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) 172.25.1.32(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) 172.25.1.33(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) 172.25.1.6(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) 172.25.1.8(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) 172.25.1.9(rw,sync,no_root_squash,map_identity) The machine I ran the mtn commit from was 172.25.1.4 (the third entry on the above list) > Michelle Konzack > Systemadministrator > Tamay Dogan Network > Debian GNU/Linux Consultant I always enjoy reading your posts on debian-user, by the way. Somehow a sunny personality manages to shine through the dry tech stuff. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
