On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 03:22:30PM -0000, Lewis, Rob wrote:
>
> I am using OpenBSD as both client and server. We are running rpc.lockd
> on both client and server sides.
But did you read the manual page? It seems you did not.
OpenBSD NFS clients do not support locking.
-Otto
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> Robert
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Otto Moerbeek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 05 March 2008 15:20
> To: Lewis, Rob
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; misc@openbsd.org; Buckley, Nadine; Hughes,
> Adrian; Le Monde, Paul
> Subject: Re: Sendbug
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> On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 01:44:07PM -0000, Lewis, Rob wrote:
>
> > Description:
> >
> > We are having problems getting NFS file locking working
> > correctly. We have tried both NFS version 2 and 3 using both UDP and
> TCP
> > transport mechanisms. Whentwo users access the same file; both have
> the
> > ability to write to that file. Open Office also exhibits this
> behaviour.
> >
> >
> >
> > How-To-Repeat:
> >
> > Mount a shared file system to two different machines. Login as
> > two different users and access a single file from both machines. We
> are
> > using NIS for the user database. This can be replicated on all of our
> > installations.
>
> You do not say if you are using OpenBSD as a client or a server, but
> start with reading man rpc.lockd, especially the BUGS section.
>
> -Otto
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