[lug] Sun Client Redhat AS3 NFS Probs

[Joey McDonald]

On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 10:42:15AM -0600, Jeffrey A. St. Pierre wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2004, Hugh Brown wrote:
> 
> > 
> > D. Stimits post was that the error messages implicate rquotad and to
> > check your quota definitions.  If you haven't set up quotas yet, then
> > I'd turn off rquotad and solve the nfs problem (if it remains).  Once
> > that is settled, then I would tackle getting rquotad configured and
> > behaving correctly.
> > 
> > So, I'd recommend the following:
> > 
> > Turn off rquotad on the RH AS3 box.  
> > Comment out the automap for the linux share on the solaris box and
> > reload autofs/automount.
> > Mount the linux share by hand on the solaris box and then check for
> > errors.
> > 
> > If errors persist, see if it is only the specific solaris box or if it
> > happens on another one.
> > 
> > If they don't persist, then re-enable the automount and test again.
> > 
> > If all good, then re-enable rquotad after configuring quotas and see
> > what you get.
> > 
> > FWIW,
> > 
> > Hugh
> > 
> 
> 
> Thanks... I'm getting closer.  I can generate this error by
> running 'quota -v' on Linux or Sun clients, so it is not a
> Sun/Linux issue.  And I didn't have the filesystem automounted on
> the linux box I was testing from, I mounted it by hand.  So that
> eliminates a little of the mystery.  
> 
> I was thinking this error was generated from the client side
> but appears in the server logs.
> 
> i.e. The error on the server:
> 
> May 14 10:03:44 <server> rpc.rquotad: Can't find filesystem
> mountpoint for directory /export/rd02/diag
> May 14 10:03:44 <server> rpc.rquotad: No correct mountpoint
> specified.
> 
> This didn't make sense, because /export/rd02/diag does exist on
> the server.   However, it doesn't on the client.  The client only
> sees it as /mnt/diag.  So I tested this theory by creating a
> mountpoint that looked the same as the one on the server and
> changed my fstab.
> 
> I remounted <server>:/export/rd02/diag as
> <client>:/export/rd02/diag and ran '/usr/bin/quota -v' again and
> still got the error message on the server.
> 
> I'm begining to think this is a bug in AS3 that I should report
> to redhat.  Anyone willing to second me on that yet?
> 
> Oh, BTW... I did get all the latest updates to Enterprise 3
> that Redhat released yesterday, to include a new kernel and a new
> nfs-utils package.  The errors still occur.
> 
> Any other ideas as to why this would occur?

Have you tried to rebuild the quota files?