[lug] Sun Client Redhat AS3 NFS Probs

[Jeffrey A. St. Pierre]

On Fri, 14 May 2004, Joey McDonald wrote:

> 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?
> 
> 

There are no quotas setup, why should I have to rebuild the quota
files?  Of course, Ie only used quotas on Sun systems in the
past, is there a big difference moving to Linux?

-Jeff