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RashFael

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Registered: 2008-06-02

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NFS client cannot ls files

Hi everybody,
I recently switched  my server and laptop to Archlinux, and everything is working fine, except for NFS.
I followed each step of the wikientry, and the server seems to run fine, and I can mount the NFS shares on the client, but when I try to search the directory (with nautilus or ls), it freezes. The system keeps running, and I can access other files.

The problem seems to be on the client side, because the same problem occured when I tried accesing a NFS share on a Debian server

Here are my DAEMONS=(syslog-ng acpid laptop-mode cpufreq @network portmap nfslock netfs crond alsa @hal @fam gdm openntpd)

Thanks for your time

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Re: NFS client cannot ls files

Do the directories you're trying to export / list have the Executable bit set for the user / group / other, whichever is appropriate for the user trying to access it?

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RashFael

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Registered: 2008-06-02

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Re: NFS client cannot ls files

I take a look when I'm at home again, but shouldn't ls say "Permission denied" or something like that, when I don't have the rights?

RashFael

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Registered: 2008-06-02

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Re: NFS client cannot ls files

I let ls run, and after ~30 mins it gave me "ls: reading directory *mount*: Permission denied", although i have anonuid=1000, anongid=100 (which is the owner of the folder) in the exports file

Last edited by RashFael (2008-06-03 18:18:05)

Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

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Re: NFS client cannot ls files

You also have all_squash in /etc/exports? anonuid and anongid aren't going to do anything unless you have all_squash in the export options.

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RashFael

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Registered: 2008-06-02

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Re: NFS client cannot ls files

all_squash is set, and I'm pretty sure the error isn't on the server side, because today I tested it with an ubuntu client, and it worked

some info:

/etc/conf.d/nfs(not really needed, but who knows)

# Number of servers to be started up by default
NFSD_OPTS=8

# Options to pass to rpc.mountd
# e.g. MOUNTDOPTS="-p 32767"
MOUNTD_OPTS="--no-nfs-version 1 --no-nfs-version 2"

# Options to pass to rpc.statd
# N.B. statd normally runs on both client and server, and run-time
# options should be specified accordingly. Specifically, the Arch
# NFS init scripts require the --no-notify flag on the server,
# but not on the client e.g.
# STATD_OPTS="--no-notify -p 32765 -o 32766" -> server
# STATD_OPTS="-p 32765 -o 32766" -> client
STATD_OPTS="-p 32765 -o 32766"

# Options to pass to sm-notify
# e.g. SMNOTIFY_OPTS="-p 32764"
SMNOTIFY_OPTS=""

clients rpcinfo

    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
    100024    1   udp  32765  status
    100024    1   tcp  32765  status
    391002    2   tcp    969  sgi_fam
    100021    1   tcp  54885  nlockmgr
    100021    3   tcp  54885  nlockmgr
    100021    4   tcp  54885  nlockmgr

Last edited by RashFael (2008-06-04 16:03:55)

Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

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Re: NFS client cannot ls files

Only reason I asked is since if the UID and GID matched on the other client, and all_squash wasn't set, it could give a similar experience to that. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful...

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RashFael

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Registered: 2008-06-02

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Re: NFS client cannot ls files

I straced the freezing ls today, and it always stops at "stat64("*mounted folder*", "
I am not a super-expert, so I don't know what exactly is the problem

RashFael

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Re: NFS client cannot ls files

I installed samba yesterday, and it was fucking slow, so I grabbed a Cat5, walked down to the server( Laptop usually runs wireless, connected to the router/AP under the roof, my server is three floors down, wired with the router, made these configuration just recently, having the server in the room where i work was too annoying(and hot)) connected to the switch near the server, and started copying stuff from the samba share. Speeds where up to what my laptop-hdd can handle. Next I tried NFS, an IT WORKED.

Now I have to blame either my router or the cable to the server for all the trouble, I hope its the router, laying the cable the first time was annoying enough.

Myapologies to ArchLinux for my doubts about this great Linuxdistro