Re: Need Help to Fix Stale NFS File Handle

On Feb 25, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
> # mount | grep nfs
> return anything?
> hammerhead:/home/mark# mount | grep nfs
> rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
> hammerhead:/home/mark#
>
> I have no idea who rpc_pipefs on /var/lib.... is and why it is there! Any ideas before I blow it away?

That's NFS-server related. Used by the id mapper, I think. On RedHat at least, I think that's started/stopped by /etc/init.d/nfslock. (Though my memory is a little sketchy on that point.) The pipefs could possibly be mounted even if nothing's using it, also. Got any NFS-related services running?

Afaik, an NFS server shouldn't get stale file handles. That's a client's problem.

RedHat/Fedora:
$ rpm -qa | grep nfs
Debian/Ubuntu:
$ dpkg --list | grep nfs
Both:
$ ls /etc/init.d | grep nfs

alex
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