On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Alex Dean <
alex@crackpot.org> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> hammerhead:/home/mark# dpkg --list | grep nfs
rc libnfsidmap1
0.8-1 An nfs idmapping library
ii libnfsidmap2
0.20-1 An nfs idmapping library
ii nfs-common
1:1.1.2-6lenny2 NFS support files common to client and
serve
hammerhead:/home/mark# ls /etc/init.d | grep nfs
mountkernfs.sh
mountnfs-bootclean.sh
mountnfs.sh
nfs-common
umountnfs.sh
hammerhead:/home/mark#
Wow...I had no idea nfs was running. I have no idea how it is being used or
by what process. Do I stop it with /etc/init.d/umnountnfs?
Mark
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