From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 12:59:21 +0200 From: Lucio de Re lucio@proxima.alt.za Subject: [9fans] nfsserver Topicbox-Message-UUID: 768c7b60-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19980421105921.5J3TTG2bI8-WF3l6xdS1OqPL609xBqzooMCifnpwA60@z> According to arisawa@plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp : > > ar> /etc/mount -o soft,intr plan9:9fs /n/9fs > mount: plan9:9fs on /n/9fs: Stale NFS file handle > mount: giving up on: > /n/9fs > OK, time to ask the experts for some additional information. 1. The Stale NFS file handle is produced by nfsserver, based on a missing machine name in the client credentials. Is this a Unix bug? Three different releases of NetBSD produce the same result, user 0 and user 301 both producing 0@ and 301@ as the credentials. The result is an empty client ID which cannot be matched in the configuration file (should it be matched?). 2. NetBSD 1.2.1 and 1.3 both assume NFS version 3 and do not try a version 2 possibility. Does the portmapper have the ability to trigger the demotion, or do I need to report to the NetBSD group that they should activate such demotion in their mount_nfs code? Requesting version 2 services produces the desired result, give or take the Stale NFS file handle problem. Forsyth? -- Lucio de Re (lucio@proxima.alt.za) Disclaimer: I'm working at getting my opinions to agree with me.