Re: problems when nfs server is not responding

mdiazfreire@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I have a nfs server which is working quite well, but there is only one
thing that is giving me problems. When it crashes or is not responding
for some reason, clients almost freeze for some minutes, and they can't
even umount the shared directory.

That is the way NFS usually works. I remember once having a mount to
a server when the server was packed up and shipped out. It is usual in
unix that you can't interrupt in the middle of an I/O operation. That
was continued into NFS.

This happens even when they are not using the shared directory at all.
Is there a way to tell it to just give up trying to connect when there
is a problem?

If it isn't accessed by anyone, most will unmount it. Having the
current directory of any shell in that file system will stop it from
unmounting.

-- glen

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