Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 123384
excessive rquota errors
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:07:01 EST
Description of problem: rquotad errors on NFS server filling up /var/log/messages. May 13 11:28:49 <server> rpc.rquotad: Can't find filesystem mountpoint for directory /export/rd01/stack May 13 11:28:49 <server> rpc.rquotad: No correct mountpoint specified. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): quota-3.09-1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. share filesystem from server witout quotas setup 2. mount filesystem on client 3. run 'quota -v' on client Actual results: error message on server claiming it can't find the mount point. Expected results: no error messages, or at least something more specific to their being no quota files. Additional info: Mounting the exported filesystem with quota options turned on and running a 'quotacheck -acug' eliminates the problem, but creates quota files in root directory of every exported filesystem. The missing mountpoint error is misleading as well, initial reaction was that it was an nfs or automount related problem. I don't see the need for this errror message in the first place. If no quotas are set up on a given exported filesystem, the rquotad daemon should just ignore the info request... i.e. a "No quotas here" message sent back to the client that requested the info. Suggested fixes by other people were along the lines of shutting rquotad off. This isn't a good solution, because I want quotas on exported home directories... but why should I be forced into creating quota files for all exported filesystems just to avoid my /var/log/messages becoming a million lines of rquota errors. Maybe this isn't a bug, but it certainly qualifies as a multi-celled nuisance in my book, unless somebody can definitively explain to me why every exported filesystem is required to have a quota file set up.
I'm also seeing loads of these errors, and also want to keep rcp.quotad running. I would prefer not to have to set up lots of quota files....
Just as a follow up - I'm not using fstab to mount most of the filesystems, as I'm running heartbeat. It's controlling mounting/umounting of the filesystems.
Same problem but with using fstab. Mountclient runs with Solaris, nfs-Server Redhat As3.0. Step 3., running quota is not necessary, logfile is overflod just by mounting. jbirck