Description of problem: NFS connection becomes stale after appr. one hour Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NFS client FC6 Linux alex 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 #1 SMP Mon Oct 16 14:54:20 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux server FC5 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.server (FC5), /etc/exports, /storage/d4 192.168.100.*(rw,sync) 2.client (FC6), /etc/fstab 192.168.100.1:/storage/d4 /storage/d4 nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,soft 3.mount -a 4.wait for 1hr cd d4 -bash: cd: d4 Stale NFS file handle Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: Connection to same exports works from FC2,FC4,FC5 Connection backomes staile using exports from other servers , FC2, FC4 Thanks Alex M
Would it be possible to post a bzip2 binary tethereal network trace? Something similar to: tethereal -w /tmp/data.pcap host <server> ; bzip2 /tmp/data.pcap
Hi By a pure coincidence i found a fix for a becoming stale connection The solution for me is to declare export with a real ip of the server /storage/d4 192.168.100.*(rw,sync) /storage/d4 192.168.100.220(rw,sync) After adding the line 220 ip address , the mount staying in place Is this of any help , do you still need a dump ? Alex M
Yes.. if you would mind taking the time... It appears this could be a DNS issue, so having a trace will hopefully prove that theory...
Closing as not a bug since there seem to be a solution...