Bruce, no... you're right. I'm describing a situation where my server died... i need mount fail faster (10 or 15 secs max) than 3 minutes and 9 seconds... 2009/8/7 J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:42:18AM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote: >> On Aug. 07, 2009, 3:18 +0300, Carlos André <candrecn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Anyone ? >> > >> > 2009/7/29 Carlos André <candrecn@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >> PPL, I need put a CentOS 5.3 (updated) NFSv4 server to work with Kerberos >> >> and AutoFS, but i got a problem: If NFS server goes down i get a LOOOOOOONG >> >> mount timeout on CentOS 5.3 (updated) NFSv4 client... >> >> >> >> Since i need mount some (3 to 6) dirs at user logon process, if mount hangs, >> >> user logon hangs. Then i want configure it to timeout (if server down) after >> >> 10-15 secs (MAX) on each mount attempt. >> >> >> >> I already make a lab and tried a LOT of combinations, there my findings >> >> (server DOWN IP: 172.16.0.10 / client IP: 172.16.1.10) using basic command >> >> (time mount 172.16.0.10:/remotedir /localdir/ -t nfs4 -o >> >> sec=krb5,proto=<tcp/udp>) from NFS client: >> >> >> >> - Once i try access mount point using AutoFS (proto=tcp OR proto=udp) it >> >> hangs for 189 secs (3m9s: real 3m9.001s) until show error (mount: mount to >> >> NFS server '172.16.0.10' failed: timed out (giving up)) >> >> Sounds like you're hitting the server's grace period. > > I thought he was describing a situation where the server the server > is completely gone and isn't coming back, and wondering how to make the > mount fail faster. But I may be misunderstanding. > > --b. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html