On Mon, 2023-01-30 at 22:11 +0000, Andrew J. Romero wrote: > Hi > > This is a quick general NFS server question. > > Does the NFSv4x specification require or recommend that: the NFS server, after some reasonable time, > should / must close orphan / zombie open files ? > > On several NAS platforms I have seen large numbers of orphan / zombie open files "pile up" > as a result of Kerberos credential expiration. > > Does the Red Hat NFS server "deal with" orphan / zombie open files ? > > Thanks > > Andy Romero > Fermilab > What do you mean by "zombie / orphan" here? Do you mean files that have been sillyrenamed [1] to ".nfsXXXXXXX" ? Or are you simply talking about clients that are holding files open for a long time? -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> [1]: https://linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Server-side_silly_rename
