What is the timeout on your autofs mounts? I typically set the timeout to 30 seconds to prevent any lockups such as you describe. /etc/auto.master /home /etc/auto.home --timeout=30 --ghost /etc/auto.home * -fstype=nfs,rw,hard,intr,nosuid <nfs host>:/home/& - Josh Norman Elton wrote: > I've got a handful (about 20) client machines that mount a series of > directories off of a server. In this case, the clients are RHEL4 > systems, and the server is a Mac OS Server. I use the automounter to > automatically manage the mounts. The user merely cd's to the correct > directory, and it automagically mounts itself. > > 99% of the time, this works flawlessly. There are times; however, that > the mount process hangs. After upgrading the client RHEL systems to > the latest kernel, its happened twice. In both cases, I can mount some > NFS directories, while others hang. Even if I try to mount them > manually, outside the context of the automounter, nothing happens. > Meanwhile, other directories on the same client work fine. > > In the past, the only way I can find to "fix" the problem is to reboot > the client. This is obviously not ideal. > > Here's a sample mount showing my config: > > 10.1.100.6:/Volumes/NetMacRAID/Shared/home on /mac/home type nfs > (rw,addr=10.1.100.6) > > I suspect that I don't have NFS configured/tuned very well. Does > anyone have any suggestions here? Any idea why some exports > mysteriously die? > > Thanks for any help, > > Norman > > --redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list