I haven't checked it myself but perhaps /proc/mounts would show the correct status? When it happened on our systems I always noticed after running the mount command with the remount,rw option: # mount -o remount,rw / mount: block device /dev/rootvg/rootlv is write-protected, mounting read-only Things to try initially would be those performed by the NFS init script, creating/removing a file in `/var/lock/subsys/nfs' reading, checking the file attributes of /var/lib/nfs/etab, etc. Kind regards Bram > Mazda Motor Logistics Europe NV, Blaasveldstraat 162, B-2830 Willebroek VAT BE 0406.024.281, RPR Mechelen, ING 310-0092504-52, IBAN : BE64 3100 0925 0452, SWIFT : BBRUBEBB -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kenneth Holter > Sent: dinsdag 3 februari 2009 16:25 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Problems with RHEL 5 server: NFS related? > > Thanks for your reply. > > I did run "mount" to check for ro/rw attributes, and it said "rw" as > expected. How do you suggest I check the mount options besides running > "mount" - checking /etc/mtab? > > The server is a physical Dell PowerEdge server, and not connected to > any > remote storage. So it's all locally stored. > > Output of dump2fs states that the file system is mounted cleanly. Are > there > anything in particular you suggest I'd investigate further with regards > to > file system problems? > > > > On 2/2/09, Mertens, Bram <mertensb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Did you check if the filesystem(s) were mounted RW? > > > > Note that you can't always trust the output of mount. > > > > We ran into a kernel bug on some of our virtual servers a while ago > > where a file system became read-only in the event of busy I/O retry > or > > path failover of the ESX Server's SAN storage (details available at > > > http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cm > d > > =displayKC&externalId=51306) > > > > Even though mount showed the file system mounted rw the file system > was > > in fact write-protected as trying to remount it showed: > > # mount -o remount,rw / > > mount: block device /dev/rootvg/rootlv is write-protected, mounting > > read-only > > > > Considering 2 of your symptoms indicate a problem with the file > system > > you might want to investigate in this direction. > > > > HTH > > > > Bram > > > > -- > > 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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
