On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Res wrote: > It seems one of our ppl changed nfs on a box, but forgot to turn back on > portmap, hence it hung at starting the NFSD, and hung and hung, popped up > a msg about timeout after about 10 mins, but then unlike others > doesnt bail out, this is the stupid bit because after 30 mins we gave up > had to uncleanly shutdown, mount in rescue mode to fix it (read: start > portmap) > > Just a lil suggestion for those who write these scripts, wouldnt it be > better to bail out after that 10 min timeout, rather than sit there saying > "I'm not gunna do another damned thing". Maybe but until they fix the scripts all you have to do is reboot the machine and select an interactive startup and not start the offending process. Once the machine is up fix the problem and you are set. There are several startup scripts that can do this (wvdial enabled with no modem connected comes to mind). It is annoying but not hard to workaround. HTH, -- ......Tom Registered Linux User #14522 http://counter.li.org tdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx My current SpamTrap -------> mtd123@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
