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Date:      Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:09:21 -0300 (ADT)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 7-STABLE NFS: fatal: "select lock: Permission denied"
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104041508000.55888@hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104030135160.55888@hub.org>
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'k, based on someone else's recommendation, I add 'nolockd' to the mount 
entry,a nd postfix now appears to work ... since I can safely guarantee 
that only the one host will have access to these files, that doesn't pose
a porblem for me, but still find it a weird issue all things considered :(

On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

>
> I'm trying to simulate a diskless boot of FreeBSD, as am looking at moving to 
> a more 'thin client' environment, using a Netapp as a filer to provide the 
> file systems for FreeBSD front ends ...
>
> To simulate this, I have two servers, both running 7-STABLE, one acting as 
> the nfs server (ie. simulated netapp), and the other the client ...
>
> Both servers have a private and a public IP ... the nfs traffic is over the 
> private network ...
>
> Initially, had issues with lockd that I got resolved ...
>
> Settings in /etc/rc.conf on server are:
>
> rpcbind_enable="YES"
> rpcbind_flags="-h 192.168.1.9"
> nfs_server_enable="YES"
> mountd_enable="YES"
> mountd_flags="-r -h 192.168.1.9"
> nfs_server_flags="-u -n 8 -h 192.168.1.9"
> rpc_statd_enable="YES"
> rpc_lockd_enable="YES"
>
> Settings in /etc/rc.conf on the client are:
>
> rpcbind_enable="YES"
> rpcbind_flags="-h 192.168.1.1"
> rpc_lockd_enable="YES"
> rpc_statd_enable="YES"
>
> ===
>
> /etc/fstab on the client has:
>
> 192.168.1.9:/vm /vm nfs rw,noauto,intr 0 0
>
> /etc/exports on the server has:
>
> /vm -network 192.168.1.0/24 -maproot=0 -alldirs
>
> ===
>
> Now, to simulate the diskless, I built a jail on top of the mounted /vm ... 
> that worked fine ...
>
> I have several applications built and installed on it ... primarily, apache 
> 2.2 and postfix 2.7.x ...
>
> Apache 2.2 + mod_fcgi + php 5.3.6 *appears* to work fine ...
>
> Postfix, on the other hand, generates the error message in the subject line 
> when I try and run 'mailq':
>
>    postfix/showq[19805]: fatal: select lock: Permission denied
>
> Since the handbook as a section on diskless boot in Chapter 31:
>
>   http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-diskless.html
>
> I assumed / hoped that things would run just fine ... am I wrong in that 
> assumption?  Or have I just overlooked a key setting in getting the nfs to 
> work?
>
> Any suggestions / pointers are most welcome ...
>
> ----
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> scrappy@hub.org                                     http://www.hub.org
>
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Marc G. Fournier                        Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A.
scrappy@hub.org                                     http://www.hub.org

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