From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 26 05:00:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA02540 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 05:00:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA02514 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 05:00:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA23038; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:59:16 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199611261259.NAA23038@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: Netscape NFS File Locking Problem In-Reply-To: <329A0E73.167EB0E7@dnaent.com> from Chuck Kelly at "25. Nov. 96 15:21:23" To: ckelly@dnaent.com (Chuck Kelly) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:59:16 +0100 (MET) Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Currently, we use Sun Sparcstations running Solaris for our file > servers. The users are all running FreeBSD and automounting their home > directories from the Sun's. > > A problem is encountered with Netscape. The users can receive their mail > just fine. However, when they try send send mail, the get an NFS file > locking error. That's interesting. I have read several mails by people who get an 'Out of memory' message. Also for me this message appeares when my home-dir is auto-mounted by amd and while I'm running NIS/YP. Your message seems to indicate the cause much better. > Has anyone seen or resolved this problem? seen yes, resolved no :-( Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de