Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:28:53 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS - DNS fail stops boot in mountlate Message-ID: <4D267A65.3080005@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin2L=sfBSo3V3sA_7FfDBpnadc8PYnaSMwPJrcG@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimeRfTO4RT0M5%2Bx28OGM0cCXTMY=VADR1ZEdKeW@mail.gmail.com> <4D2663AE.2080805@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTin2L=sfBSo3V3sA_7FfDBpnadc8PYnaSMwPJrcG@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/06/2011 18:19, grarpamp wrote: > So what was unclear? I thought I probably understood your situation, but I wanted to be sure. Not to mention the value of the more general point. :) > mount_nfs emits a nonzero exit status upon failing to look > up an FQDN causing mountlate to trigger a dump to shell > on boot during rc processing. That's a *showstopper*. The canonical answer to this is to either mount them by IP, or to put the appropriate name in /etc/hosts. Depending on DNS for NFS mounts is not recommended. hth, Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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