SUMMARY: nfs file locking to linux nfs server

Thanks to Roberto Romani and Ken Kleiner as well as the archives, where I
should've searched instead of google:

Tru64 NFS clients to Linux NFS Server need the linux export
option: no_subtree_check in addition to the option insecure_locks.

Thanks again,

Dirk

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Dirk Kleinhesselink wrote:

> I have a feeling this has been asked, but I've been googling and haven't
> found a solution.  I'm moving our home directories which are automounted
> from a Tru64 UNIX server (5.1A) to a linux server (Mandriva 2006 with hand
> built 2.6.16 kernel) and while the directories automount fine, running
> pine on the Tru64 system hangs.  I believe the problem is that pine wants
> to lock the mbox file in the home directory and the user's inbox before
> transferring the new mail in the inbox into the mbox.  Some linux howtos
> said for Tru64 clients one needs to add the options insecure_locks
> and/or no_auth_nlm for nfs file locking.  I tried this but no success.
> 
> Any one have any ideas ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dirk
> 
>