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Old 05-31-2005, 03:09 PM   #1
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NFS stale file handle


Hello i have been playing about with NFS just one problem i created a directort called "master" (lol )
now when itry to delete it with "rm -rf master" i can not i get the error message "Stale NFS handle"
Can some one please tell me how to delete this directory.
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Old 05-31-2005, 04:19 PM   #2
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Is your NFS share still mounted or responding?
 
Old 06-01-2005, 09:25 AM   #3
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Hi,

I've had the same error when I try to access an NFS mount. The error happens when the following situation occurs:

A workstation machines is mounting, via the automounter, a central storage Raid. The Raid goes down while the machine still has it mounted. When the Raid comes back up the workstation gives the error 'Stale NFS mount' whenever I try to access the mount point.

I understand that this is a reasonible error, but is there a way to fix this error without rebooting the machine? I've tried restarting the automounter and that didn't change anything. So far, only rebooting has fixed the problem, but, on the plus side rebooting the workstation has worked every time. Thanks.


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Old 06-01-2005, 09:41 AM   #4
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no it is no longer mounted or responding i just cant seem to delete it the directory has no hidden characters or anything like that to its name it is simply called "master"thanks nige
 
Old 06-01-2005, 01:57 PM   #5
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ok may i ask another nfs question please? i can see all the the files on another computer i have complete read and write access to them.Why can i not see a cd which is mounted on the other system i get the message "no medium found" when i try to mount the cdrom.
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Old 06-12-2005, 04:45 PM   #6
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What stale file handle means

What this means is that the file system has become physically detached, even though it is still mounted. What you need to do is unmount the file system, make sure that the physical connection is good, then remount it.

About your CD question, is the CD mounted on your system? Run the mount command to make sure

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Old 06-12-2005, 04:52 PM   #7
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ok may i ask another nfs question please? i can see all the the files on another computer i have complete read and write access to them.Why can i not see a cd which is mounted on the other system i get the message "no medium found" when i try to mount the cdrom.
Thanks nige
first mount the cd locally.. then if your sharing the directory over NFS, you might be able to see the contents of the cd. But you can't mount remote cdroms on other systems thru NFS, as far as I know at least.. never even dawned on me to try it, never saw a reason..
 
Old 06-14-2005, 09:49 AM   #8
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well you can trust me to do weird things or try and do weird tings when i try it ill let you know how i get on thanks for the responses
 
  


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