Stale NFS File Handle problem
 

Hi

I wasn't aware that I even had NFS on my machine ( Suse 11.0) I have found NFS client in Yast and I have uninstalled it. I have not used NFS and have no requirement to do so.

My problem is that a number of files and directories on my system cannot be "stated" for example

Suse-Raid:/home/martin # cd .VirtualBox
-bash: cd: .VirtualBox: Stale NFS file handle

This obviously makes them unusable. I have tried rebooting and running fsck, which finds no problems.

I guess this is just a flag on the files that has been set, does anybody know how to reset it ?

I asked this question in the forum on opensuse.org but got absolutely no response, hopefully here I will find somebody to help.

Regards

Just to double check, what's the output of the commands:

Stale file handle error occurs when an object on the NFS server has been pulled out from under a client, and the client tries to access a file or directory from the NFS mounted file system. There is no flag attached to files. Rather this problem is noticed when the kernel is doing path traversal.

This is what I get.............................


cat /etc/fstab............

/dev/mapper/sil_ahbhcacaciba_part6 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/mapper/sil_ahbhcacaciba_part5 /boot ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/mapper/sil_ahbhcacaciba_part7 /home ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/mapper/sil_ahbhcacaciba_part8 /Archive/SCSIPar8 ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/sdc1 /NonRaid/windows/XP ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_GB.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/sdc2 swap swap
/dev/sdc4 /NonRaid/Archives/HD0Par4 ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_GB.UTF-8 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0
/dev/sdd1 /NonRaid/MCE ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/sdd2 /NonRaid/linux2 ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/sdd3 /NonRaid/linux3 ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2


Suse-Raid:~ # cat /etc/auto.master
#
# Sample auto.master file
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# For details of the format look at autofs(5).
#
#/misc /etc/auto.misc
#
# NOTE: mounts done from a hosts map will be mounted with the
# "nosuid" and "nodev" options unless the "suid" and "dev"
# options are explicitly given.
#
#/net -hosts
#
# Include central master map if it can be found using
# nsswitch sources.
#
# Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as
# above) in the included master map any keys that are the
# same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes
# precedence.
#
+auto.master


Suse-Raid:~ # ps -aux | egrep 'automount | nfs'
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 647 0.0 0.0 1992 664 pts/0 S+ 12:49 0:00 egrep automount | nfs


Does this help ?

Ok, it appears this is an issue with LVM (logical volume manager). I don't know the solution, but here is a reference that can help move you forward focusing on LVM instead of NFS:

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-L.../msg01102.html

Thanks

I'll follow it up

Regards

...................

Unless anybody else here has a suggestion ?

Regards

I don't believe that I am using LVM. How can I tell ?

It is pretty evident from the output of the mount command.

Hi

Sorry I'm a bit if a Newbie I'm afraid but I assumed that the LVM was a method of using multiple partitions for 1 file system.

I have 2 separate IDE drives with multiple partitions and a pair of drives set up as a Raid drive, also with separate partitions, and each of these partitions has an individual mount point.

Is this considered a LVM system ?

Regards

Some distros use LVM by default. This allows you to add more drives and include more partitions to grow file systems. Your fstab above indicates use of "/dev/mapper", hence my conclusion about LVM.

There are several links found via google regarding other users who indicate the same problem. I don't know the answer. Here is one such link, with two posts:

http://readlist.com/lists/redhat.com...vm/0/1679.html

I search Google with: "/dev/mapper" "Stale NFS"