TM ignores NFS mounted user

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There has been a lot of discussion about using NFS mounts as targets for TM; I have the opposite problem: I want TM to back up a user whose home directory resides on an NFS server. The user's home directory is in /Users, as a link to the mount point of the NFS volume in /Volumes/.....
TM backs up the system disks, but does not follow the link to the users directory.
Any ideas?
Thanks

I don't think TM supports network mounted disk volumes. You should probably submit feedback to Apple and ask that this feature be supported. You're also might be better off backing up that nfs volume from the server that hosts it.

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Backup NFS-mounted disks

My understanding (and my experience) is that Time Machine ignores NFS-mounted disks. Can other programs (SuperDuper, Carbon Copy Cloner, etc) do that?
I have a bunch of linux systems in my lab which I can mount on a mac. If I had a program that would back them all up every night, it would be nice.

CCCloner allows for backups of remote drives, Superduper does not. but you might be better off asking in the CCC support forums to see if it will work with NFS and non HFS+ file systems. I would guess not. as for case sensitivity there is HFSX otherwise known as mac os extended, case sensitive. you can format a drive that. all OS X backup programs will work with such drives but there may be problems if you ever try to back up a non case sensitive file system to a case sensitive formatted drive.
see this link for additional OS X backup tools.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7495315#7495315
If none of them will back up remote non HFS drives (as I suspect is the case), there is always rsync.

Nfs mount as user

Hi, I'm trap in a small problem, but I'm unable to solve. As a subject, I don't be able to mount my nfs locations as normal user; only as root. In a terminal the message is: "mount: only root can do that"... as root there's no problem at all. I tryed with fstab, with no luck:
192.168.1.100:/home/silvio /home/silvio/home_desktop nfs defaults,user,noauto 0 0
192.168.1.100:/media/disco2 /home/silvio/disco2_desktop nfs defaults,user,noauto 0 0
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Silvio.

Question: What command are you using to mount the NFS share?
If you are using the following, you need to be root:
mount -t nfs 192.168.1.100:/home/silvio /home/silvio/home_desktop
But if it is already in /etc/fstab -- as you wrote above -- you can use the following as a normal user:
mount /home/silvio/home_desktop
Last edited by sph (2008-06-09 18:42:56)

Vi error on nfs mount; E212: Can't open file for writing

Hi all,
I've setup a umask of 0 for testing on both NFS client (Centos 5.2) and NFS server (OSX 10.5.5 server).
I can create files as one user and edit/save out as another user w/o issue when directly logged into the server via ARD.
However, when I attempt the same from an NFS mount on a client machine, even as root I get the following error using vi;
"file" E212: Can't open file for writing
Looking at the system.log file on the server, I see;
kernel[0]: add_fsevent: no name hard-link! dropping the event. (event 2 vp == 0xa5db510 (-UNKNOWN-FILE)).
This baffles me. My umask is 0 meaning files I create and attempt to edit as other users are 777, but I cannot save out edits unless I do a wq! in vi. At that point, the owner of the file changes to whomever did the vi.
This isn't just a vi issue as it happens using any editor, but I like to use vi.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Hey, beer is on me!

Hi all,
Thanks for the replies
I've narrowed it down to a Centos client issue.
Everything works fine using other Linux based OS's as clients.
Since we have such a huge investment in Centos, I must figure out a workaround. Apple support wasn't much help as usual however they were very nice.
There usual response is "its unsupported".
If Apple really wants to play in the enterprise of business space, they really need to change there philosophy. I mean telling me that I shouldn't mount home directories via NFS is completely rediculus.
What am I supposed to use then, Samba of AFP? No, I don't think so. No offense to Microsoft but why would I use a Windows based file sharing protocol to mount network shares in a Nix env???

Accessing NFS mounted share in Finder no longer works in 10.5.3+

I have setup an automounted NFS share previously with Leopard against a RHEL 5 server at the office. I had to go through a few loops to punch a hole through the appfirewall to get the share accessible in the Finder.
A few months later when I returned to the office after a consultancy stint and upgrades to 10.5.3 and 10.5.4 the NFS mount no longer works. I have investigated it today and I can't get it to run even with the appfirewall disabled.
I've been doing some troubleshooting, and the interaction between the statd, lockd and perhaps the portmap seem a bit fishy, even with the appfirewall disabled. Both the statd and lockd complains that they can not register; lockd once and statd indefinitely.
Jul 2 15:17:10 ySubmarine com.apple.statd[521]: rpc.statd: unable to register (SM_PROG, SM_VERS, UDP)
Jul 2 15:17:10 ySubmarine com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd[521]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 2 15:17:10 ySubmarine com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
... and rpcinfo -p gets connection refused unless I start portmap using the launchctl utility.
This may be a bit obscure, and I'm not exactly an expert of NFS, so I wonder if someone else stumbled across this, and can point me in the right direction?
Johan

Sorry for my late response, but I have finally got around to some trial and error. I can mount the share using mount_nfs (but need to use sudo), and it shows up as a mounted disk in the Finder. However, when I start to browse a directory on the share that I can write to, I end up with the lockd and statd failures.
$ mount_nfs -o resvport xxxx:/home /Users/yyyy/xxxx-home
mount_nfs: /Users/yyyy/xxxx-home: Permission denied
$ sudo mount_nfs -o resvport xxxx:/home /Users/yyyy/xxxx-home
Jul 7 10:37:34 zzzz com.apple.statd[253]: rpc.statd: unable to register (SM_PROG, SM_VERS, UDP)
Jul 7 10:37:34 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd[253]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 7 10:37:34 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jul 7 10:37:44 zzzz com.apple.statd[254]: rpc.statd: unable to register (SM_PROG, SM_VERS, UDP)
Jul 7 10:37:44 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd[254]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 7 10:37:44 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jul 7 10:37:54 zzzz com.apple.statd[255]: rpc.statd: unable to register (SM_PROG, SM_VERS, UDP)
Jul 7 10:37:54 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd[255]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 7 10:37:54 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jul 7 10:37:58 zzzz loginwindow[25]: 1 server now unresponsive
Jul 7 10:37:59 zzzz KernelEventAgent[26]: tid 00000000 unmounting 1 filesystems
Jul 7 10:38:02 zzzz com.apple.autofsd[40]: automount: /net updated
Jul 7 10:38:02 zzzz com.apple.autofsd[40]: automount: /home updated
Jul 7 10:38:02 zzzz com.apple.autofsd[40]: automount: no unmounts
Jul 7 10:38:02 zzzz loginwindow[25]: No servers unresponsive
... and firewall wide open.
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Cannot access external NFS mounts under Snow Leopard

I was previously running Leopard (10.5.x) and automounted an Ubuntu (9.04 Jaunty) Linux NFS mount from my iMac. I had set this up with Directory Utility and it was instantly functional and I never had any issues. After upgrading to Snow Leopard, I set up the same mount point on the same machine (using Disk Utility now), without changing any of the export settings, and Disk Utility stated that the external server had responded and appeared to be working correctly. However, when attempting to access the share, I get a 'Operation not permitted' error. I also cannot manually create the NFS mount using mount or mount_nfs. I get a similar error if I try to cd into /net/<remote-machine>/<share>. I can see the shared folder in /net/<remote-machine>, but I cannot access it (cd, ls, etc). I can see on the Linux machine that the iMac has mounted the share (showmount -a), so the problem appears to be solely in the permissions. But I have not changed any of the permissions on the remote machine, and even then, they are blown wide open (777) so I'm not sure what is causing the issue. I have tried everything as both a regular user, and as root. Any thoughts?
On the Linux NFS server:
% cat /etc/exports
/share 192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,nosubtree_check,no_rootsquash)
% showmount -a
All mount points on <server>:
192.168.1.100:/share <-- <server> address
192.168.1.101:/share <-- iMac address
On the iMac:
% rpcinfo -t 192.168.1.100 nfs
program 100003 version 2 ready and waiting
program 100003 version 3 ready and waiting
program 100003 version 4 ready and waiting
% mount
trigger on /net/<server>/share (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
% mount -t nfs 192.168.1.100:/share /Volumes/share1
mount_nfs: /Volumes/share1: Operation not permitted

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If you were previously able to mount that same export from a Mac, you must have been specifying the "-o resvport" option and doing the mounts as root (via sudo or automount which happens to run as root). So that may be another fix.
HTH
--macko

Arch to Arch: NFS mounts not visible in file explorer

Hi all,
After a long use of Windows I'm coming back to Arch, but with some agony.
I have a NAS which shares my home directory over both cifs and nfs. It runs ARCH.
When I mount the share on my desktop (also Arch) I can browse to it in xterm. I can ls the directories and files without a problem. When I try to open them however, the terminal hangs. Copying, moving, opening, altering ... it all doesnt work. The Xterm just freezes.
When i open the folder with pcmanfm, it doesn't even show the directories.
The weird thing: yesterday it worked, today no go.
Desktop fstab:
192.168.1.2:/home/wouter /media/wouter nfs auto,user 0 0
Server exports:
/home/wouter 192.168.1.53(rw,async,nohide)
- The NFS service are running fine because my ESXi server its datastore is stored over NFS on the NAS.
- The NFS services on the desktop are running.
- Both systems are running the latest package version.
- File permissions are correctly set: 700 wouter:users

Same problem here.

How to umount a busy NFS mount in solaris 2.6?

How can I umount a busy NFS mount in solaris 2.6 without rebooting the machine? I've tried to check what processes that might hold the mount with the command 'fuser -c /home/user' but it reports nothing.
I wish I had solaris 8 so I could use 'umount -f'...
Can anyone help me?

If your nfs mount is under autofs' control, you would run into issue. Give this a try.
# /etc/init.d/autofs stop
# fuser -ck /home/user
# umount /home/user

NFS4: Problem mounting NFS mount onto a Solaris 10 Client

Hi,
I am having problems mounting NFS mount point from a Linux-Server onto a Solaris 10 Client.
In the following
=My server IP ..*.120
=Client IP ..*.100
Commands run on Client:
==================
# mount -o vers=3 -F nfs 172.25.30.120:/scratch/pvfs2 /scratch/pvfs2
nfs mount: 172.25.30.120: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Unable to receive
nfs mount: retrying: /scratch/pvfs2
nfs mount: 172.25.30.120: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Unable to receive
nfs mount: 172.25.30.120: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Unable to receive
# mount -o vers=4 -F nfs 172.25.30.120:/scratch/pvfs2 /scratch/pvfs2
nfs mount: 172.25.30.120:/scratch/pvfs2: No such file or directory
# rpcinfo -p
program vers proto port service
100000 4 tcp 111 rpcbind
100000 3 tcp 111 rpcbind
100000 2 tcp 111 rpcbind
100000 4 udp 111 rpcbind
100000 3 udp 111 rpcbind
100000 2 udp 111 rpcbind
1073741824 1 tcp 36084
100024 1 udp 42835 status
100024 1 tcp 36086 status
100133 1 udp 42835
100133 1 tcp 36086
100001 2 udp 42836 rstatd
100001 3 udp 42836 rstatd
100001 4 udp 42836 rstatd
100002 2 tcp 36087 rusersd
100002 3 tcp 36087 rusersd
100002 2 udp 42838 rusersd
100002 3 udp 42838 rusersd
100011 1 udp 42840 rquotad
100021 1 udp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 2 udp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 3 udp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 4 udp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 1 tcp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 2 tcp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 3 tcp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 4 tcp 4045 nlockmgr
# showmount -e 172.25.30.120 (Server)
showmount: 172.25.30.120: RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Unable to receive
Commands OnServer:
================
program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
100021 1 tcp 49927 nlockmgr
100021 3 tcp 49927 nlockmgr
100021 4 tcp 49927 nlockmgr
100021 1 udp 32772 nlockmgr
100021 3 udp 32772 nlockmgr
100021 4 udp 32772 nlockmgr
100011 1 udp 796 rquotad
100011 2 udp 796 rquotad
100011 1 tcp 799 rquotad
100011 2 tcp 799 rquotad
100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
100003 3 udp 2049 nfs
100003 4 udp 2049 nfs
100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs
100005 1 udp 809 mountd
100005 1 tcp 812 mountd
100005 2 udp 809 mountd
100005 2 tcp 812 mountd
100005 3 udp 809 mountd
100005 3 tcp 812 mountd
100024 1 udp 854 status
100024 1 tcp 857 status
# showmount -e 172.25.30.120
Export list for 172.25.30.120:
/scratch/nfs 172.25.30.100,172.25.24.0/4
/scratch/pvfs2 172.25.30.100,172.25.24.0/4
Thank you, ~al

I also tried to run Snoop on the client and wireshark on Server and following is what I see:
One Server: Upon issuing mount command on client:
# tshark -i eth1
Running as user "root" and group "root". This could be dangerous.
Capturing on eth1
0.000000 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
0.205570 172.25.30.100 -> 172.25.30.120 Portmap V2 GETPORT Call MOUNT(100005) V:3 UDP
0.205586 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
0.207863 172.25.30.100 -> 172.25.30.120 Portmap V2 GETPORT Call MOUNT(100005) V:3 UDP
0.207869 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
2.005314 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
4.011005 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
5.206109 Dell_70:ad:29 -> SunMicro_70:ff:17 ARP Who has 172.25.30.100? Tell 172.25.30.120
5.206277 SunMicro_70:ff:17 -> Dell_70:ad:29 ARP 172.25.30.100 is at 00:14:4f:70:ff:17
5.216157 172.25.30.100 -> 172.25.30.120 Portmap V2 GETPORT Call MOUNT(100005) V:3 UDP
5.216170 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
On Clinet Upon issuing mount command on client:
# snoop -d bge1
Using device /dev/bge1 (promiscuous mode)
? -> * ETHER Type=9000 (Loopback), size = 60 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
atlas-pvfs2 -> pvfs2-io-0-3 PORTMAP C GETPORT prog=100005 (MOUNT) vers=3 proto=UDP
pvfs2-io-0-3 -> atlas-pvfs2 ICMP Destination unreachable (UDP port 111 unreachable)
atlas-pvfs2 -> pvfs2-io-0-3 PORTMAP C GETPORT prog=100005 (MOUNT) vers=3 proto=UDP
pvfs2-io-0-3 -> atlas-pvfs2 ICMP Destination unreachable (UDP port 111 unreachable)
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> * ETHER Type=9000 (Loopback), size = 60 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
pvfs2-io-0-3 -> * ARP C Who is 172.25.30.100, atlas-pvfs2 ?
atlas-pvfs2 -> pvfs2-io-0-3 ARP R 172.25.30.100, atlas-pvfs2 is 0:14:4f:70:ff:17
atlas-pvfs2 -> pvfs2-io-0-3 PORTMAP C GETPORT prog=100005 (MOUNT) vers=3 proto=UDP
pvfs2-io-0-3 -> atlas-pvfs2 ICMP Destination unreachable (UDP port 111 unreachable)
Also I see the following on Client:
# rpcinfo -p pvfs2-io-0-3
rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Failed (unspecified error)
When I try the above rpcinfo command on Client and Server Snoop And wireshark(ethereal) outputs are as follows:
Client # snoop -d bge1
Using device /dev/bge1 (promiscuous mode)
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
atlas-pvfs2 -> pvfs2-io-0-3 TCP D=111 S=872 Syn Seq=2065245538 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK>
pvfs2-io-0-3 -> atlas-pvfs2 ICMP Destination unreachable (TCP port 111 unreachable)
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=2004 (Unknown), size = 48 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0003 (LLC/802.3), size = 90 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> * ETHER Type=9000 (Loopback), size = 60 bytes
pvfs2-io-0-3 -> * ARP C Who is 172.25.30.100, atlas-pvfs2 ?
atlas-pvfs2 -> pvfs2-io-0-3 ARP R 172.25.30.100, atlas-pvfs2 is 0:14:4f:70:ff:17
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
atlas-pvfs2 -> pvfs2-io-0-3 TCP D=111 S=874 Syn Seq=2068043912 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK>
pvfs2-io-0-3 -> atlas-pvfs2 ICMP Destination unreachable (TCP port 111 unreachable)
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> * ETHER Type=9000 (Loopback), size = 60 bytes
Server # tshark -i eth1
Running as user "root" and group "root". This could be dangerous.
Capturing on eth1
0.000000 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
0.313739 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> CDP/VTP/DTP/PAgP/UDLD CDP Device ID: MILEVA Port ID: GigabitEthernet1/0/16
2.006422 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
3.483733 172.25.30.100 -> 172.25.30.120 TCP 865 > sunrpc [SYN] Seq=0 Win=49640 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=0
3.483752 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
4.009741 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
6.014524 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
6.551356 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Cisco_3d:68:10 LOOP Reply
8.019386 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
8.484344 Dell_70:ad:29 -> SunMicro_70:ff:17 ARP Who has 172.25.30.100? Tell 172.25.30.120
8.484569 SunMicro_70:ff:17 -> Dell_70:ad:29 ARP 172.25.30.100 is at 00:14:4f:70:ff:17
10.024411 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
12.030956 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
12.901333 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> CDP/VTP/DTP/PAgP/UDLD DTP Dynamic Trunking Protocol
12.901421 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> CDP/VTP/DTP/PAgP/UDLD DTP Dynamic Trunking Protocol
^[[A 14.034193 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
15.691119 172.25.30.100 -> 172.25.30.120 TCP 866 > sunrpc [SYN] Seq=0 Win=49640 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=0
15.691138 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
16.038944 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
16.550760 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Cisco_3d:68:10 LOOP Reply
18.043886 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
20.050243 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
21.487689 172.25.30.100 -> 172.25.30.120 TCP 867 > sunrpc [SYN] Seq=0 Win=49640 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=0
21.487700 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
22.053784 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
24.058680 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
26.063406 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
26.558307 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Cisco_3d:68:10 LOOP Reply
~thank you for any help you can provide!!!

Nfs mount point does not allow file creations via java.io.File

Folks,
I have mounted an nfs drive to iFS on a Solaris server:
mount -F nfs nfs://server:port/ifsfolder /unixfolder
I can mkdir and touch files no problem. They appear in iFS as I'd expect. However if I write to the nfs mount via a JVM using java.io.File encounter the following problems:
Only directories are created ? unless I include the user that started the JVM in the oinstall unix group with the oracle user because it's the oracle user that writes to iFS not the user that creating the files!
I'm trying to create several files in a single directory via java.io.File BUT only the first file is created. I've tried putting waits in the code to see if it a timing issue but this doesn't appear to be. Writing via java.io.File to either a native directory of a native nfs mountpoint works OK. ie. Junit test against native file system works but not against an iFS mount point. Curiously the same unit tests running on PC with a windows driving mapping to iFS work OK !! so why not via a unix NFS mapping ?
many thanks in advance.
C

Hi Diep,
have done as requested via Oracle TAR #3308936.995. As it happens the problem is resolved. The resolution has been not to create the file via java.io.File.createNewFile(); before adding content via an outputStream. if the File creation is left until the content is added as shown below the problem is resolved.
Another quick question is link creation via 'ln -fs' and 'ln -f' supported against and nfs mount point to iFS ? (at Operating System level, rather than adding a folder path relationship via the Java API).
many thanks in advance.
public void createFile(String p_absolutePath, InputStream p_inputStream) throws Exception
File file = null;
file = new File(p_absolutePath);
// Oracle TAR Number: 3308936.995
// Uncomment line below to cause failure java.io.IOException: Operation not supported on transport endpoint
// at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
// at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:828)
// at com.unisys.ors.filesystemdata.OracleTARTest.createFile(OracleTARTest.java:43)
// at com.unisys.ors.filesystemdata.OracleTARTest.main(OracleTARTest.java:79)
//file.createNewFile();
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int noOfBytesRead = 0;
while ((noOfBytesRead = p_inputStream.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length)) != -1)
fos.write(buffer, 0, noOfBytesRead);
p_inputStream.close();
fos.flush();
fos.close();
}

Windows server 2008 R2 and NFS mounted subdirectories.

I am mounting from a Windows Server 2008 R2 Box to a RHEL 6.3 machine and I am able see the folders; however, I am unable to see the sub-folders via the mapped NFS mount in windows. Any ideas as to why? Some additional facts are below.
1. We are using an NFS mount from Windows to RHEL (mount -o
\\RHELBOX\ops\resources R:) We NFS mount from RHEL to a Storage device - the fstab entry looks like this:
10.9.9.9:/vol/afpres1/psf_prod
/ops/resources/prod     nfs
_netdev,defaults
0 0
10.9.9.9:/vol/afpres1/psf_test
/ops/resources/test       nfs
_netdev,defaults
0 0
10.9.9.9:/vol/afpres1/baselib
/ops/resources/psf
nfs          _netdev,defaults
0 0
The RHEL export file looks like this.
/ops/resources 10.4.4.4(rw,sync,no_all_squash,insecure,nohide) (the 10.4.4.4 IP address is the of the 2008 r2 server
/ops/resources 10.4.4.5(rw,sync,no_all_squash,insecure,nohide)
/ops 10.4.11.66(rw,sync,no_all_squash,insecure,nohide)
#/ops/resources *(rw,sync,no_all_squash,insecure,nohide)
/opspool *(rw,sync)
2. We are not using Samba or CIFS

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Permanent NFS Mount

Hi
I'm trying to figure out how to create a permanent NFS mount on my 10.5.6 Server hosts. Using Directory Utility seems to only create autofs mounts - which I've had trouble with in the past on other platforms, so I'm not very trusting of it.
/etc/fstab.hd is apparently ignored, so I'm not sure how else to get a permanent mount. Is it even possible on Leopard Server?
Thanks.

I also found that nested / heirarchical mounts don't work with the Apple version of Sun's automounter. I thought for sure if I made a ``multiple mounts'' entry they would work since AIUI in this case the automounter gets to see the whole proposed subtree at once from a single Directory Services lookup, but no, it doesn't work either. There are ``multiple mounts'' examples on both Apple's man page and Sun's, but on Sun's page the example is nested and on Apple's it isn't. I guess that's a kind of transparency, but a rather CYA-ish kind that leaves us out here wagging our jaws quite a bit when we expect it to behave like other automounters.
However! nested mounts with the 'net' option DO work. ?!
and in this case unlike the traditional Sun ``multiple mounts'' case, the automounter must build the tree with multiple Directory Services lookups not just one. How can it even do that? Is it Searching the directory instead of doing a simple Lookup?
I can load all the mounts into Open Directory as separate, nodes, or whatever you call them, like this:
cat > nested-example
0x0A 0x5C 0x3A 0x2C dsRecTypeStandard:Mounts 3 dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName dsAttrTypeStandard:VFSType dsAttrTypeStandard:VFSOpts
terabithia\:/arrchive/incoming:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive/Radio:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive/backup:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive/ebooks:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive/fonts:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive/movies:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive/music/Antoine:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive/music/Lauren:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive/music/Roger:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive/music/jen:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
terabithia\:/arrchive:nfs:nosuid,nodev,hard,intr,net
^D
dsimport -g nested-example /Local/Default I -u someadminuser
and they will show up under /Network/Servers/terabithia/arrchive. I can no longer choose the mountpoint myself, which is a disadvantage for more than vanity---with the Solaris automounter, it's possible to build a single nested tree on the client out of filesystems pulled in from a bunch of different NFS servers, while the Mac's 'net' naming convention straightjackets me into only rebuilding trees that exist within one NFS server.
Also, this works on 10.4, too, though in that case of course you use netinfo or niload fstab instead of dsimport.
Now can someone explain why 'net' suddenly works so much better? And is there a hidden downside to using it?

Since update to 10.4.10 NFS-mounts stopped mounting

Since the update to 10.4.10 (with or without the security update, didn't matter) my NFS-mounts from a Linux-machine via a WLAN-router and Airport to my MacBook Pro.
It did work, although apple-typically unreliable, until the 10.4.10 update.
rpcinfo -p machine shows:
program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
100005 1 udp 797 mountd
100005 1 tcp 800 mountd
100005 2 udp 797 mountd
100005 2 tcp 800 mountd
100005 3 udp 797 mountd
100005 3 tcp 800 mountd
schowmount -e machine:
Exports list on dream:
/var/mnt/hdd/Bilder 192.168.233.9/255.255.255.0
/var/mnt/hdd/Tools 192.168.233.9/255.255.255.0
/var/mnt/hdd/movie 192.168.233.9/255.255.255.0
/var/mnt/hdd/Musik 192.168.233.9/255.255.255.0
/hdd/usbstick 192.168.233.9/255.255.255.0
showmount -d machine:
Directories on dream:
/var/mnt/hdd/Bilder
/var/mnt/hdd/Musik
/var/mnt/hdd/movie
192.168.233.9/255.255.255.0
Therefore everything looks ok at the Linux-side, another Linux-machine is able to mount the shares without problems.
The console.log shows:
NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
Jul 15 18:11:50 alu automount[280]: Attempt to mount /automount/Servers/dream/hdd/Musik returned 1 (Operation not permitted)
Jul 15 18:11:50 alu automount[280]: Attempt to mount /automount/Servers/dream/hdd/Bilder returned 1 (Operation not permitted)
Jul 15 18:11:50 alu automount[280]: Attempt to mount /automount/Servers/dream/hdd/Tools returned 1 (Operation not permitted)
Jul 15 18:11:50 alu automount[280]: Attempt to mount /automount/Servers/dream/hdd/movie returned 1 (Operation not permitted)
NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
[...Masses of those lines]
NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
2007-07-15 18:14:55.992 NetInfo Manager[499] * -[NSCFString substringFromIndex:]: Range or index out of bounds
NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
[.... masses of those lines]
I tried with NFS Manager - no luck.
I checked the Netinfo-DB - no luck.
I rebooted the MacBook Pro - no change.
I rebooted the Linuxmachine - no change.
I typed "mount -t nfs ..." into a terminal - no luck.
It is working with Linux - what prevents Apple to get it to work, too?

This error appeared once and never again since.
But NFS-mounts still fail. A friends Titanium, still on 10.4.9, has the normal problems with airport-connection-stability and believed-server-connection-losses but it connects like a charm to that server the Aluminium doesn't like.
I reinstalled 10.4.10, rebooted several times, repaird permissions, searched system.log and console.log but couldn't find a message pointing to a problem (with the exception of a message about a failing startup of my flying butress firewall.
Here you have the latest system.log (deleted some lines for security reasons only):
Jul 16 16:35:22 alu SystemStarter[1322]: authentication service (1332) did not complete successfully
Jul 16 16:35:22 alu SystemStarter[1322]: Printing Services (1325) did not complete successfully
Jul 16 16:35:24 alu Parallels: Unloading Network module...
Jul 16 16:35:24 alu Parallels: Unloading ConnectUSB module...
Jul 16 16:35:24 alu Parallels: Unloading Monitor module...
Jul 16 16:35:28 alu SystemStarter[1322]: BrickHouse Firewall (1338) did not complete successfully
Jul 16 16:35:29 alu SystemStarter[1322]: The following StartupItems failed to properly start:
Jul 16 16:35:29 alu SystemStarter[1322]: /System/Library/StartupItems/AuthServer
Jul 16 16:35:29 alu SystemStarter[1322]: - execution of Startup script failed
Jul 16 16:35:29 alu SystemStarter[1322]: /System/Library/StartupItems/PrintingServices
Jul 16 16:39:57 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: vmpagebootstrap: 254317 free pages
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: migtable_maxdispl = 71
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: 89 prelinked modules
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI CA 20060421
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: ready
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: using 5242 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: Started CPU 01
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 4EF96DEE-9FCF-4476-AD53-58BEA0AA953E
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811 PCI now active, GUID 0016cbfffe66af32; max speed s400.
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT2 @2/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDri ver/FUJITSU MHV2100BH Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
Jul 16 16:39:58 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::probe:
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start before command
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::stop
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::start Idle Timer Stopped
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific matching fails
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 21
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 21
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 21
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 21
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 21
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific matching fails
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 0
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: ath_attach: devid 0x1c
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
Jul 16 16:39:59 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
Jul 16 16:40:00 localhost lookupd[47]: lookupd (version 369.6) starting - Mon Jul 16 16:40:00 2007
Jul 16 16:40:03 localhost DirectoryService[55]: Launched version 2.1 (v353.6)
Jul 16 16:40:05 localhost diskarbitrationd[45]: disk0s2 hfs 9AC36BC8-2C3E-3282-B08D-9C22EC354E35 Alu HD /
Jul 16 16:40:07 localhost kernel[0]: yukonosx: Ethernet address 00:xx:xx:xx:xx - deleted
Jul 16 16:40:07 localhost mDNSResponder: Couldn't read user-specified Computer Name; using default “Macintosh-00.........” instead
Jul 16 16:40:07 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Athr5424ab: Ethernet address 00:xx:xx:xx:xx - deleted
Jul 16 16:40:07 localhost mDNSResponder: Couldn't read user-specified local hostname; using default “Macintosh-00..........” instead
Jul 16 16:40:08 localhost mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Jul 16 16:40:09 localhost lookupd[70]: lookupd (version 369.6) starting - Mon Jul 16 16:40:09 2007
Jul 16 16:40:09 localhost configd[43]: AppleTalk startup
Jul 16 16:40:09 alu configd[43]: setting hostname to "alu.local"
Jul 16 16:40:13 alu kernel[0]: Registering For 802.11 Events
Jul 16 16:40:13 alu kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware] AFH Is Supported
Jul 16 16:40:15 alu configd[43]: AppleTalk startup complete
Jul 16 16:40:15 alu configd[43]: AppleTalk shutdown
Jul 16 16:40:15 alu configd[43]: AppleTalk shutdown complete
Jul 16 16:40:18 alu configd[43]: AppleTalk startup
Jul 16 16:40:20 alu mDNSResponder: getifaddrs ifa_netmask for fw0(7) Flags 8863 Family 2 169.254.113.87 has different family: 0
Jul 16 16:40:20 alu mDNSResponder: SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
Jul 16 16:40:23 alu SystemStarter[51]: BrickHouse Firewall (102) did not complete successfully
Jul 16 16:40:27 alu configd[43]: AppleTalk startup complete
Jul 16 16:40:29 alu configd[43]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
Jul 16 16:40:29 alu configd[43]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Jul 16 16:40:29 alu lookupd[169]: lookupd (version 369.6) starting - Mon Jul 16 16:40:29 2007
Jul 16 16:40:31 alu mDNSResponder: getifaddrs ifa_netmask for fw0(7) Flags 8863 Family 2 169.254.113.87 has different family: 0
Jul 16 16:40:31 alu mDNSResponder: SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
Jul 16 16:40:31 alu /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
Jul 16 16:40:31 alu SystemStarter[51]: The following StartupItems failed to properly start:
Jul 16 16:40:31 alu SystemStarter[51]: /Library/StartupItems/Firewall
Jul 16 16:40:31 alu SystemStarter[51]: - execution of Startup script failed
Jul 16 16:40:33 alu loginwindow[182]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jul 16 16:40:48 alu configd[43]: target=enable-network: disabled
Jul 16 16:44:14 alu /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport: Currently connected to network WZ
Jul 16 16:45:40 alu automount[222]: Can't get NFS_V3/TCP port for dream
Jul 16 16:45:40 alu automount[222]: Can't get NFS_V2/TCP port for dream
Jul 16 16:45:40 alu automount[222]: Attempt to mount /automount/static/mnt returned 1 (Operation not permitted)

Removing desktop icon of NFS mounted drive

Hi,
I have an NFS mounted drive (on a linux server) on my mac mini, running OS 10.4. I don't want the icon to appear on the desktop. Is there any way to remove this?
The reason is as follows:
- the NFS mounted directory is of the form servername:/home which contains home directories for all the students. This is mounted to /Volumes/servername. The students home directories are set to /Volumes/servername/userid. Thus, in the finder, their home directory shows up correctly, and they can browse their network files.
- However, /Volumes/servername is shown as a mounted disk icon on the desktop, and if students open this, they get a list of everyone's home directories, which they have to scroll through to reach their own home directory. This gives them immediate access to other people's home directories. Granted, these should all be locked and inaccessable to them, but if anyone has messed up their permissions, everyone will instantly be able to see that there is no red X by the home directory, and they can browse in.
- I realise people can browse in anyway, through the Finder, but its just nice not to make it quite so obvious to them.
So... any ideas on how to remove this desktop icon? Note that it needs to be removed for all users (a hundred or so students, logging in through LDAP).
Thanks!
Richard Grant
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I have figured this out now...
If you mount the directories at the point /home (or at least ask it to - in fact it mounts it somewhere in /private) then the desktop icon is not displayed by default.
Richard

Permissions issue with NFS mounted MyCloud

FIrst off let me say I think this is a LInux issue and not a WDMyCloud issue, but I'm not sure, so here goes... I can rsync my stuff off the Linux systems on my LAN to back them up into a WDMyCloud share, no problem. But then I can't get at some stuff with limited file permissions, when I mount the WDMyCloud via NFS. Here's the problem... Let's s say my directory tree on the WDMyCloud looks like "/shares/Stuff/L1/L2/L3" where the permissions on "L3" look like this: drwx------+ 3 fred share 4096 Jul 1 01:03 L3 It's readable/writeable only by "fred". I want to preserve the permissions and ownerships on everything, so if I have to do a restore and "rsync" it back onto another machine they'll go back the way they were when I backed them up. I can see the contents of "L3" if I "ssh" into the MyCloud, *but* I *cannot* see the contents of "L3" if I try to look at it via the NFS mount - I get ls: L3: permission denied. If I change the permissions on it, e.g.drwxrwxrwx+ 3 fred share 4096 Jul 1 01:03 L3then I can see the contents of "L3" just fine. So it's just the fact that via the NFS mount the MyCloud NFS server (Or something?) won't give me access to it unless the permissions are open, even logged in as "root" on the machine where the MyCloud is NFS mounted. I tried creating "fred" as a user on the MyCloud *and* made sure the numerical UID and GIDs were the same on the Linux machine and the MyCloud - No dice. I haven't tried everything in the world yet (I haven't tried rebooting the MyCloud to see if some server hasn't picked up the changes to "/etc/passwd" or whatever ; there's something called "idmapd" that I guess I should look into... Etc.) But I thought maybe somebody here might have run into this or have a bright idea?

I had some problems, and I modified the /etc/exports file to meet a little more my needs This is the content of it: -------/nfs/jffs *(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)/nfs *(rw,all_squash,sync,no_subtree_check,insecure,crossmnt,anonuid=999,anongid=1000)-------- The first line/share allows to change the permissisions and uid below them when you monted on your machineThe second one I maped the anonuid to the uid my user has on the wd (999) so when I mount a share on the machine everything is write with that used id If you modifes the /etc/exports file remeber to run after you edited the command "exportfs -a" to refresh the changes Hope this help with your problem

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