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This was a fresh MGA1 install about a year ago, +and I have kept it up to date. I'll take a closer look at version +numbers later on, after I have fitted new brake pads to my car +(hopefully they'll be the type that don't make that metal-on-metal +grindy noise :-) + +Richard + +On 10/03/2012, imnotpc <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">imnotpc at rock3d.net</A>> wrote: +><i> On 03/09/2012 09:53 PM, WALKER RICHARD wrote: +</I>>><i> "You didn't answer my question about whether or not Smoothwall always +</I>>><i> assigns the same IP to the server box. This is important since if it +</I>>><i> doesn't then every time the server restarts the network interface you +</I>>><i> are taking a chance it will get assigned a different IP and break the +</I>>><i> client fstab entries." +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Sorry, that was in the first reply which disappeared in a flash of +</I>>><i> accidentally highlighted text. I have taken no particular steps to +</I>>><i> influence Smoothwall's DHCP address allocation other than to limit the +</I>>><i> dynamic addresses to the range from 100 to 127. By observation, over +</I>>><i> the last ten years or so, the same interfaces tend to get the same +</I>>><i> addresses, though it may also depend on which machine hosts the boot +</I>>><i> disc I am preparing. The maximum lease time is 2 hours, but I doubt if +</I>>><i> that has much to do with it. Maybe I'm just lucky; I cannot remember +</I>>><i> the last time I noticed an address change. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I don't use dhcp except for wireless but I think most dhcp implentations +</I>><i> generally use the same IPs over again, you just can't rely on it. Static +</I>><i> IPs also allow for specialized firewall and routing configurations, but +</I>><i> if it works and you're happy with the configuration I wouldn't worry +</I>><i> about it. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> "Has this configuration ever worked correctly? The exports file looks +</I>>><i> fine but IIRC the fstab entry should match the exports file path, i.e. +</I>>><i> it should be: 192.168.0.101:/home/richmag/Videos /mnt/Videos ...." +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Sorry again, perhaps I should have made these entries look "more +</I>>><i> normal". Because the boot disc which provided the MGA1 and 2010.2 +</I>>><i> environments on this box has been used for a lot of testing of +</I>>><i> upgrades and 32/64 bit environments I use a system of hidden home +</I>>><i> directories and boot-time generated symlinks to match my home +</I>>><i> directories to my current user name. In recent times I have noticed +</I>>><i> that applications may sometimes unexpectedly use the real directory +</I>>><i> name and sometimes as expected the name of the symlink. I have long +</I>>><i> since stopped worrying about how to fix this "problem"; it looks +</I>>><i> stupid but it still works. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> It is a bit unusual but I don't think this is your problem, and again, +</I>><i> if it ain't broken... +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> So the answer is yes, this always works as expected. I have only been +</I>>><i> able to make if fail reliably (:-) in Mageia 1 with an unmodified port +</I>>><i> parameter for rpc.mountd. As noted above I have also completed a test +</I>>><i> under Mageia 2 (using a different boot disc on the same box) and it +</I>>><i> works perfectly - no need to hack /etc/sysconfig/nfs-server. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I'm off to bed now - long journey in the morning. Here is the report +</I>>><i> from the MGA2 system which is working just fine. I'll try to get the +</I>>><i> same info for the broken MGA1 setup tomorrow. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> [<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">root at Tureen</A> rich]# systemctl status nfs-server.service +</I>>><i> nfs-server.service - LSB: Kernel NFS server support +</I>>><i> Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs-server) +</I>>><i> Active: active (running) since Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:43:32 +0000; 4min +</I>>><i> 52s ago +</I>>><i> Process: 1540 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs-server start +</I>>><i> (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) +</I>>><i> CGroup: name=systemd:/system/nfs-server.service +</I>>><i> └ 1645 rpc.mountd --port 4003 +</I>><i> +</I>><i> You mentioned in an earlier post that the mga1 box worked once after you +</I>><i> commented out the RPCMOUNTD_OPTIONS="--port 4003" option in +</I>><i> /etc/sysconfig/nfs-server. I just checked the mga1 test server I set up +</I>><i> yesterday and this option isn't set at all. Is it possible you are +</I>><i> mixing files from different Mandriva/Mageia versions? Perhaps try +</I>><i> un-installing nfs-utils and deleting all it's config files and start +</I>><i> again with a clean package install. +</I>><i> +</I></PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006673.html">[Mageia-discuss] home network using broadband router +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006672.html">[Mageia-discuss] Dropbox GUI not working in Mageia (solution) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6674">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6674">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6674">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6674">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |