Empty NFS-exported directories

I am exporting a directory from my Debian NFS kernel server as:

/share
192.168.0.0/255.255.254.0(sync,rw,all_squash,insecure,nohide,a nonuid=1000,anongid=1000)

and whilst I can mount this from a Mac running OS X 10.4.8 and
read/write files, any directory index is empty.

The only thing that looks a bit odd is this log message from the NFS
daemon:

Jan 17 16:42:22 server kernel: NFSD: unable to find recovery directory
/var/lib/nfs/v4recovery
Jan 17 16:42:22 server kernel: NFSD: starting 90-second grace period

Any thoughts anyone?

Jon

In article
<(E-Mail Removed). com>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I am exporting a directory from my Debian NFS kernel server as:
>
> /share
> 192.168.0.0/255.255.254.0(sync,rw,all_squash,insecure,nohide,a nonuid=1000,anon
> gid=1000)
>
> and whilst I can mount this from a Mac running OS X 10.4.8 and
> read/write files, any directory index is empty.
>
> The only thing that looks a bit odd is this log message from the NFS
> daemon:
>
> Jan 17 16:42:22 server kernel: NFSD: unable to find recovery directory
> /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery
> Jan 17 16:42:22 server kernel: NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
>
> Any thoughts anyone?
>
> Jon

Just for fun, try mounting the NFS mount point using

mount_nfs -P host:/path /mount_point

I have NOT been using NFS much from my Mac and the last time I
used this mount command was in MacOSX 10.3.*, so I don't know if
there were any changes that negate the usefulness of the mount_nfs
-P approach.

Bob Harris

In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I am exporting a directory from my Debian NFS kernel server as:
>
> /share
> 192.168.0.0/255.255.254.0(sync,rw,all_squash,insecure,nohide,a nonuid=1000,anon
> gid=1000)
>
> and whilst I can mount this from a Mac running OS X 10.4.8 and
> read/write files, any directory index is empty.
>
> The only thing that looks a bit odd is this log message from the NFS
> daemon:
>
> Jan 17 16:42:22 server kernel: NFSD: unable to find recovery directory
> /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery
> Jan 17 16:42:22 server kernel: NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
>
> Any thoughts anyone?
>
> Jon

Anytime I see a Linux kernel being used for serving NFS to a
"commercial" UNIX OS and someone complains it doesn't work, I begin to
suspect the Linux kernel. Certain versions have NFS just plain broken.
It might work fine with another Linux machine but is totally broken
talking to Solaris, HP/UX, or even MacOS X.

Try switching to Solaris 10. It's free and it's NFS works.

--
DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee...

Andre Berger wrote:
> Are you using my kernel?
>
> <http://hvkls.dyndns.org/news/2006/12/26/index.html#v56a>

I am indeed. I've reverted to the 2.6.18 kernel (and added your blog to
my RSS feeds!). NFS is working as before.

Cheers, Andre!

Jon