From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 573211381F3 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2013 02:10:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C779BE09C0; Mon, 1 Jul 2013 02:10:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96A77E08DC for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2013 02:09:59 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpaNA/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBsEtjWGCSGEDjX6IDoV+iHCBXoMT X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpaNA/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBsEtjWGCSGEDjX6IDoV+iHCBXoMT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="17544948" Received: from 69-165-163-64.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.163.64]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 30 Jun 2013 22:09:52 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 30 Jun 2013 22:09:57 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 22:09:57 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] configuring NFS server to handle client reboots Message-ID: <20130701020957.GA2166@waltdnes.org> References: <51D0669D.7070000@taydin.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51D0669D.7070000@taydin.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 06d9be45-9193-4d08-902b-53ce616ef043 X-Archives-Hash: 43c0a41b2c8e08523f9f5905d8465733 On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 08:10:53PM +0300, Timur Aydin wrote > I know that a sm-notify program is used on both NFS clients/servers to > notify reboots, but this embedded system does not have the sm-notify > capability. And I would rather not try to port it to uClinux. > > So, my question is, can I somehow configure the NFS server to > allow mounting the same directory repeatedly whenever the NFS > client reboots? A possible "quick-n-dirty" approach is to run a script that first does a "umount" of the share, and then does the mount. Ignore error messages from the umount attempt. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications