Hello, I am experiencing some annoying (if not scary) issue with automount (autofs-4.1.3-187). I am runnung Linux kernel 2.6.9-34 (RedHat RHEL4 update3).
Files (mainly symbolic links) disappear from nfs mounted volumes. This happens randomly. I support several machines running the above mentioned kernel version and autofs version. The kernel on these cannot be updated, as any change in the kernel name will prevent the main application from running. I noticed that the file disappearance time concide with messages on some of the nfs client machines similar to the following: Jul 19 00:20:05 flame-b automount[14400]: rm_unwanted: attempting to remove files from a mounted directory 'googling' for the error message, I found a cuple of interesting messages. Two from IBM: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=984&uid=swg21260655 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?ratlid=cctocbody&rs=984&uid=swg21279055 which describe the problem so closely to what I am experiencing, that I thought I would send them in this mail, even if they seem to describe an issue specific to an IBM system. A better match to my problem was found in some autofs forum answers. In example the following: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05120.html There are other with very similar messages, they all suggest a patch which forces autofs to do a check of some sort. I do not know how to implement the mentioned patch. I would like to know whether there is a version of autofs which implements the patch and that can be installed on the 2.6.9-34 kernel. I really need to know, as I have seen instances of whole directories desappearing as well as symbolic links. In the forum I have seen the recurring names of Jeff Moyer, Ian Kent and Chris Feist. Is there any chance I can get in touch with any of them, and get some help? Best regards, marina cacciagrano
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