hi, I use automounter to mount to many hosts /net/<hostname>/dir When the hostname is unavaliable it seems NFS gets stuck. I would like to set a NFS timeout (say 60 secs). If not available then error. I need to use hardmount but is there such a thing as NFS client timeout? -- --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.--
Hi Rita, As i m not perfect on this but still you can try once as i have written bellow You can modify a configuration file. Search for a word called "TIMEOUT " in "/etc/sysconfig/autofs". By default it is 300, you need to change according your requirement. # /etc/sysconfig/autofs TIMEOUT=60 :wq! # service autofs reload On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Rita <rmorgan466 at gmail.com> wrote:> hi, > > I use automounter to mount to many hosts > > /net/<hostname>/dir > > When the hostname is unavaliable it seems NFS gets stuck. I would like to > set a NFS timeout (say 60 secs). If not available then error. I need to use > hardmount but is there such a thing as NFS client timeout? > > > > > -- > --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.-- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- With Thanks & Regards, Keshaba Mahapatra Sr.Technical Consultant Mob - +91 7569071776
Rita wrote:> hi, > > I use automounter to mount to many hosts > > /net/<hostname>/dir > > When the hostname is unavaliable it seems NFS gets stuck. I would like to > set a NFS timeout (say 60 secs). If not available then error. I need to use > hardmount but is there such a thing as NFS client timeout?If the client has already mounted the server using the hard option - and then the server goes away, the client will hang on the mount point until the server reappears - there is no such thing as a 'timeout' with hard mounts ... However, if you mean reducing the mount failure timeout when the client attempts to mount a server that is not available, then have a look at the NFS 'retry' option in the nfs man page But if you are using /etc/auto.net to automount under /net, then this uses showmount to find exported mounts from a server, so will error fairly quickly anyway if the server is available James Pearson