Re: NFS mounted /var/spool problem

[Anders Hammarquist <iko@cd.chalmers.se>]

> Hello folks,
> I seem to have a problem with a NFS-mounted /var/spool directory
> stemming from lpd... it can't seem to acquire locks..
> Any ideas?
>
> Is this NFS configuration related?
> 
> <lpr.log>
> Apr  5 18:38:24 slinky (Server)[19029]: long: Get_spool_control: cannot
> create file '/var/spool/lpd/control.long' - No locks available
> Apr  5 18:38:24 slinky (Server)[19030]: short: Get_spool_control: cannot
> create file '/var/spool/lpd/control.short' - No locks available
> </lpr.log>

1) Are you running rpc.(k)statd? (It's needed for locking, available in the knfs package)
2) Does the server support locking? (i.e. is it running something other
that the normal Linux userlevel nfsd, as it doesn't support locking)

/Anders

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