On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:29 PM, William L. Maltby <CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com> wrote: > > /etc/hosts permissions OK? I ask because it should be worl-readable > and you sudo'd it. > It is - I was overdoing it.... > IIRC (it's been a long time), the RPC stuff needs to be running for nfs > locks, status, etc. Are they? I can't confirm this because I don't have > any nfs stuff running. > > But I don't recall whether server/clioent needs any/all on one or both. > > Anyway, that and portmap? Not sure. /etc/hosts/{deny,allow} come into > play if portmap is in use. > > I don't recall dinking with the nfs service, so I ps'd it. > > rpc 2284 1 0 05:36 ? 00:00:00 portmap > rpcuser 2310 1 0 05:36 ? 00:00:00 rpc.statd > root 2356 1 0 05:36 ? 00:00:00 rpc.idmapd > > Maybe that gives a clue? > I get (psg = ps -ef | grep -i): [mrichter at swordfish ~]$ psg rpc rpc 5786 1 0 14:32 ? 00:00:00 portmap root 5937 11 0 14:32 ? 00:00:00 [rpciod/0] root 5938 11 0 14:32 ? 00:00:00 [rpciod/1] > Showmounts might help you out (server side only?). > I'm listed there (it's 'showmount' though :-). I am now certain that this is an nfs issue, but I haven't a clue where to look. I noticed that my backup system had a /var/lock/subsys/nfslock file, so I touched it over here. I think it's running a little faster, but it's still like tar whenever one of my home dir files gets touched (which is a lot, since most apps use their .<appname> files for local storage). Any nfs gurus here? :-) Thanks to everyone so far.... mhr