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From: kenc@madmax.Viewlogic.COM (Kenstir)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Ultrix 4.0 and automount
Keywords: automount YP Ultrix-4.0
Message-ID: <1990Oct21.151135@madmax.Viewlogic.COM>
Date: 21 Oct 90 19:11:35 GMT
References: <1990Oct17.095700@madmax.Viewlogic.COM>
Sender: news@viewlogic.com (News Administrator)
Reply-To: kenc@madmax.Viewlogic.COM (Kenstir)
Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc., Marlboro, MA
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My original posting <1990Oct17.095700@madmax.Viewlogic.COM>:
>    I am running Ultrix 4.0 on a DECstation 3000 as a YP client.
>    Automount seemed to cause my machine to get into an infamous (and
infinite)
>    "NFS server pid666@/u not responding still trying" wait.
>    Are there any patches to 4.0 automount yet, or is it simply not
>    advisable to run it, especially under YP?

After getting some help from a couple people and getting in touch with
DEC
software support, the answer is this:

If automount does not have its stderr directed anywhere (as when
started
from rc.local) then any network problems will cause it to hang up and
dump
core.

Quick fix in rc.local:
	/usr/etc/automount 2> /dev/console

(perhaps) better fix:
	DEC software support does have a patch for this.
--
Kenneth H. Cox
Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
kenstir@viewlogic.com
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