Mergemaster won't run on NFS mount

Rick Macklem rmacklem at uoguelph.ca
Thu Nov 23 11:23:53 UTC 2017


Thomas Laus wrote:
>My /etc/exports file is empty.  I have set the sharenfs property to
>'YES" on the /usr/obj and /usr/src data sets.  The ZFS filesystem
>handles NFS shares internally from the documenation.
It still reloads the exports, so the outcome is the same.

>In any event,
>this is how my system has successfuly been doing NFS for nearly 2
>years without any issues.  A client should be able to read and not
>write to both /usr/src and /usr/obj to be able to installworld and
>installkernel and have all mergemaster writes confined to a local
>/var/tmp/temproot.
I didn't really think it was the cause of the problem, just the only explanation
I knew of.

>My /etc/rc.conf doesn't have any flags for mountd.
>It is only a "YES" to enable.
If it is a recent install then, yes, it should be set. You should see the options
being used by typing "ps ax" on the server.

rick


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