NFS locking question

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 12:02:51PM +0100, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
> Hi, Kris!
> 
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 05:21:50AM -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> > Try the attached patch on the 6.0 machines:
> 
> Thanks. Will do.
> 
> But:
> 
> > Index: usr.sbin/rpc.lockd/lock_proc.c
> > ...
> 
> So, rpc.lockd _is_ needed on the client?

Yes.  If you weren't doing that, do that instead.

> What about the statement in rc.conf(5) then, claiming it was
> only started on servers?

I only see this (correct) statement in that manpage:

     rpc_lockd_enable
                 (bool) If set to ``YES'' and also an NFS server or client,
                 run rpc.lockd(8) at boot time.

Kris
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