[NFS] "mount: File exists" when trying to mount a second krb5 volume!

Trond Myklebust trond.myklebust at fys.uio.no
Fri Dec 1 13:43:28 EST 2006


On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 10:34 -0800, Paarvai Naai wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I really do appreciate the high quality technical assistance
> I have gotten to date from this list.  But at the same time,
> I am getting somewhat frustrated with the very spotty
> attention I am getting for a *critical* bug that somehow 
> made it into the upstream kernel sources.  This is directly
> affecting the ability to use krb5 on either NFSv3 or NFSv4.
> 
> First I had to actually dig through the source and find the
> bug.  Then I was offered a patch but when it didn't work 
> there was very little response/assistance to help with my
> investigation into which kernel that patch is compatible with.
> Finally, I have been insisting that we get the fix back into the
> upstream sources and it appears that no one appreciates 
> the importance.

2.6.19 is already out (and by the time this bug was found, the 2.6.19-rc
series was way into injury time).

The patch will go into 2.6.20, then we can look into sending it in as a
stable update to 2.6.19.x. Not before.

Trond



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