filePro on SuSe 9.0 Linux NFS mounts - problem with NO LOCKS AVAILABLE

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Oct 06, 2004, Nancy Palmquist wrote:
>I sent this to fpTech but thought maybe someone on the list could help.
>
>Filepro 5.0.13 - dclerk/dreport versions
>In one case - where it worked on RedHat, it is accessed via fpCGI.  That 
>will be the final situation on this testing, but it is not yet 
>happening.  It is not working - even with a normal data entry access 
>from a filePro menu.
>-------------------------------  PROBLEM INFO --------------
>We have an issue that has started since we changed from prior versions 
>of Linux.
>
>On RedHat 7.3 with a mounted NFS share from RedHat 7.2, I had a filePro 
>file on the mounted drive and all worked correctly.
>
>We have changed to SuSe 9.0 versions on both systems, and now we get an 
>error that indicates NO LOCKS AVAILABLE when it tries to open indexes, 
>lockfiles or keys.  It varies on which file it reports the problem.  It 
>seems to have issues if more than one file needs to be locked.

Have you installed and activated the NFS server on the SuSE box?
SuSE has most services disabled by default for security reasons,
and NFS isn't noted for its strong security.

The NFS server won't start unless there's something define in the
/etc/exports file.

Bill
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