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

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Oct 06, 2004, Nancy Palmquist wrote:
>Bill Campbell wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>It will mount just fine and I can write data to the mount folder from 
>Linux.  FilePro can write files there also.  I just can't open filePro 
>in a way that requires a lock to the file.

Are you running FilePro with the files on an NFS server and expecting locks
to work???  That's kinda like playing russion roulette with a semi-
automatic pistol!  Everything I've ever read about NFS says that it
shouldn't be used where locking is required.

Bill
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