NFS problem: file doesn't appear in file listing, but can be accessed directly

[Markus Gebert]

On 03.08.2010, at 16:36, Attila Nagy wrote:

>> You can try replacing the client and server with the experimental
>> ones and see if that fixes the problem.
>> For the client: mount with "-t newnfs" instead of "-t nfs"
>> For the server: start both mountd and nfsd with the "-e" option
> Sure. It works with the newnfs client, so it must be either a weird interaction between the FreeBSD server and client (old), or a client bug.

Have you tried comparing on-the-wire NFS requests and responses between newnfs and legacy nfs clients for your test case? Maybe you can rule out the former like this. Or at least prove that the server actually responds correctly to the READDIR request.


Markus