NFS export of evolution

[Robert Marella]

On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 10:01 +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote:
> Robert Marella wrote:
> > Hello
> > 
> > I am not sure where this problem should go so I am posting to
> > -questions. 
> > 
> > I have a SOHO set up with several computers running a mix of FreeBSD 5.3
> > Release and Stable. I have an NFS server set up so that data can be
> > shared at all of the computers.
> > 
> > I would like to have the ability to retrieve mail from any of the
> > computers I happen to be logged into. I have tried various permutations
> > of exporting /home, /home/reg-user, and /home/reg-user/.evolution and I
> > always get the same error when trying to read mail.
> > 
> > I am able to mount the directory(ies) on the client computers and am
> > able to call up evolution and see the messages but when I try to read
> > any message I get this error
> > 
> > ******************************************************************
> > Error while Retrieving message 1292 (this number varies of course)
> > 
> > Failed to get lock using fcntl(2): Operation not supported.
> > ******************************************************************
> > 
> > I read the man page for fcntl but I didn't get any help out of it. It
> > was way over my head.
> > 
> > Here is the important bits from /etc/exports
> > 
> > /home/reg-user/.evolution -alldirs notebook.my.local.lan
> > 
> > I have also tried -maproot with out any luck. I would think this is
> > possible but I guess I haven't set up the right conditions or options.
> > Can anyone help me out?
> 
> The error appears to be with filelocking not mounting. Filelocking is a
> problem on NFS as many independent systems might try to get write access
> to the same file at the same time. Do you have:
> 
> rpc_lockd_enable="YES" # Run NFS rpc.lockd needed for client/server.
> rpc_statd_enable="YES" # Run NFS rpc.statd needed for client/server.
> 
> in your rc.conf?

Eric,
No I do not have that in my rc.conf. I tried adding it and got the same
results. Should I try to change the values to ="NO" ??

Thanks for responding.

Robert