I wrote:
>
> My 2100 server has some NFS mounted disks on another host. The other host
> went down, the 2100 did not.
>
> I suspected the routers had rebooted so I tried to ping outside the
> company, and got an error, then I tried pinging my X-tube which I know
> is up, beacuse I'm using it, and got the same error:
>
> > ns.encore.com> ping 206.156.225.36
> NFS2 getattr failed for server rt91 : RPC: Timed out
>
>
Not surprisingly several folks immediatly knew the answer, and I slapped
my forehead in disgust for not thinking of it myself...
I have a directory in my path variable which is ahead of /usr/sbin
and is on one of the NFS mounted devices. The system is getting the
error while looking for ping.
Obvious with the benefit of hindsight.
Thanks to all.
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Burch Seymour 6901 W Sunrise Boulevard
Senior Software Engineer Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33313
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Received on Thu Aug 06 1998 - 16:41:03 NZST