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Date:      Fri, 3 May 2013 12:40:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org>
To:        Graham Allan <allan@physics.umn.edu>
Cc:        Mohan Ramanujan <mohan@nber.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Restarting exports disturbs clients
Message-ID:  <alpine.LRH.2.03.1305031240100.29996@nber.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130503161818.GK32659@physics.umn.edu>
References:  <alpine.LRH.2.03.1305021137480.32731@nber.org> <5183A8BA.7040309@bananmonarki.se> <20130503161818.GK32659@physics.umn.edu>

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On Fri, 3 May 2013, Graham Allan wrote:

> On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 02:08:26PM +0200, Bernt Hansson wrote:
>> 2013-05-03 12:49, Daniel Feenberg skrev:
>>>
>>> When we change the exportfs file on our FreeBSD 9.1 fileserver:
>>>
>>>   kill -HUP `cat /var/run/mountd.pid`
>>
>> That seems a bit harsh, try /etc/rc.d/nfsd restart or
>> /etc/nfsserver restart.
>
> Sending SIGHUP to mountd has always been the right way to have it reread
> the exports file - should really be much less disruptive than restarting
> the service.

We have tried both and both disruptive NFS clients.

dan feenberg

>
> Graham
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