From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 16 11:48:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from vitoria.ddsecurity.com.br (vitoria.ddsecurity.com.br [200.18.130.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D226814D9C for ; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:47:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grios@ddsecurity.com.br) Received: (qmail 89029 invoked by uid 1001); 16 Nov 1999 19:45:55 -0000 From: "Gustavo Rios" Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:45:55 -0200 (EDT) To: Mike Walker Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmpfw in pine via NFS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Mike Walker wrote: > >> I am noticing a large number of pine (and only pine) procs stuck in > >> disk-wait. All of the are in the WCHAN "vmpfw". Any ideas what > >> this may mean? > > > Is the mail spool pine accessing on this NFS volume, or just the > > binary? > > > > If so you're breaking the cardinal rule of NFS: Never serve mail > > spools via NFS. And what about maildir with qmail ? Isn't it safe via NFS ? > > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org > > Why is this a cardinal rule? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message