looi@sutro.SFSU.EDU (06/20/91)
Hi, I'm running into problem with mail's "quit" subcommand and hoping some experienced netters to give me some input as to what I have done wrong. We have three hosts running NFS, NIS and nameserver, and let's assume host A being the master server. I exported /usr/spool/mail from host A and had hosts B and C mounted over using NFS. With this setup, I was hoping that users could read mail irregardless of where the users are logged on, but the mail sessions froze on hosts B and C soon as the users type "quit" (& quit) at the mail prompt. Does anyone know what might have caused the problem? Btw, we're running AIX 3005, and the mailer agent is sendmail. Please help. Thanks in advance.
fangchin@leland.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang) (06/20/91)
In article <RCAU8QVN@linac.fnal.gov>, looi@sutro.SFSU.EDU writes: |> |> Hi, I'm running into problem with mail's "quit" subcommand and |> hoping some experienced netters to give me some input as to what |> I have done wrong. |> |> We have three hosts running NFS, NIS and nameserver, and let's assume |> host A being the master server. I exported /usr/spool/mail from |> host A and had hosts B and C mounted over using NFS. With this setup, |> I was hoping that users could read mail irregardless of where the users |> are logged on, but the mail sessions froze on hosts B and C soon as |> the users type "quit" (& quit) at the mail prompt. Does anyone know |> what might have caused the problem? |> |> Btw, we're running AIX 3005, and the mailer agent is sendmail. |> |> Please help. |> Well, for quite a while, I thought I was the only one suffering from this. I think my 320 still runs 3003 as my head SA didn't mention any OS upgrade to me. My experience is that occationally I can use the q or quit command to quit the BSD mail. But most of the time, just like looi mentioned above, the two commands freeze my xterm or even console. I can cntl-C to my heart's content without any effect at all! Our setup is quite similar to looi's, ie, NFS, and one nameserver, mailer agent is sendmail too. Another curious thing is that I am NEVER able to send mail to IBM Palo Alto even though it's next door to Stanford. I can, however, always use my SUN SPARC to send mails to IBM sites without a hitch. Both use the same nameserver so why is this? To get around my problem, I keep a remote xterm on my SPARC all the time just for handling mails :-(. Yes, I have elm, xmh, mh etc available but I am curious why the default BSD mail wouldn't work as expected. Thanks in advance for any hints. Sincerely, Chin Fang Mechanical Engineering Department Stanford University fangchin@leland.stanford.edu
marc@ekhomeni.austin.ibm.com (Marc Wiz) (06/20/91)
In article <RCAU8QVN@linac.fnal.gov>, looi@sutro.SFSU.EDU writes: > We have three hosts running NFS, NIS and nameserver, and let's assume > host A being the master server. I exported /usr/spool/mail from > host A and had hosts B and C mounted over using NFS. With this setup, > I was hoping that users could read mail irregardless of where the users > are logged on, but the mail sessions froze on hosts B and C soon as > the users type "quit" (& quit) at the mail prompt. Does anyone know > what might have caused the problem? This is a known problem and is currently being worked on. For reference the APAR is IX18805. Could you please describe what you are using for the server and the client? I would like to see if this occurrence matches the one in the APAR. I need the level that the systems are running on. If some of them are not RS/6000's the version of NFS that they are running will help. Marc Wiz MaBell (512)823-4780 NFS/NIS change team Yes that really is my last name. The views expressed are my own. marc@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com or uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ibmchs!auschs!ekhomeni.austin.ibm.com!marc
looi@sutro.SFSU.EDU (W. W. Looi) (06/20/91)
In article <8634@awdprime.UUCP> marc@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com writes: >In article <RCAU8QVN@linac.fnal.gov>, looi@sutro.SFSU.EDU writes: > >> We have three hosts running NFS, NIS and nameserver, and let's assume >> host A being the master server. I exported /usr/spool/mail from >> host A and had hosts B and C mounted over using NFS. With this setup, >> I was hoping that users could read mail irregardless of where the users >> are logged on, but the mail sessions froze on hosts B and C soon as >> the users type "quit" (& quit) at the mail prompt. Does anyone know >> what might have caused the problem? > > >This is a known problem and is currently being worked on. >For reference the APAR is IX18805. > >Could you please describe what you are using for the server and >the client? I would like to see if this occurrence matches the >one in the APAR. I need the level that the systems are running >on. If some of them are not RS/6000's the version of NFS that >they are running will help. > >Marc Wiz MaBell (512)823-4780 > Marc, the following is wh we have it set up in our site: masterserver: 530 clients: 230H networktype: Token Ring Thanks.