27 Apr
2005
27 Apr
'05
7:25 p.m.
dovecot.7.signal11@spamgourmet.com wrote:
We have NFS-mounted user directories which cause significant problems with stale file handles:
dovecot: IMAP(uid): fstat() failed with file /home/uid/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log: Stale NFS file handle
(a) why can't it just close the file and re-open ?
The Stale NFS file handle error is a fatal error on the system side.
Closing and re-opening isn't a guaranteed solution.
Actually, the real question, in my opinion, would be what is causing the system to get a stale NFS file handle? IF you are going to store and access mail from NFS filesystems, the filesystem needs to be extremely stable and accessible..
-Rich