#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : NFS: "Stale file handle" and hung mounts # Fix : Fix a mount that is refused # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sto-nfs-stale # # Run as : Both ends # Expect : 25 minutes # Risk : low # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # mount.nfs reports access denied or connection refused. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Nothing persistent changed unless fstab was edited. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " NFS: "Stale file handle" and hung mounts" echo " Fix a mount that is refused" echo echo " Risk: low Reversible 25 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Check what the server actually exports and to whom.' '' cmd 'showmount -e nfsserver' 'sudo exportfs -v'; then showmount -e nfsserver sudo exportfs -v if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 2 'Check the client'\''s address matches the export'\''s allowed range -- an export for 10.0.0.0/24 refuses a client that has moved to another subnet.' '' manual || true if step 3 'Check the firewall. NFSv4 needs only TCP 2049; NFSv3 needs rpcbind and several other ports.' 'NFSv3'\''s dynamic ports are why it is so often blocked by a firewall while NFSv4 works. Forcing version 4 is frequently the whole fix.' cmd 'sudo ss -tlnp | grep 2049' 'rpcinfo -p nfsserver | head'; then sudo ss -tlnp | grep 2049 rpcinfo -p nfsserver | head if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Force the version explicitly to remove the negotiation from the equation.' '' cmd 'sudo mount -t nfs -o vers=4.2 nfsserver:/srv/share /mnt/nfs'; then sudo mount -t nfs -o vers=4.2 nfsserver:/srv/share /mnt/nfs if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'Check root squashing if files are visible but not writable -- root on the client becomes nobody on the server by default.' '' cmd 'sudo grep -n squash /etc/exports' 'id; ls -ln /mnt/nfs | head'; then sudo grep -n squash /etc/exports id; ls -ln /mnt/nfs | head if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The mount succeeds and a test file can be created and removed.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then sudo touch /mnt/nfs/.writetest && sudo rm /mnt/nfs/.writetest && echo writable fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sto-nfs-stale" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Nothing persistent changed unless fstab was edited.' rule