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How to make nfs mount soft and uninterruptable

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If i need to make soft and uninterruptable mount /etc/fstab entries

nfs soft,intr,exec,rw 1 2 (or) nfs rw,soft,bg,intr 1 2

what is the difference between them

---------- Post updated at 09:21 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:21 AM ----------

If i need to make soft and uninterruptable mount /etc/fstab entries

nfs soft,intr,exec,rw 1 2 (or) nfs rw,soft,bg,intr 1 2

what is the difference between them

soft => Application which uses nfs share reports an error if the share is unavailable and exits rather than waiting

intr => NFS requests can be interrupted if the server goes down. If you use soft option, intr becomes pointless as the application will exit anyway if the share is unavailable

exec => Makes the executable files available for execution, no need to specify this as this is included in defaults option

bg => Forks a child process to continue to wait for the NFS share in case if it's unavailable and the parent process exits normally

You have to play around with these options to see if you get the desired result.