SLES 11 SP2 segmentation fault upon "mount -a"

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2

Situation

Upon "mount -a" or "mount -a nfs" a segmentation fault occurs.

seg fault

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Resolution

There is a code fix for this, but there is also an easy configurational correction which solves it.

Code fix

Within maintenance updates for SLES 11 SP2, apply util-linux 2.19.1-6.33.35.1

Configurational Correction

Check /etc/fstab. Most likely, an entry is present to accomplish an NFS mount, which doesn't have any mount options specified. For example, it might be in this form:

server:/path /local-path nfs

Add a 4th column as mount parameters. This can even be just "defaults". I.E.:

server:/path /local-path nfs defaults

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