ls -l hangs

[EZ2007]

When I issue "ls" / ,it list files but when issuing "ls -l" / it hangs. The data protector is backing everything except / filesystem.

[T G Manikandan]

Might be the resource utilization is more on the server.

you can check /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log file to see if there are weird errors with the file.

[Dennis Handly]

ll(1) will hang if you have a NFS mount point that isn't responding.

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

Many possible causes.

Check for stale NFS links, locked files with DP.

DP is not a good OS backup tool, because it can not produce bootable images. See Ignite for that.

SEP

[EZ2007]

I am not using any NFS. Is this have to do with licenses or smtg?

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

any error messages the syslog.log file?

Robert-Jan

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Did you perhaps use the 'pfs_mount' command to mount a CD? This uses NFS services and is a deprecated, brittle utility that leads to a reboot if used incorrectly.

Regards!

..JRF...

[Ivan Krastev]

Possible reason can be bad mount point.
Check all mount points on the server.

regards,
ivan

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

can you show us /etc/fstab ?

Volkmar

[Philip Gunter]

Are you running NIS or any other remote directory service? If "ls /" is working then I'd guess the delay is caused by a lookup of user/group details when doing ls -l.

Cheers,
Philip.

[Dennis Handly]

>Philip: If "ls /" is working then I'd guess the delay is caused by a lookup of user/group details when doing ls -l.

That could be it. Though ls / won't do a stat on each file. Using "ll -n /" shouldn't look up the UID/GID but still does the stat.

[YMJ]

if you have too many files. it will hangs