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Hi everyone,
i searched the archives to find explanation for the peculiar behavior (i 
think) of my nfs server but to no avail, so that's why i'd give it a try 
here: I have 2 woody boxes and the one is running nfs-kernel-server but there 
is continuous traffic between the client and the server of the form (courtesy 
of tcpdump) : 

21:37:48.379317 server.nfs > client.3905804637: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.379445 client.3922581853 > server.nfs: 104 getattr [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.379642 server.nfs > client.3922581853: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.379759 client.3939359069 > server.nfs: 104 getattr [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.379946 server.nfs > client.3939359069: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.380043 client.3956136285 > server.nfs: 104 getattr [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.380228 server.nfs > client.3956136285: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.888574 client.3972913501 > server.nfs: 104 getattr [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.888812 server.nfs > client.3972913501: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.888930 client.3989690717 > server.nfs: 104 getattr [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:48.889120 server.nfs > client.3989690717: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:49.391136 client.4006467933 > server.nfs: 104 getattr [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:49.391378 server.nfs > client.4006467933: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:49.391591 client.4023245149 > server.nfs: 104 getattr [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:49.391785 server.nfs > client.4023245149: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:49.899330 client.4040022365 > server.nfs: 104 getattr [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:49.899582 server.nfs > client.4040022365: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:49.899760 client.4056799581 > server.nfs: 104 getattr [|nfs] (DF)
21:37:49.899949 server.nfs > client.4056799581: reply ok 112 getattr DIR 40755 
ids 1000/1000 [|nfs] (DF)

and so on. I'm wondering whether this is normal and, if not, what causes that 
unnecessary traffic.  Your help is truly appreciated.

Regards,
Boris.
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