Listing of NFSv3 share hangs with 'ls: reading directory .: Input/output error'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When listing a directory on an NFS share the ls command hangs and prints the following error after being interrupted:
ls: reading directory .: Input/output error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 (kernel-2.6.18-371.9.1.el5) as NFS client
  • NFS Network Filesystem

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