NFS share failed to mount with message "mount.nfs: Too many levels of symbolic links"
Issue
- NFS share failed to mount with message "mount.nfs: Too many levels of symbolic links"
# mount -t nfs <nfs-server>:/test/T52 /test/T52 -vvv
mount.nfs: timeout set for Tue Dec 13 01:36:49 2022
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4.1,addr=X.X.X.X,clientaddr=Y.Y.Y.Y'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Too many levels of symbolic links
mount.nfs: Too many levels of symbolic links
- Below message reported in dmesg while mounting the exported NFS share at client:
[ 1353.846182] VFS: Lookup of 'T52' in nfs4 0:48 would have caused loop
[ 1389.053161] VFS: Lookup of 'T52' in nfs4 0:48 would have caused loop
[ 9941.229858] VFS: Lookup of 'T52' in nfs4 0:48 would have caused loop
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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