Cannot remount nfs share, getting mount.nfs: mount(2): Invalid argument
Issue
- Unable to remount nfs share with desired mount options.
# cat /etc/fstab | grep -i share
y.y.y.y:/nfshare /share nfs defaults,hard 0 0
# mount -vo remount,soft /share
mount.nfs: mount(2): Invalid argument
mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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