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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@ Significant changes for nfs-utils 1.1.0 - March/April 2007 - - rpc.lockd is gone. One 3 old kernel releases need it. - - rpc.rquotad is gone. Use the one from the 'quota' package. - Everone else does. + - rpc.lockd is gone. One 3 old kernel releases need it. + - rpc.rquotad is gone. Use the one from the 'quota' package. + Everyone else does. - /sbin/{u,}mount.nfs{,4} are now installed so 'mount' will use these to mount nfs filesystems instead of internal code. + mount.nfs will check for 'statd' to be running when mounting - a filesystem which requires it. If it is not running it will + a filesystem which requires it. If it is not running it will run "/usr/sbin/start-statd" to try to start it. If statd is not running and cannot be started, mount.nfs will refuse to mount the filesystem and will suggest the 'nolock' option. - Substantial changes to statd + The 'notify' process that must happen at boot has been split - into a separate program "sm-notify". It ensures that it - only runs once even if you restart statd. This is correct + into a separate program "sm-notify". It ensures that it + only runs once even if you restart statd. This is correct behaviour. + statd stores state in the files in /var/lib/nfs/sm/ so that if you kill and restart it, it will restore that state and continue working correctly. + statd makes more use of DNS lookup and should handle - multi-homed peers better. In particular, files in + multi-homed peers better. In particular, files in /var/lib/nfs/sm/ are named with the Full Qualified Domain Name if available. - If you export a directory as 'crossmnt', all filesystems mounted beneath are automatically exported with the same options (unless explicitly exported with different options). - - subtree_check is no-longer the default. The default is now + - subtree_check is no-longer the default. The default is now no_subtree_check. - By default the system 'rpcgen' is used while building nfs-utils rather than the internal one. @@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ Significant changes for nfs-utils 1.1.0 - March/April 2007 - A new option, -n, was added to rpc.gssd which specifies that accesses by root should not use 'machine credentials' when - accessing NFS file systems mounted with Kerberos. Using this + accessing NFS file systems mounted with Kerberos. Using this option allows the root user to access the NFS space using any Kerberos principal, rather than always using the machine - credentials. However, its use also requires that root manually + credentials. However, its use also requires that root manually authenticate before attempting a mount with Kerberos. When rpc.gssd uses machine credentials, the selection algorithm has - been changed. Instead of simply using the first "nfs/*" key in the + been changed. Instead of simply using the first "nfs/*" key in the keytab, the keytab is now searched for keys in the following defined order: |