On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 3:37 AM, zxq9 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 05/05/2012 07:26 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:48 PM, zxq9<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:


>>>>> [root@services sysconfig]# vim nfs
>>>>> MOUNTD_NFS_V1="no"
>>>>> MOUNTD_NFS_V2="no"
>>>>> MOUNTD_NFS_V3="no"
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure whether this is still the case but you used to need a
>>>> "yes" for one of these because nfsv4 needs mountd to export mounts
>>>> even though mounted isn't used for mounting an export and doesn't need
>>>> to be allowed through the firewall.
>>>
>>> Fortunately this is no longer the case -- NFSv4 is much more
>>> self-contained/simpler than previous versions and a lot of this is due to
>>> simplification of the formerly bizaar mountd baggage it used to carry.
>>
>> You're right, thanks. Although with the config file below, mountd no
>> longer starts but showmount no longer works... Unless there's an
>> alternative to "showmount -d" and showmount -e", disabling the mountd
>> daemon isn't worth the price.
>
> You're right. showmount doesn't work without mountd running. I never noticed
> that because I never have a call to use showmount, but if you do then this
> might be an issue. automount, fstab etups, etc.

I'd forgotten about "exportfs" and "exportfs -v" so "showmount -e"
isn't needed. I can't think of where to find out on a server what
export is mounted by a client. I've looked at obvious locations under
"/proc" without success.


>> (By the way, on 6.2 - and perhaps earlier 6s - 'MOUNTD_NFS_V1="no"'
>> isn't necessary.)
>>
>> # cat /etc/sysconfig/nfs
>> RPCNFSDARGS="-N 2 -N 3"
>> LOCKD_TCPPORT=4001
>> LOCKD_UDPPORT=4001
>> MOUNTD_PORT=4002
>> RPCMOUNTDOPTS="-N 2 -N 3"
>> STATD_PORT=4003
>> STATD_OUTGOING_PORT=4004
>> RQUOTAD="no"
>> RQUOTAD_PORT=4005
>> #RPCRQUOTADOPTS=""
>
> MOUNTD_NFS_V1="no"
>
> OK, you got me. That was pretty funny -- not sure why I put that in. Missed
> my coffee that day?

You must've carried over an old "/etc/sysconfig/nfs".