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. > (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?