On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quoting Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx>: >> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> a long, long time ago, i reported an apparent glitch with NFS on >>> fedora: >>> >>> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-January/097465.html >>> >>> in that, at the time, it *appeared* that you couldn't set up >>> NFS so that *only* version 4 was running. before i start messing >>> with this again, anyone know whether that's changed? that is, >>> is it possible to set up a network in which only NFSv4 is running, >>> and no earlier versions are supported? thanks. >> >> It's been possible to run nfsv4-only nfs for a long time, with only >> port 2049 being let through the firewall. It only appears that you >> can't because because rpc.mountd has to run on the server but it's >> only involved in the exporting and not the mounting. > > a followup question, then -- i'm reading the RHEL docs (but i imagine > the contents are applicable here as long as we're talking about NFSv4); > the section on NFS reads: > > "The mounting and locking protocols have been incorporated into the NFSv4 > protocol. The server also listens on the well-known TCP port 2049. As such, > NFSv4 does not need to interact with rpcbind [3], lockd, and rpc.statd > daemons." > > does that mean that if i configure my system(s) to run NFSv4 only, > those daemons no longer need to be run? better yet, if i configure > for NFSv4 *only*, will those daemons even be started? i guess i could > peruse /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs to find out. 1) NFSv3 a) set up versions of nfsd, rpc.mountd in "/etc/sysconfig/nfs" b) set up fixed ports for rpc.lockd, rpc.mountd, rpc.statd, rpc.quotad in "/etc/sysconfig/nfs" c) set up firewall rules to allow rpcbind, nfsd, rpc.lockd, rpc.mountd, rpc.statd, rpc.quotad in "/etc/sysconfig/iptables" 1) NFSv4 a) set up versions of nfsd, rpc.mountd in "/etc/sysconfig/nfs" b) set up firewall rule to allow nfsd in "/etc/sysconfig/iptables" -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
