[With the next nfs-utils rawhide build, I will be flipping the ] [switch that will cause all NFS client mounts to try NFS v4 first ] [At the bottom of this email has the workarounds if this change does ] [indeed cause pain ] As part of the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NFSv4Default feature I am one commit away from changing the default protocol version NFS will be using (or at least trying to use). What does this means to you? Hopefully nothing! In theory this should be a very seamless transition but with all new technology there will be (and are) some rough spots. Why are make the change? See the NFSv4Default wiki for details, but in a nutshell: * Better performance - V4 is now a stateful protocol. Meaning the server keeps state on all the clients access a particular file or directory. This allows the server to give out delegations (or leases) which in turn allows the client to aggressive cache both data and meta data locally * Firewall Friendly- With v4 only one port is used 2049 for all traffic including mounting and file locking. * Finally it enables us use upcoming minor releases of the the protocol. NFS version 4.1 and pNFS are two example of upcoming minor releases. FYI, V4 was introduced in Fedora Core 2 so it has been around for a while. I personally have been using it for my home directory for a couple years now.. For more of the nitty gritty details see http://www.iaps.com/NFSv4-new-features.html That's the good news... Here is the bad.... Because the mount command will try NFS v4 first, mounts to older Linux servers will start failing like: # mount linux-server:/export /mnt mount.nfs: mounting linux-server:/export failed, reason given by server: No such file or directory This is due to a defect in the Linux server exporting code, which is fixed in F-12, *but* there are a number of workarounds On the server (Which is suggested): * Add the following entry to the /etc/exports file: / *(ro,fsid=0) Note: 'fsid=0' is explained in the exports(5) man pages. On the client, go back to v3 mounts by doing one of the following: * Add -o v3 to command line, similar to: mount linux-server:/export /mnt * Change the default mount version in the new /etc/nfsmount.conf file by uncommenting the Nfsvers=3 setting in the 'NFSMount_Global_Options' section. See nfsmount.conf(5) man page for details. The diff would look like: --- /etc/nfsmount.conf.orig 2009-10-26 09:30:21.000000000 -0400 +++ /etc/nfsmount.conf 2009-10-26 10:31:30.227443686 -0400 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ # Protocol Version [2,3,4] # This defines the default protocol version which will # be used to start the negotiation with the server. -# Defaultvers=4 +Defaultvers=3 # # Setting this option makes it mandatory the server supports the # given version. The mount will fail if the given version is steved. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
