On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 17:14 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > Working on "resvport" mount option. Question occurred to me: > > If I specify "noresvport" on a mount, can the client also use a non- > privileged port for the initial MNT request, and can it use it for the > NLM connection as well? > > Question applies not just to Linux servers, but servers in general. > Brief searching on teh internets does not reveal a quick answer. I > think rpc.mountd will allow a non-privileged port for "insecure" > exports. > > I think the answer is "yes, non-privileged ports can be used for MNT > and NLM if the server explicitly allows it" but I thought I would open > this up to the list. How about a default that tries to connect using an insecure port first, then falls back to a secure port if the attempt fails? Cheers Trond -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx www.netapp.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
