Add details to nfs(5) about how to specify raw IPv6 addresses when mounting an NFS server. Mounting via an IPv6 NFS server via hostname should work as it does with IPv4. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> --- utils/mount/nfs.man | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man index 280ddcb..e543fe4 100644 --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man @@ -58,9 +58,17 @@ The server's hostname and export pathname are separated by a colon, while the mount options are separated by commas. The remaining fields are separated by blanks or tabs. +.P The server's hostname can be an unqualified hostname, a fully qualified domain name, -or a dotted quad IPv4 address. +a dotted quad IPv4 address, or +an IPv6 address enclosed in square brackets. +Link-local and site-local IPv6 addresses must be accompanied by an +interface identifier. +See +.BR ipv6 (7) +for details on specifying raw IPv6 addresses. +.P The .I fstype field contains either "nfs" (for version 2 or version 3 NFS mounts) @@ -779,7 +787,8 @@ The DATA AND METADATA COHERENCE section discusses the behavior of this option in more detail. .TP 1.5i .BI clientaddr= n.n.n.n -Specifies a single IPv4 address (in dotted-quad form) +Specifies a single IPv4 address (in dotted-quad form), +or a non-link-local IPv6 address, that the NFS client advertises to allow servers to perform NFS version 4 callback requests against files on this mount point. If the server is unable to @@ -848,6 +857,14 @@ This example can be used to mount /usr over NFS. .TA 2.5i +0.7i +0.7i +.7i server:/export /usr nfs ro,nolock,nocto,actimeo=3600 0 0 .FI +.P +This example shows how to mount an NFS server +using a raw IPv6 link-local address. +.P +.NF +.TA 2.5i +0.7i +0.7i +.7i + [fe80::215:c5ff:fb3e:e2b1%eth0]:/export /mnt nfs defaults 0 0 +.FI .SH "TRANSPORT METHODS" NFS clients send requests to NFS servers via Remote Procedure Calls, or @@ -1491,6 +1508,7 @@ such as security negotiation, server referrals, and named attributes. .BR mount.nfs (5), .BR umount.nfs (5), .BR exports (5), +.BR ipv6 (7), .BR nfsd (8), .BR sm-notify (8), .BR rpc.statd (8), -- 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
