Sorry for the delayed response... I had my head down for last couple of days... On 11/16/2010 04:42 PM, Chuck Lever wrote: > > On Nov 16, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Jim Rees wrote: > >> Chuck Lever wrote: >> >> Before we go too far down the NM path of no return, I was under the >> impression that some applications require the host's name on the localhost >> entries in /etc/hosts. That's why NM puts it there. >> >> There's nothing invalid about having a hostname on the localhost entries >> in /etc/hosts, is there? >> >> So I wonder if removing NM is really the solution here. >> >> No, it's not. I just like to complain about NM. >> >> The original problem was that rpc.svcgssd couldn't figure out the correct >> kerberos realm. The fix in this particular case, I think, is to set the >> realm explicitly in /etc/idmapd.conf. > > It's having trouble determining the NFS server's hostname. It needs to find the right nfs/your.host key in /etc/krb5.keytab. > > I don't know if realm self-discovery is an issue too. I think the problem is a reverse lookup is done on hostname that is found in the /etc/krb5.keytab. Instead of the FQDN being returned, localhost is returned because the FQDN was added to the localhost line in /etc/hosts. Actually I didn't realize it was NM doing that... I thought it was the installer... steved. -- 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