The Linux NFS client fails to mount exports that advertise only AUTH_NULL. This small patch set, against 3.0-rc4, addresses the problem, and corrects the behavior of the client when AUTH_NULL appears anywhere in the returned authflavor list. This behavioral requirement is not documented in any NFS protocol specification. Tom is considering some language for the active NFSv4 specifications to provide some guidance for client implementors on how to interpret authflavor lists. Eventually there should be a bugzilla filed against RHEL 6 by the reporter. When that happens, the bugzilla number should be documented in the patch description of the second patch. This problem has existed since at least 2.6.32. This fix may be appropriate for stable kernels. --- Chuck Lever (2): NFS: Allow sec=none mounts in certain cases NFS: Clean up nfs_walk_authlist() fs/nfs/super.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) -- Chuck Lever -- 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