On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 18:28 +0200, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote: > On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 03:53:01PM +0000, Myklebust, Trond wrote: > > How is this any different to requiring that the user start rpc.statd > > before launching an NFSv3 mount? Just document the requirement if it > > isn't already clear enough, and we can move on. > > > > The other source of confusion here, was that the rpc.svcgssd was > > delivered through a nfs-kernel-server package, which indicates that we > > first and foremost need to educate the distro packagers. > > hmm, if both rpc.gssd and rpc.svcgssd are needed on clients and servers, isn't > it worth of merging them into a single process? You don't need rpc.gssd to use rpcsec_gss with NFSv3, nor do you need it if you're not intending on using delegations with NFSv4. -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx www.netapp.com ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{��w���jg��������ݢj����G�������j:+v���w�m������w�������h�����٥