On Tue, 2013-04-02 at 17:58 +0000, Myklebust, Trond wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-nfs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-nfs- > > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simo Sorce > > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 1:49 PM > > To: Linux NFS Mailing list > > Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Avoid reverse resolution for server name > > > > A NFS client should be able to work properly even if the DNS Reverse record > > for the server is not set. There is no excuse to forcefully prevent that from > > working when it can. > > Note that rpc.statd has the same limitation. > > > This patch adds a new -N option that takes an 'on' or 'off' argument and > > controls whether forced PTR resolution is avoided (on) or performed (off) > > '-N' already has a very different meaning on rpc.mountd and rpc.nfsd. It might therefore be better to choose a different name to avoid confusion. > Also, why do a single option with an 'on/off' argument instead of just choosing 2 options ? > Well Jeff seemed to suggest that way, I do not have any preference, can you please give me 2 letters to use ? Meanwhile I'll check rpc.statd as well. Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York -- 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
