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mezcal

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[SOLVED] NFS mounting - client setting

I am wondering what services are needed for client mounting NFS.
According to wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nfs#Client it should be rpc-mountd:

# systemctl start rpc-mountd

Do I really need it?

From manual rpc-mountd:

The  rpc.mountd daemon implements the server side of the NFS MOUNT pro‐
tocol, an NFS side protocol used by NFS version  2  [RFC1094]  and  NFS
version 3 [RFC1813].
...
Each  file  system  in  the  export  table  has an access control list.
rpc.mountd uses these access control lists to determine whether an  NFS
client  is permitted to access a given file system.

rpc-mountd also starts NFS server. I think it is not necessary for client too?

Last edited by mezcal (2012-11-23 08:36:48)

tomk

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Re: [SOLVED] NFS mounting - client setting

Not necessary on the client.

graysky

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Re: [SOLVED] NFS mounting - client setting

Edited the wiki. Thx for bringing this up.

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mezcal

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Re: [SOLVED] NFS mounting - client setting

graysky, tomk

thank you for your answers.

NFSv4 no special setup

NFSv3 systemctl enable rpc-statd