Steve,
Forwarded to you as suggested by Bruce Fields -- see below.
Chris
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On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 06:49:40PM +0100, Chris Hall wrote:
> On 19/09/2020 17:33, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> >On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 02:06:23PM +0100, Chris Hall wrote:
> >>Also FWIW, I gather that this is configuration for the client-side
> >>'mount' of nfs exports, *only*. I suppose it should be obvious that
> >>this has absolutely nothing to do with configuring (server-side)
> >>'mountd'. Speaking as a fully paid up moron-in-a-hurry, it has
> >>taken me a while to work that out :-( [I suggest that the comments
> >>in the .conf files and the man-page could say that nfs.conf is
> >>server-side and nfsmount.conf is client-side -- just a few words,
> >>for the avoidance of doubt.]
> >
> >That sounds sensible. If you're feeling industrious, you can
> >
> > git clone git://linux-nfs.org/~steved/nfs-utils
> >
> >and patch those files and mail us a patch....
>
> Enclosed are suggested updates.
Oh, great, thanks. Steve Dickson handles these, so send it to
[email protected], cc: [email protected], and he should pick it
up.
--b.
> Chris
On 9/20/20 6:02 AM, Chris Hall wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> Forwarded to you as suggested by Bruce Fields -- see below.
Thanks... I've been watching the discussion.
Would you mind reposting the patch in the proper format
and proper Signed-off-by tag?
steved.
>
> Chris
>
>
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>
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 06:49:40PM +0100, Chris Hall wrote:
>> On 19/09/2020 17:33, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
>> >On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 02:06:23PM +0100, Chris Hall wrote:
>> >>Also FWIW, I gather that this is configuration for the client-side
>> >>'mount' of nfs exports, *only*.? I suppose it should be obvious that
>> >>this has absolutely nothing to do with configuring (server-side)
>> >>'mountd'.? Speaking as a fully paid up moron-in-a-hurry, it has
>> >>taken me a while to work that out :-(? [I suggest that the comments
>> >>in the .conf files and the man-page could say that nfs.conf is
>> >>server-side and nfsmount.conf is client-side -- just a few words,
>> >>for the avoidance of doubt.]
>> >
>> >That sounds sensible.? If you're feeling industrious, you can
>> >
>> >??? git clone git://linux-nfs.org/~steved/nfs-utils
>> >
>> >and patch those files and mail us a patch....
>>
>> Enclosed are suggested updates.
>
> Oh, great, thanks.? Steve Dickson handles these, so send it to
> [email protected], cc: [email protected], and he should pick it
> up.
>
> --b.
>
>> Chris
>
>