From: Tom Haynes Subject: Re: mount.nfs: access denied by server Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:21:16 -0500 Message-ID: <4A8F0FCC.2080709@sun.com> References: <1250822171.6514.29.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20090821182418.GE21043@fieldses.org> <31F3372A-891E-44EF-8DD2-78D5A3AD5CF1@oracle.com> <20090821200403.GA23529@fieldses.org> <1250889345.5700.11.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Chuck Lever , "J. Bruce Fields" , NFS list To: Trond Myklebust Return-path: Received: from brmea-mail-4.Sun.COM ([192.18.98.36]:34653 "EHLO brmea-mail-4.sun.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932390AbZHUVVu (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:21:50 -0400 Received: from fe-amer-09.sun.com ([192.18.109.79]) by brmea-mail-4.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n7LLLpbJ001624 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:21:51 GMT Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-amer.sun.com by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.04 64bit (built Jul 2 2009)) id <0KOQ00K00WG2MT00-suYR2Hc8r9/lQFUxb2hVpgC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org> for linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:21:51 -0600 (MDT) In-reply-to: <1250889345.5700.11.camel-rJ7iovZKK19ZJLDQqaL3InhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Trond Myklebust wrote: > What is the definition of "recently introduced" here? What is the exact > commit that introduced the bug in nfs-utils? > > The problem is that we're changing the client, and if it turns out that > every damned Linux server that was installed out there in the past 2 > years displays this bug, then Linus will call 'regression' on us and > revert the code. > > Trond > > The Linux client and server have well defined behaviors in that they always will default to AUTH_SYS. It may not be standard compliant, but everyone and their dog knows it. Newer servers will not hand out empty lists, and why cause yourself grief by not handling older servers?