From: Trond Myklebust Subject: Re: rpc.mountd + rpc.nfsd Date: 03 Sep 2002 19:01:52 +0200 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <3D7363A7.8090906@linkvest.com> <15732.7907.19389.156631@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> <3D745D10.4040409@linkvest.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: nfs@sourceforge.net Return-path: To: Jean-Eric Cuendet In-Reply-To: <3D745D10.4040409@linkvest.com> Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: >>>>> " " == Jean-Eric Cuendet writes: >> The serve different protocols (MOUNTD and NFS). Also mountd >> runs > OK. >> entirely in user space, nfsd runs entirely in kernel space. It >> really makes sense for them to be separate. > In fact, I thought of a completely userspace daemon. I took > nfs-server-userspace-2.2b47 from the net and wondered why there > was 2 daemons while one is IMHO enough. IIRC, this was done in order to allow people to do wierd and wonderful things. For instance, you could supposedly run the mountd daemon on one machine, and nfsd on another. We actually have support for this in the client by way of the option "mounthost=" in the standard mount program. I've never heard of anybody actually using that particular feature though. Cheers, Trond ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs