From: jbe@webde-ag.de Subject: Re: rpc.mountd + rpc.nfsd Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:55:37 +0200 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20020904065537.GA31797@pcnocjb.int.cinetic.de> References: <3D7363A7.8090906@linkvest.com> <15732.7907.19389.156631@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> <3D745D10.4040409@linkvest.com> Reply-To: jbe@webde-ag.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no Return-path: Received: from mailgate3.cinetic.de ([217.72.192.164]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17mU4t-00043P-00 for ; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 23:55:51 -0700 To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: 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: On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 07:01:52PM +0200, Trond Myklebust wrote: > >>>>> " " == 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. > What would be the benefit of running nfsd and mountd on different hosts ? Jens -- Jens Beyer System Administrator mailto:jbe@web.de WEB.DE AG http://webde-ag.de ------------------------------------------------------- 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