From: Marc Schmitt Subject: Re: nfs-utils 1.0.5 break amd? Date: 05 Aug 2003 10:22:02 +0200 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1060071722.2980.74.camel@ikarus> References: <1059672742.21271.58.camel@ikarus> <16169.55986.854984.818132@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <1060033126.1354.118.camel@localhost> <16175.4826.984307.413302@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from medoc.inf.ethz.ch ([129.132.178.200]) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19jxOS-0006Nv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 01:42:09 -0700 To: Neil Brown In-Reply-To: <16175.4826.984307.413302@gargle.gargle.HOWL> 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: Well, again it's me confusing stuff. With MOUNTD_TCP=no I thought I could prevent the clients from mounting the server with NFS over tcp... which is something I already have, because current RH kernels don't have NFS server support over TCP enabled in the kernel. Thanks for your time. Greetings, Marc On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 04:13, Neil Brown wrote: > On August 4, mschmitt@inf.ethz.ch wrote: > > > > Now comes the interesting part, changing MOUNTD_TCP in > > /etc/sysconfig/nfs from no to yes will make the problem go away. With > > MOUNTD_TCP=yes I went up to 1000 exports and `showmount -e` worked fine. > > Yes, that makes sense. UDP has a limited request/reply size. TCP > doesn't. > > I honestly cannot think of any good reason to have MOUNTD_TCP=no > Maybe I should update the man page > > -n or --no-tcp > Don't advertise TCP for mount. > > NOTE: there is no good reason do use this option, and > if you do, then things will mysteriously break. > > :-) > NeilBrown > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs