From: James Pearson Subject: Re: file :"/var/lib/nfs/rmtab" Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:58:39 +0000 Message-ID: <4203717F.5010109@moving-picture.com> References: <20050204105558.33195.qmail@web51609.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Cx32n-0004Dv-3s for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 04:58:41 -0800 Received: from mpc-26.sohonet.co.uk ([193.203.82.251] helo=moving-picture.com) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cx32m-0000rv-9h for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 04:58:41 -0800 To: mehta kiran In-Reply-To: <20050204105558.33195.qmail@web51609.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: What version of nfs-utils are you running? I've just tried (on a 2.6 kernel Fedora box): mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd /etc/init.d/nfs start mount an exported file system on a client edit /var/lib/nfs/rmtab and removed the line corresponding to the client /etc/init.d/nfs stop /etc/init.d/nfs start Accessed the mount point on the client - no stale handle ... ... and the deleted line 'magically' reappears in /var/lib/nfs/rmtab James Pearson mehta kiran wrote: > hi James , > it did not help. > Enmtry in rmtab file is still used. > thanks for ur reply, > kiran > > --- James Pearson wrote: > > >>Did you do 'mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd' before >>starting all the >>nfs daemons? >> >>James Pearson >> >>mehta kiran wrote: >> >>>I am using 2.6 kernel >>>--- mehta kiran wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi , >>>> if handle supplied by client is >> >>sufficient >> >>>>, >>>>then why does the problem given below exists. >>>> >>>>1. export filesystem to client. >>>>2. let client allow to mount it. >>>>3. remove all entries from rmtab on server. >>>>4. restart all nfs daemons. >>>>5. Now if client access filesystem , it gets >>>> permission denied error.Client can access >>>> filesystem only after remounting it. >>>>6. This show that mountd still uses rmtab to >>>> check if client had mounted filesystem or not. >>>> No entry in rmtab for a client means it has not >>>> mounted filesystem. >>>> >>>>thanks, >>>>--kiran >>>> >>>>--- Paul Clements >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>mehta kiran wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Isn't handle supplied by client >>>>>> enough to verify clients access to >>>>>> filesystem.? >>>>> >>>>>Yes, it should be. That's why in 2.6, the rmtab >>>> >>>>file >>>> >>>> >>>>>is no longer relied >>>>>upon. Instead, there is a special filesystem, >>>>>/proc/fs/nfsd, that allows >>>>>the kernel to communicate with mountd in order to >>>>>authenticate >>>>>unrecognized clients automatically. >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Paul >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> > ------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- >>>>>Interactive Reporting >>>>>Tool for open source databases. Create >> >>drag-&-drop >> >>>>>reports. Save time >>>>>by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export >> >>to >> >>>>>DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. >>>>>Download a FREE copy at >>>>>http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>__________________________________ >>>>Do you Yahoo!? >>>>Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. 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