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From: steve <steve@steve-ss.com>
To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
Subject: Re: NFSv4 client restriction
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:42:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F465E76.4000201@steve-ss.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F464A4A.10403@fifthhorseman.net>

On 02/23/2012 03:16 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> On 02/23/2012 02:09 AM, steve wrote:
>> It is not recommended to use the pseudoroot fsid=0 stuff for Linux.
>>
>> See the nfs wiki: 'The linux implementation allows you to designate a
>> real filesystem as the pseudofilesystem, identifying that export with
>> the fsid=0 option; we no longer recommend this. Instead, on any recent
>> linux distribution, just list exports in /etc/exports exactly as you
>> would for NFSv2 or NFSv3.'
> I believe the last time this came up, i asked for a rationale or
> explanation.  The only reason given [0] was from J. Bruce Fields:
I've never got to the bottom of this one either. I only know that it works.
>>> The main problem with the fsid=0 trick is that your v3 and v4 clients
>>> end up with different paths.
But if say, you're exporting /home and have /home bind mounted to your 
pseudoroot, then the paths are exactly the same. You still mount -t nfsx 
server:/home /client/somewhere for x=3 or x=4. No?
> So, if you have no v3 clients, i don't think there is any reason to
> avoid fsid=0 if it makes things cleaner for you.  And removing fsid=0
> will require you to change /etc/fstab (or your automounter config) in
> all of your clients.
Please accept my apologies for butting in on this. I'm simply trying to 
get some facts together.
Cheers,
Steve

  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-23 15:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-22 19:24 NFSv4 client restriction Peter Horvath
2012-02-23  1:01 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-02-23  1:24   ` Peter Horvath
2012-02-23  1:45     ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-02-23  7:09   ` steve
2012-02-23 10:25     ` Peter Horvath
2012-02-23 14:16     ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2012-02-23 15:42       ` steve [this message]
2012-02-29 22:32         ` J. Bruce Fields

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