>
> Hi,
>
> I think we should move portmap(8) to /sbin for the following reason:
>
> portmap(8) and therefore mountd(8) should be started before
> the nfs filesystems get mounted. But because portmap(8) is in
> /usr/sbin , users with a nfs mounted /usr filesystem or with
> diskless filesystems will have big problems.
>
> This will fix loopback and local mounts in fstab. Untill now
> this has not been possible because of the above reasons. Btw:
> Linux also has portmap(8) installed in /sbin.
>
> I'm prepared for a big fight :) Can you give me any arguments
> against this change ?
It makes no since...
Why would a machine that mounts /usr over nfs need to export
filesystems? If it's got enough disk space to make it worth
exporting stuff from the box it surely has enough space for
it's own copy of /usr.
You only need portmap and mountd to _export_ nfs, not to mount
them.
Orbit.hpc1.com:root{208}# ps ax | grep mount
Orbit.hpc1.com:root{209}# ps ax | grep port
Orbit.hpc1.com:root{210}# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/da0s1a 63503 21519 36904 37% /
/dev/da0s1d 63503 458 57965 1% /tmp
/dev/da0s1e 63503 483 57940 1% /var
/dev/da0s1f 127023 82030 34832 70% /usr
/dev/da0s1g 381103 251170 99445 72% /usr/src
/dev/da0s1h 1233503 208025 926798 18% /A
procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc
198.145.92.8:/A 1309170 1127463 76974 94% /mnt
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