Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:32:18 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nfsd and mountd in the wrong place Message-ID: <20011001143218.W40556@curie.physics.purdue.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109291245070.26845-100000@smtp.gnf.org>; from gordont@gnf.org on Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 01:03:35PM -0700 References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109291245070.26845-100000@smtp.gnf.org>
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On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 01:03:35PM -0700, Gordon Tetlow (gordont@gnf.org) wrote: > nfsd and mountd are in /sbin > rpcbind/portmap is in /usr/sbin > > nfsd and mountd aren't useful without rpcbind/portmap. And when was the > last time you needed nfsd and mountd to boot your system? I just checked, > NetBSD has already moved nfsd and mountd to /usr/sbin. > > Is there any reason why nfsd or mountd shouldn't be moved to /usr/sbin? Well, no. But rpcbind and portmap definitely need to be moved to /sbin if FreeBSD wants to be used as a NFS diskless client, since unless I'm mistaken these are required to do NFS mounts. However, neither nfsd nor mountd are required for that activity. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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