Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:09:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott "Tuc" Ellentuch at T-B-O-H <ml@t-b-o-h.net> To: norgaard@locolomo.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?=) Cc: "\"Scott \"Tuc\" Ellentuch at T-B-O-H\"" <ml@t-b-o-h.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on 5.5-RELEASE "Open Issues" Message-ID: <200606132309.k5DN9KAf018388@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> In-Reply-To: <448F4032.6090201@locolomo.org>
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> Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H wrote: > > > I'm being forced to upgrade from 5.3 to 5.4+ on a server. > > Unfortunately, its an incredibly important server so I can't muck > > around with it much. I'm looking to go to 5.5 to get a jump, but I > > see in http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.5R/errata.html there is > > an issue talking about NFSv4 client. This server is a critical > > NFS server to other 5.3 and 5.4 servers. I was wondering if it was > > truely limited to 5.5 as a client. > > > > Is anyone running NFS server on 5.5-RELEASE? Is this > > something I'll have to worry about turning around and biting > > me? > > There is no problem. The v4 refers to the version of the protocol not > the version of the client or server. > <SMACKS HEAD>Doh!</SMACKS HEAD> I totally zoned out about the version. I was off in network land thinking IPv4 and IPv6. > > AFAIK there is both nfs v3 and v4 client, but no nfs v4 server in the > base system. The nfs v4 server is in development and I think code can be > downloaded if you want to experiment. > > But what you have been using so far is most likely v3 for both server > and client. > No, your totally right. I'll go back to lurking in the corner. Thanks, Tuc
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