From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 13 23:09:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AA3F16A41B for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:09:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [204.107.90.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F375743D46 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:09:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (c-69-249-95-97.hsd1.nj.comcast.net [69.249.95.97]) (authenticated bits=128) by vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k5DN9LFs082480; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:09:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (localhost.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [127.0.0.1]) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.3/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5DN9KKs018389; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:09:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: (from tbohml@localhost) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id k5DN9KAf018388; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:09:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tbohml) From: Scott "Tuc" Ellentuch at T-B-O-H Message-Id: <200606132309.k5DN9KAf018388@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> To: norgaard@locolomo.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?=) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:09:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <448F4032.6090201@locolomo.org> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "\"Scott \"Tuc\" Ellentuch at T-B-O-H\"" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on 5.5-RELEASE "Open Issues" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:09:22 -0000 > 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. > Doh! 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