Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 07:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/2430: mountd stops on loading if subnet mask is not defined in /etc/networks Message-ID: <199701091500.HAA03036@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/2430; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/2430: mountd stops on loading if subnet mask is not defined in /etc/networks Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 15:51:00 +0100 In message <199701091337.AAA01791@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>, David Nugent writes: > >>Number: 2430 >>Category: bin >>Synopsis: mountd stops on loading if subnet mask is not defined in /etc >/networks >>Confidential: no >>Severity: serious >>Priority: medium >>Responsible: freebsd-bugs >>State: open >>Class: sw-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 9 05:40:00 PST 1997 >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: David Nugent - davidn@blaze.net.au >>Organization: >Unique Computing, Melbourne, Australia >>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >>Environment: > > Also occurs with 2.2-ALPHA and 2.2-BETA. > NFS server enabled in /etc/sysconfig. > /etc/exports uses -network and -mask options. > >>Description: > > When /etc/exports contains an export for a subnet (example > follows), /etc/rc freezes until ^C is hit (causing mountd > not to load) if the appropriate subnet mask is not defined > in /etc/networks. > >e.g. > /usr/src -alldirs -maproot=0:0 -network=203.17.53.16 -mask 255.255.255. >240 > >>How-To-Repeat: > > Comment out your subnet mask in /etc/networks, make sure > nfs server is enabled in /etc/sysconfig, reboot, watch > /etc/rc stop as it attempts to load /sbin/mountd. I've seen this too, very annoying. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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