From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jun 21 14: 0:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A82537B407 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:00:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f5LL08597645; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:00:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:00:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200106212100.f5LL08597645@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Peter Wemm Subject: Re: bin/28325: NFS_NOSERVER kernel option causes zillions of syslog messages Reply-To: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/28325; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Wemm To: Ian Dowse Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/28325: NFS_NOSERVER kernel option causes zillions of syslog messages Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:53:38 -0700 Ian Dowse wrote: > The following reply was made to PR bin/28325; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Ian Dowse > To: Vivek Khera > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: bin/28325: NFS_NOSERVER kernel option causes zillions of syslog messages > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 21:24:35 +0100 > > In message <15154.21394.258675.13215@onceler.kciLink.com>, Vivek Khera write s: > > > >ID> What mount options are you using? It looks as if you either asked > >ID> for NQNFS or kerberos, neither of which are likely to work well. > > > >I use NQNFS (-q option to mount). Why would this not be expected to > >work? The mount_nfs man page says nothing about it. Thanks. > > NQNFS is an experimental protocol based on NFSv2 that is not in > wide use, and it's implementation has suffered significant bit-rot > over the years. Unless you have a really good reason to use it and > you understand fully what it is and what it does, I'd advise using > the newer and much more widely used NFSv3, which is the default > anyway. The NQNFS code is a festering pile of excretement. Among other things, the NQNFS client side *depends* on the NFS server code being present, and will leak kernel memory if mountd is not running (ie: the filesystem exporter). Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message