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Date:      Sat, 20 Sep 1997 16:44:51 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        dk+@ua.net
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nfs startup
Message-ID:  <19970920164451.27669@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199709200619.XAA00534@dog.farm.org>; from Dmitry Kohmanyuk on Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 11:19:50PM -0700
References:  <199709200619.XAA00534@dog.farm.org>

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On Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 11:19:50PM -0700, Dmitry Kohmanyuk wrote:
> In article <19970916105940.15713@lemis.com> you wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 04, 1997 at 11:31:48PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
>>> This has to be a dumb question, but I can't fathom it.
>>>
>>> /etc/rc sources /etc/rc.network and then runs network_pass1.
>>> Directly afterwards, it runs ``mount -a -t nfs''.
>>>
>>> However, network_pass3 (invoked much later) starts nfsiod along with
>>> the other nfs stuff.
>
>> You don't need nfsiod for mounting, but you do need to resolve the
>> names.  If you're running a name server, I don't think it's reasonable
>> to expect an /etc/hosts entry for each system you're mounting NFS file
>> systems from.  Unfortunately, named doesn't get started until
>> network_pass2, so this can't work in a name server environment.
>
> You mean that you expect somebody to run named and have this named
> at the _only_ nameserver available and making this machine NFS
> client?

No, but if he's running that way, he shouldn't have any problems.

> OTOH, imagine system which NFS mounts /usr .  (named is in /usr )

You're unlikely to run named on what is effectively a diskless
workstation.

Greg



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