Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 09:31:54 +0100 From: Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: move portmap(8) from /usr/sbin to /sbin Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.10.10001120929510.8825-100000@mephisto.imp.ch> In-Reply-To: <200001120824.AAA27519@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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> > portmap(8) and therefore mountd(8) should be started before > > the nfs filesystems get mounted. But because portmap(8) is in > > /usr/sbin , users with a nfs mounted /usr filesystem or with > > diskless filesystems will have big problems. I mean, that if I do the change of startup-order, diskless installations will be broken. > > This will fix loopback and local mounts in fstab. Untill now > > this has not been possible because of the above reasons. Btw: > > Linux also has portmap(8) installed in /sbin. > You only need portmap and mountd to _export_ nfs, not to mount > them. For a normal installation this is ok, but as I said, diskless installs ... Martin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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