Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 17:37:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> To: Scot Elliott <scot@poptart.org> Cc: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@noc.dfn.de>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: option NFS -- why would I want it? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418173548.15725Q-100000@trojanhorse.pr.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418161159.10550A-100000@Jupiter.planet-three.com>
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On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Scot Elliott wrote: > The kernel loads the NFS module the first time you use an NFS mount etc. > Try the modstat command and it should show up. You might prefer to do > this if you don't use NFS very often I suppose. I think compiling it into > the kernel is probably prefered for security reasons... is someone manages > to change an LKM you're in trouble. But changing the kernel needs a whole > reboot, which you'd notice (I hope). The main reason I statically compile NFS in is the sysctl stats -- apparently kernel modules cannot register to provide statistics through that interface, so things like nfsstat don't work. The response to my -pr was that the lkm interface needed a re-design, so I suspect it isn't going to be fixed too soon :). With regards to the LKMs -- also, at high securelevels, you cannot install new LKMs, so if you are using a variable-securelevel installation, you either need to make sure that the LKM is installed at a low securelevel, or statically compile. Robert N Watson ---- Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ Trusted Information Systems http://www.tis.com/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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