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Date:      Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:00:08 +0200
From:      Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>
To:        Errol Sayre <errol@research.olemiss.edu>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Missing line on Network File System page
Message-ID:  <493FF598.4020503@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <362D5E56-CF69-4194-A799-D3F0412D0C7B@research.olemiss.edu>
References:  <362D5E56-CF69-4194-A799-D3F0412D0C7B@research.olemiss.edu>

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Errol Sayre wrote:
> I think the documentation at
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-nfs.html is
> missing a line under section 30.3.2
>
> The options to configure in /etc/rc.conf does not include
> mountd_enable="YES" despite having the mount flags for it.
>

Read the line exactly after the sample rc.conf entries:

"mountd runs automatically whenever the NFS server is enabled."

While technically the mountd_enable option exists (as can be verified by
reading /etc/defaults/rc.conf) it is not required if nfs_server_enable
is set in rc.conf.



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