I was asked this for an interview with sun. But for reference: http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/wsg/resources/unixguide/nfs.html
Which is surprising because this site says that nfsd needs to run on the server side. I was told it didn't... that you can start an NFS mount without it. -e On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, P a u l Guth wrote: > I'm 90% sure you don't need lockd and statd running to allow mounts. > > I'd check but I'm lazy. > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:05:21PM -0800, Eric J. Pinnell wrote: > > This might be sun-centric but the question I always get asked about NFS is > > what three processes have to be running for an NFS mount to work: mountd, > > lockd, and statd. You would think nfsd but it doesn't need to be running. > > It's a trick question. > > > > -e > > > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, tack wrote: > > > > > I'm boning up on linux nfs cluster in and outs for an interview later > > > this afternoon. I've already read the howto on linuxdoc.org. Anybody got > > > other quick reads I can look at before I leave the house at 2p (pacific)? > > > > > > thanks > > > tack > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bits mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > > > > > > > E r i c J. P i n n e l l > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Sheena is (still) a punk rocker. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bits mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > > -- > ___________________________________________________________________ > P a u l > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Bits mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > E r i c J. P i n n e l l ______________________________________________________________________ Sheena is (still) a punk rocker. _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
