Actually I think the trick part of the question is that you don't need nfsd to allow *mounts*. But if you want to read or write to that system, you need nfsd.
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/805-3479/6j3agk1v1?a=view On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:42:22PM -0800, tack wrote: > so based on the charts, nfsd and mountd are server daemons and lockd and > statd are client daemons, except on linux, where there are no client > daemons. So In a way, you're both right. It doesn't neccesarily say that > nfsd needs to be running, it just says that's a daemon that can be run on > the server side. > > tack > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Eric J. Pinnell wrote: > > > 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 > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------- > Silence Equals Consent > Without your voice, Democracy fails and Fascism succeeds. > Choose to live freely. Speak. It's patriotic. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
