Changeset 0d1cbe66

Timestamp:

05/26/2014 11:33:09 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

a1083b4

Parents:

e436bc2

Message:

Simplify the fstab options for nfs clients, and add some explanation.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@13180 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• networking/netprogs/nfs-utils.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -49 +49 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update fstab details / explanation for nfs clients.
+          Fixes <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;5041">#5041</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[ken] - Second attempt at fixes for both versions of
           gst-plugins-base with gcc-4.9.0 on i686.  Marked as "nodump" in the xml to

networking/netprogs/nfs-utils.xml

@@ -240 +240 @@
       following to the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>:</para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput><replaceable>&lt;server-name&gt;</replaceable>:/home  /home nfs   rw,_netdev,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0
-<replaceable>&lt;server-name&gt;</replaceable>:/usr   /usr  nfs   ro,_netdev,rsize=8192            0 0</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput><replaceable>&lt;server-name&gt;</replaceable>:/home  /home nfs   rw,_netdev 0 0
+<replaceable>&lt;server-name&gt;</replaceable>:/usr   /usr  nfs   ro,_netdev 0 0</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>The options which can be used are specified in <command>man 5 nfs</command>.
+      If both the client and server are running recent versions of linux, most of the
+      options will be negotiated. You can specify either <literal>rw</literal> or
+      <literal>ro</literal>, <literal>_netdev</literal> if the filesystem is to be
+      automatically mounted at boot, or <literal>noauto</literal> (and perhaps
+      <literal>user</literal>) for other filesystems.</para>
+
+      <para>If the fileserver is not running a recent version of linux, you may need to
+      specifiy other options.</para>
+
+      <para>If you are using systemd, you may need to enable autofs v4 in your kernel,
+      and add the option <literal>comment=systemd.automount</literal>. Some machines
+      need this, because systemd tries to mount the external fs&apos;s before the network
+      is up, others do not need it. An alternative is for <systemitem
+      class="username">root</systemitem> to run <command>mount -a</command>.</para>
 
       <indexterm zone="nfs-utils nfs-utils-client-config">