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List:       linux-nfs
Subject:    Re: [NFS] RELEASE CANDIDATE - nfs-utils-1.1.0-rc1
From:       Neil Brown <neilb () suse ! de>
Date:       2007-04-01 23:35:29
Message-ID: 17936.16833.295258.406430 () notabene ! brown
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On Sunday April 1, frankvm@frankvm.com wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 07:31:25PM +1000, Neil Brown wrote:
> > 
> > Hmm... good question.
> > 
> > I think:
> > 
> >   - idmapd and gssd should be started before any nfs mount
> >   - idmapd and svcgssd should be started before nfsd
> >   - mountd should start before nfsd.
> 
> At first that seems the logically correct order but suppose a client
> succeeds in mounting something but issues NFS requests before nfsd got
> started on the server?

That shouldn't matter.  The NFS server will not respond so the client
will retry.
Ofcourse if you have a soft mount it could get messy, but then soft
mounts are always messy.

> 
> where's the exportfs?

Good point.  exportfs should be run before mountd is started, and
after nfsd filesystem is mounted.

NeilBrown


> 
> Consider a "sleep 30" at every point in the startup sequence and think
> about what would go wrong. Also consider a dead-again server at every
> point in the startup sequence.
> 
> -- 
> Frank

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