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@@ -1 +1,43 @@ -This is a dummy news file to make automake happy. +Significant changes for nfs-utils 1.1.0 - March/April 2007 + + - rpc.lockd is gone. One 3 old kernel releases need it. + - /sbin/{u,}mount.nfs{,4} is now installed so 'mount' will + use these to mount nfs filesystems instead of internal code. + + mount.nfs will check for 'statd' to be running when mounting + a filesystem which requires it. If it is not running it will + run "/usr/sbin/start-statd" to try to start it. + If statd is not running and cannot be started, mount.nfs will + refuse to mount the filesystem and will suggest the 'nolock' + option. + - Substantial changes to statd + + The 'notify' process that must happen at boot has been split + into a separate program "sm-notify". It ensures that it + only runs once even if you restart statd. This is correct + behaviour. + + statd stores state in the files in /var/lib/nfs/sm/ so that + if you kill and restart it, it will restore that state and + continue working correctly. + + statd makes more use of DNS lookup and should handle + multi-homed peers better. + - If you export a directory as 'crossmnt', all filesystems + mounted beneath are automatically exported with the same + options (unless explicitly exported with different options). + - subtree_check is no-longer the default. The default is now + no_subtree_check. + - By default the system 'rpcgen' is used while building + nfs-utils rather than the internal one. + + +Further notes on statd: + + statd should be installed in /usr/sbin, not /sbin. + If you need to mount /usr via nfs, use 'nolock' + + At boot time, run "/usr/sbin/sm-notify". + Run "statd" only when starting the NFS server. + "statd" should be run before starting the NFS server. + You do not need to start statd at boot time incase an + NFS filesystem is mounted. mount.nfs will take care of that. + + Make sure /usr/sbin/start-statd will run statd with required + arguments. |