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@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +This is the Linux NFS utility package version 0.1. It is based on knfsd +1.4.7. + +WARNING: The NFS servers in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.12 are not compatible with +other NFS client implemenations. If you plan to use Linux 2.2.x as an +NFS server for non-Linux NFS clients, you should get the Linux NFS +kernel from the Linux NFS CVS server: + +1. Set the environment variable, CVS_RSH, to ssh. +2. Login to the Linux NFS CVS server: + +# cvs -z 9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs login + +without password if it is your first time. + +3. Check out the current Linux 2.2 NFS kernel: + +# cvs -z 9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs co -r linux-2-2-nfsv2 linux-2.2 + +4. If you don't want to use the current NFS kernel, you can find out +for which kernels the NFS patch is available: + +# cd linux-2.2 +# cvs -z 9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs status -v Makefile + +Then generate the kernel patch: + +# cvs -z 9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs rdiff -ko -u -r linux-2-2-xx -r linux-2-2-xx-nfsv2-xxxxx linux-2.2 + +If there is no NFS patch for the kernel you are interested in, you have +to make a patch closest to your kernel version and apply it by hand. + +There is a Linux NFS kernel source tree for Linux 2.3, linux-2.3, on +the Linux NFS CVS server. However, it is not maintained. We will need +all the help we can get. To contribute to the Linux NFS project, please +go to + +http://www.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org + +and login as "beta" with password "beta4u". You register yourself. +please send an email to nfs-admin@linuxnfs.sourceforge.org with + +1. Your user id on www.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org. +2. The area in NFS you'd like to work on. + +You will be notified when it is done. + +There is a Linux NFS mailing list at + +http://lists.varesearch.com/lists/listinfo/nfs/ + +You can subscribe it and search the mailing list archive via a web +browser. + +The nfs-utils package is avaible from the CVS server: + +# cvs -z 9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs co nfs-utils + +will get the latest version. + +The tar file is at + +ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/hjl/nfs/nfs-utils-0.1.tar.gz + +To compile, just do + +# ./configure +# make + +# make install + +will install the nfs-utils binaries. You have to install the NFS +service scripts. There are 2 in etc/redhat provided for RedHat 6.x. +They are tested on RedHat 6.1. + +On RedHat 6.1, you can use + +# rpm -ta nfs-utils-0.1.tar.gz + +to build the source and binary RPMs. + +If your mount from util-linux is too old, you will need 2 patches: + +ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/hjl/nfs/util-linux-2.9o-mount-nfsv3.patch +ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/hjl/nfs/util-linux-2.9w-mount-nfsv3try.patch + +Thanks. + + +H.J. +hjl@lucon.org +10/18/99 |