nfs-utils
1. COMPILING
Unpack the sources and run these commands:
# ./configure
# make
To install binaries and documenation, run this command:
# make install
2. COMPILING FROM GIT
Getting nfs-utils for the first time:
git clone git://linux-nfs.org/nfs-utils
Updating to the latest head after you've already got it.
git pull
Building requires that autotools be installed. To invoke them
simply
sh autogen.sh
Finally, build as usual as above.
3. DAEMON STARTUP ORDER
This nfs-utils packages does not provide any scripts for starting
various daemons as most distributions replace them with their own, so
any scripts we package would not get much testing.
Instead, we explain the dependencies involved in startup so that
scripts can be written to work correctly.
3.0 PREREQUISITES
Name service (host name lookup) should be working before any
NFS services are started.
"portmap" must be running before any NFS services (server or
client) are started.
Normally network interfaces should be configured first as well,
though this isn't critical for the NFS server (providing name
service is handled locally).
3.1. SERVER STARTUP
A/ mount -t nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd
This filesystem needs to be mount before most daemons,
particularly exportfs, mountd, svcgssd, idmapd.
It could be mounted once, or the script that starts each daemon
could test if it is mounted and mount it if not.
B/ svcgssd ; idmapd
These supply services to nfsd and so should be started before
rpc.nfsd. Where they come between mounting the nfsd filesystem
and starting the nfsd server is not important.
idmapd is only needed for NFSv4 support.
svcgssd is only needed if exportfs NFS filesystem with crypto-
security (Kerberos or SPKM3).
C/ exportfs -av ; rpc.mountd
It is important that exportfs be run before mountd so that
mountd is working from current information (in
/var/lib/nfs/etab).
It is also important that both of these are run before
rpc.nfsd.
If not, any NFS requests that arrive before mountd is started
will get replied to with a 'Stale NFS File handle' error.
D/ rpc.statd --no-notify
It is best if statd is started before nfsd though this isn't
critical. Certainly it should be at most a few seconds after
nfsd.
When nfsd starts it will start lockd. If lockd then receives a
lock request it will communicate with statd. If statd is not
running lockd will retry, but it won't wait forever for a
reply.
Note that if statd is started before nfsd, the --no-notify
option must be used. If notify requests are sent out before
nfsd start, clients may try to reclaim locks and, on finding
that lockd isn't running, they will give up and never reclaim
E/ rpc.nfsd
Starting nfsd will automatically start lockd. The nfs server
will now be fully active and respond to any requests from
clients.
F/ sm-notify
This will notify any client which might have locks from before
a reboot to try to reclaim their locks. This should start
immediately after rpc.nfsd is started so that clients have a
chance to reclaim locks within the 90 second grace period.
sm-notify is only needed for NFSv2 and NFSv3 support.
3.2. CLIENT STARTUP
A/ sm-notify
This should be run shortly after boot and before any NFS
filesystems are mounted with remote-locking support -
filesystems can be mounted with "-o nolock" before sm-notify.
This is appropriate for '/', '/usr', and '/var'.
B/ gssd ; idmapd
idmapd should be started before mounting any NFSv4 filesystems.
gssd should be started before mounting any NFS filesystems
securely (with Kerberos of SPKM3).
C/ statd should be run before any NFSv2 or NFSv3 filesystem is
mounted with remote locking (i.e. without -o nolock).
'mount' will try to use "/usr/sbin/start-statd" to start statd
if it is not already running, so there is no need to explicitly
start statd in boot-time scripts.
3.3. SERVER/CLIENT INTERACTIONS
A/ sm-notify
Both the server and the client need sm-notify to be run.
It should be run after the NFS server is started, but before
and NFS filesystems are mounted with remote locking.
B/ rpc.statd
Both the server and the client need rpc.statd to be running.
Each should try to start when they need it.
C/ idmapd
Both the server and client need idmapd to be running. If idmapd
is started (for the client) before starting nfsd the 'nfsd'
filesystem is mounted, then idmapd should be sent a HUP signal
afterwards to signal that the server channels should be opened.
Share And Enjoy!
-- the nfs-utils developers
<linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
1.checking for GSSGLUE... no
configure: error: Package requirements (libgssglue >= 0.3) were not met:
No package 'libgssglue' found
==>
http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/
download
libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz
./configure
make
make install
modify /etc/profile +> export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
Notes on building these can be found
here.
- libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz
- librpcsecgss-0.19.tar.gz
- libnfsidmap-0.25.tar.gz withinstructions
for libnfsidmap use. For related information, follow the "NFSv4 in a Multi-Realm Environment" link below. - nfs-utils-1.1.2-CITI_NFS4_ALL-1.dif(for developers, also available asseparate
patches,with comments).
Upstream sources
Unpatched tarballs to which the above patches apply:
- linux-2.6.25-rc9.tar.bz2
- nfs-utils-1.1.2.tar.gz (Also available fromsourceforge)
- libevent
- acl_2.2.42-1.tar.gz
- (util-linux removed. Necessary changes are currently in most, if not all, distributions.)