Hi Salvatore, Thank you for the clarification and for pointing out the documented change regarding the deprecation of /etc/default/nfs-common and /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server on systemd-based systems. I appreciate the detailed explanation. After reviewing your response, I performed a deeper inspection of my system and found that the behavior I observed was caused by configuration migration artifacts in /etc/nfs.conf.d/, specifically a local.conf file automatically generated during a previous upgrade. This file contained options that unintentionally enabled NFSv4 with GSS-related settings, which in turn caused rpc-gssd and rpc-svcgssd to be pulled in even though Kerberos was not configured. This explains why masking the GSS services and modifying /etc/default/* had no effect, and why the system appeared to enforce Kerberos even for NFSv3-only configurations. Once I removed the migrated file and created a clean configuration under /etc/nfs.conf.d/ (e.g., using [nfsd] vers3=y and vers4=n), the NFS server behaved exactly as expected. The GSS services no longer attempted to start, and NFSv3 operated normally. Additional observation Given that many users upgrading from Bookworm may still rely on /etc/default/* and may not be aware of the automatic migration to /etc/nfs.conf.d/local.conf, this behavior can be confusing and may appear as a regression—especially when GSS services start unexpectedly. It might be helpful to:
* expand the documentation or NEWS entry to explicitly mention that migrated configuration files in /etc/nfs.conf.d/ can override user expectations, * or include a note in the package’s postinst output when such migration occurs. This would likely prevent similar reports from other users. Regards, William ________________________________ From: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 12:07 AM To: William Manzanares <[email protected]> Subject: Bug#1134846 closed by Salvatore Bonaccorso <[email protected]> (Re: Bug#1134846: nfs-kernel-server: NFS server fails to start without Kerberos on Debian 13 (Trixie) — hard dependency chain prevents NFSv3 and NFSv4) This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report which was filed against the nfs-kernel-server package: #1134846: nfs-kernel-server: NFS server fails to start without Kerberos on Debian 13 (Trixie) — hard dependency chain prevents NFSv3 and NFSv4 It has been closed by Salvatore Bonaccorso <[email protected]>. Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Salvatore Bonaccorso <[email protected]> by replying to this email. -- 1134846: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1134846 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact [email protected] with problems
