On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 03:08:33AM +1000, Joseph Le-Phan wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to implement some iptables rules for my > system. Unfortunately, (on etch) it appears that the boot sequence > doesn't allow for nfs mounts to be located (as nfs+portmap appear to > get started _before_ I've established an internet connection with my > network interface which relies on dhcp.) > > Is there a way to specify the boot-order so that nfs-mounts are only > possible once the network is up and running? > You can change the order in which things are started at boot by rearranging the symlinks in /etc/rc2.d/ (assuming you boot run level 2 by default).
> Also, related somewhat to reboot sequence, I have an 'inactive' ruleset > for iptables that pretty much denies all internet access when I go for a > shutdown. Unfortunately, it appears that nfs mounts aren't unmounted > before then, and so i portmap complains when it's time for it to unmount > the nfs shares (as there's no more internet connection) and stalls the > shutdown process indefinitely. > > Is it possible to prevent this from happening? > Not sure. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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