Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-21 Thread Randy McMurchy
Thomas Trepl wrote these words on 03/21/08 12:59 CST: > * Modify the tcpwrapper config section to read as > "If you have TCP Wrappers installed and there is a restrictive > /etc/hosts.deny > file, then ensure you have an entry in the /etc/hosts.allow file for access > from the portmap daemon th

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-21 Thread Thomas Trepl
Hi all, ok, I'd summarize the discussion to the following: * Move tcpwrappers to optional dependeny * Modify the tcpwrapper config section to read as "If you have TCP Wrappers installed and there is a restrictive /etc/hosts.deny file, then ensure you have an entry in the /etc/hosts.allow file

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Randy McMurchy
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/20/08 23:42 CST: > Randy McMurchy wrote: > >> I'm confused with the boot script language. It says on the new >> client page for NFS-Utils to only install and run the bootscripts >> if you want the *server*, yet on the server page it says the >> bootscripts are u

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
2008/3/21, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is another issue. I think the NFS Utilities-1.1.2 Client page > should just be removed and the issues briefly discussed there put in the > other page. Maybe the author wanted to model the existing split for the Samba page. If so, all configurat

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Randy McMurchy
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/20/08 23:27 CST: > Perhaps the first sentence should start out: > > If you installed tcpwrappers before nfs-utils and enabled it by ... Or just "If you have TCP Wrappers installed and there is a restrictive /etc/hosts.deny file, then ..." I look at the fact t

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Randy McMurchy wrote: > I'm confused with the boot script language. It says on the new > client page for NFS-Utils to only install and run the bootscripts > if you want the *server*, yet on the server page it says the > bootscripts are used for *client tools*. Confusing to me. This is another iss

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Randy McMurchy wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/20/08 22:51 CST: >> Thomas Trepl wrote: >> >>> Please have a look to the attached patch on the nfsutils.xml to >>> address most of Randys points. >> I don't think we should mention tcpwrappers in the required dependencies >> section. It i

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Randy McMurchy
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/20/08 22:51 CST: > Thomas Trepl wrote: > >> Please have a look to the attached patch on the nfsutils.xml to >> address most of Randys points. > I don't think we should mention tcpwrappers in the required dependencies > section. It is really only a library in th

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Thomas Trepl wrote: > Please have a look to the attached patch on the nfsutils.xml to > address most of Randys points. I don't think we should mention tcpwrappers in the required dependencies section. It is really only a library in this context and, as pointed out, only needed by tcpwrappers. Be

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 08:30:29PM +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > > So it seems that the only non-working case would be new "mount" and old > nfs-utils, but I am not sure here. Could you please describe in detail, what > tests and with which software versions were done prior to updating t

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Thomas Trepl
Hi, I wrote: >... > > I'm confused with the boot script language. It says on the new > > client page for NFS-Utils to only install and run the bootscripts > > if you want the *server*, yet on the server page it says the > > bootscripts are used for *client tools*. Confusing to me. > > As I underst

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Thomas Trepl
Am Donnerstag, 20. März 2008 16:11:27 schrieb Randy McMurchy: > Hi all, > > Just some nitpicks about the NFS-Utils page. Indeed, the closer we look to the NFS stuff the more inconsistencies come up. I'll work through all the points you brought up (and fix them if i can)... > ... > > I'm confused

Re: NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Randy McMurchy wrote: > Just some nitpicks about the NFS-Utils page. Let me add one more. The programs' responsibility for mounting changed between util-linux (LFS-6.3) and util-linux-ng (LFS-SVN), as well as between nfs-utils 1.0.x and 1.1.x. If I understand the picture correctly: * util-l

NFS-Utils nitpick

2008-03-20 Thread Randy McMurchy
Hi all, Just some nitpicks about the NFS-Utils page. It gives some information about TCP wrappers that could probably be a bit better. 1. It does not list TCP Wrappers as an optional dependency, though it could be argued that because Portmap is identified as a run-time requirement (and it requir