Re: Disabling NFSv4 on Debian Squeeze

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:28:15 -0500, Tom H wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> El 2011-11-22 a las 07:50 +0200, Israel Bravo escribió:
>>> On 11/21/2011 07:34 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> > El 2011-11-21 a las 08:51 +0200, Israel Bravo escribió:
>>> >
>>> >> On 11/20/2011 05:27 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> >>> On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:42:08 +0200, Israel Bravo wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> How can I disable the NFSv4 on Debian Squeeze (without
>>> >>>> recompiling the kernel)?
>>> >>> (...)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Unless I have read the man page in the wrong way, this can be done
>>> >>> from "/ etc/default/nfs-kernel-server" by adjusting
>>> >>> "RPCMOUNTDOPTS=--no-nfs- version 4" value accordingly.
>>> >>             Yes, but it doesn't help.  The directories are
>>> >>             still exported  with "vers=4"
>>> > Hum... and can't you export the shares with "vers=3" or something
>>> > like that? :-?
>>>
>>>             That is the problem:  I get "exportfs:
>>>             /etc/exports:1: unknown keyword "vers=3"
>>
>> "Unknow keyword" is like the parameter "vers=3" cannot be used in that
>> file ("/etc/exports"). Maybe is that is has to be specified from the
>> client side when mounting the NFS share.
> 
> "nfsvers=3"/"vers=3" can only be used, AFAIK, on the client side, either
> with mount or in fstab. 

Yes, or at least that's what the docs seems to say.

> nfsv4 won't be disabled on the server. This could be enough for the OP
> though.

Yes, disabling nfs4 on the server requires an additional setting.
 
> I've been meaning to look into you "RPCMOUNTDOPTS=--no-nfs-version 4"
> suggestion but haven't had the time.

(...)

It seems that this parameter has finally solved the problem for the OP, 
but he said that he had to manually edit the init script in order to get 
it working which I think it should not be necessary. Maybe this is 
something worth for reporting :-?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón