Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-12-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Javier, Am 2006-12-22 03:37:54, schrieb Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña: > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 06:51:58PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > No, it works, but since "portmap" is not more (since Sarge) > > installed by default it need arround 60-300 seconds to mount > > but after this time

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-12-21 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 06:51:58PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-11-07 04:40:21, schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > > But wouldn't you be surprised if "mount -tnfs server:/path > > /local/path" suddenly wouldn't work anymore in a fresh install? > > No, it works, but since "portmap" is not

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-12-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-07 04:40:21, schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > But wouldn't you be surprised if "mount -tnfs server:/path > /local/path" suddenly wouldn't work anymore in a fresh install? No, it works, but since "portmap" is not more (since Sarge) installed by default it need arround 60-300 seconds to mo

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-12-19 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 02:06:04PM +, Tim Cutts wrote: > >I am not aware of any organisations, big/small, that use NFS any more > >except on restricted sets of computers. > > Er, here. Global NFS home directories. And at the last place I > worked. And the place before that. Oh, actually

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-12-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Tim Cutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 Nov 2006, at 3:40 am, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Le jeudi 02 novembre 2006 à 05:22 -0800, Josh Triplett a écrit : > I would suggest b); redu

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils [was: Re: Upgrading the priority of ucf]

2006-12-18 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 02:01:11PM +, Tim Cutts wrote: > I still use it on some real-world servers, but I can't now remember > why. I definitely found something which only worked with the > userland server. uid mapping, perhaps? /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-12-18 Thread Tim Cutts
On 7 Nov 2006, at 11:17 pm, Brian May wrote: "Goswin" == Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED] tuebingen.de> writes: Goswin> But wouldn't you be surprised if "mount -tnfs server:/path Goswin> /local/path" suddenly wouldn't work anymore in a fresh Goswin> install? Not really, no

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-12-18 Thread Tim Cutts
On 7 Nov 2006, at 3:40 am, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Le jeudi 02 novembre 2006 à 05:22 -0800, Josh Triplett a écrit : I would suggest b); reducing the "standard" set of packages seems like a feature,

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils [was: Re: Upgrading the priority of ucf]

2006-12-18 Thread Tim Cutts
On 6 Nov 2006, at 9:26 am, Josselin Mouette wrote: Le jeudi 02 novembre 2006 à 05:22 -0800, Josh Triplett a écrit : I would suggest b); reducing the "standard" set of packages seems like a feature, it won't break upgrades (if installed, the package will stay installed), and new installs don'

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-10 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 08 novembre 2006 à 12:35 +1100, Brian May a écrit : > Back on topic, is Samba included in the default installation? A graphical SMB client is included as part of the desktop task. -- Josselin Mouette/\./\ "Do you have any more insane proposals for me?" signature.as

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-09 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 09 November 2006 15:57, Michael Banck wrote: > I believe this (= standard stuff that everyone expects to be on a UNIX > system) should be shoved into a task or even CDD. Or we could just not > install those if people select "Desktop" during the install (the latter > might be the case a

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-09 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 01:51:33AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > I think you've misunderstood the purpose of the default installation. > It's not the bare minimum to make the system work (that's Essential: > yes). It's the standard stuff that everyone expects to be on a UNIX > system, I belie

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-08 Thread Matthias Julius
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:50:09AM -0500, Matthias Julius wrote: > > Then perhaps you shouldn't be changing a winning team? ;-) Who are you referring to? >> This in practice means almost the same. If it is selected by default >> only very few users

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-08 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 09:19:58PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > NFSv4 is still an RPC-based protocol; as with any RPC-based protocol, > the server is listed on the portmapper along with a protocol version FWIW, NFSv4 no longer needs the portmapper. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 12:35:37PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > "Miles" == Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Miles> [Isn't nfs4 rather different than previous versions, in > Miles> that it's fixed some of the most egregious "nfs > Miles> bogosities"?] > > I have been told

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 10:17:55AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > "Goswin" == Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Goswin> But wouldn't you be surprised if "mount -tnfs server:/path > Goswin> /local/path" suddenly wouldn't work anymore in a fresh > Goswin> install? >

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:50:09AM -0500, Matthias Julius wrote: > Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It's not the bare minimum to make the system work (that's Essential: > > yes). It's the standard stuff that everyone expects to be on a UNIX > > system, including things like a work

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-08 Thread Matthias Julius
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think you've misunderstood the purpose of the default installation. That might be. > It's not the bare minimum to make the system work (that's Essential: > yes). It's the standard stuff that everyone expects to be on a UNIX > system, including t

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:47:27AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > All things considered I'd rather have nfs, even in it's horrid > traditional form, than nothing. Luckily, NFS would be only one apt-get away. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-08 Thread Andreas Barth
* Brian May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061108 00:32]: > I am not aware of any organisations, big/small, that use NFS any more > except on restricted sets of computers. If "restricted set" includes the whole company network at one location, then that matches my experience as well ... Cheers, Andi --

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-07 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Matthias Julius wrote: > I would guess that most people who install a linux system don't need > NFS. > Donno. I use it on all my systems, home and otherwise; how else would I mount file servers... > And actually, NFS us not required to run Debian. Do I don't think it > needs to be in the defa

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-07 Thread Brian May
> "Miles" == Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Miles> [Isn't nfs4 rather different than previous versions, in Miles> that it's fixed some of the most egregious "nfs Miles> bogosities"?] I have been told NFS 4 has nothing in common with NFS except the name, and its reputation

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-07 Thread Miles Bader
"Steinar H. Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The university here is opening up for Kerberos-enabled NFSv4 from the entire > campus network RSN. Now you know one :-) [Isn't nfs4 rather different than previous versions, in that it's fixed some of the most egregious "nfs bogosities"?] I use

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-07 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 10:17:55AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > I would be more surprised if it did work. NFS has a reputation of > being insecure. Try Kerberized NFS :-) > I am not aware of any organisations, big/small, that use NFS any more > except on restricted sets of computers. The university

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-07 Thread Brian May
> "Goswin" == Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Goswin> But wouldn't you be surprised if "mount -tnfs server:/path Goswin> /local/path" suddenly wouldn't work anymore in a fresh Goswin> install? Not really, no. I would be more surprised if it did work. NFS has a re

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-07 Thread Warren Turkal
On Tuesday 07 November 2006 10:49, Matthias Julius wrote: > But, I am not sure whether you can count them all as individual > installations as many of those probably get installed on one system > and then copied to another. And they are managed by only a few admins. Preseed is your friend. It's ex

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-07 Thread Yavor Doganov
Roger Leigh wrote: > > What's the rationale for needing it as part of the default install? Because it's the standard GNU way of doing this kind of job? > The majority of the Debian (and GNU/Linux systems in general) I see > tend to not use NFS at all. I guess there is truth in this statement.

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-07 Thread Matthias Julius
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And I'm not sure that you are right with your majority claim. A lot of > larger installations use nfs and they quickly add up to a lot of > systems rivaling the rest of the user base in numbers. But, I am not sure whether you can count them all a

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-06 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Le jeudi 02 novembre 2006 à 05:22 -0800, Josh Triplett a écrit : >>> I would suggest b); reducing the "standard" set of packages seems like a >>> feature, it won't break upgrades (if installed, the packag

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-06 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The majority of the Debian (and GNU/Linux systems in general) I see > tend to not use NFS at all. Do we have any usage statistics for the > NFS client? There is this: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?popcon=nfs-utils But I don't know how accurate the "

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils

2006-11-06 Thread Roger Leigh
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le jeudi 02 novembre 2006 à 05:22 -0800, Josh Triplett a écrit : >> I would suggest b); reducing the "standard" set of packages seems like a >> feature, it won't break upgrades (if installed, the package will stay >> installed), and new installs don't

Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils [was: Re: Upgrading the priority of ucf]

2006-11-06 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 02 novembre 2006 à 05:22 -0800, Josh Triplett a écrit : > I would suggest b); reducing the "standard" set of packages seems like a > feature, it won't break upgrades (if installed, the package will stay > installed), and new installs don't need to get nfs-kernel-server as part > of the *de

Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils [was: Re: Upgrading the priority of ucf]

2006-11-02 Thread Josh Triplett
Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > It has recently come to my attention that nfs-utils (which is priority > standard) cannot depend on ucf, since ucf is of priority optional. > > I can only see four solutions for this: > > a) Ignore the problem for etch, figure out what do to afterwards. > b) Downgr