nfs-kernel-server and portmap

[Lance Lassetter]

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So if I'm using Hoary I can uninstall fam and just use gamin?  Or am I
confused here? :-)

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
| On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:36:40PM +0200, Sean Legassick wrote:
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|>I'm currently running Warty, so ignore me if this has already been
|>changed for Hoary...
|>
|>I just installed nfs-kernel-server, and had to a little poking to work
|>out that it wasn't working because portmap was still configured to bind
|>only to the loopback interface. This was simple enough to change once
|>I'd worked it out, but as these are Ubuntu-supported packages I wonder
|>if there is a way to automate this.
|>
|>I guess you could argue that anyone that wants to expose NFS shares
|>should understand this stuff anyway, but I certainly don't see why you
|>would install an NFS server without wanting to expose the shares beyond
|>localhost...
|
|
| This is answered in the FAQ, but yes, it's less than ideal.
|
| The solution for Hoary is that, since we won't be shipping fam anymore, we
| don't need to include portmap in the default desktop install, and so
it can
| be configured to listen on all interfaces by default (since the user will
| only install it if they really want it).
|
|
|>(I'm also learning about the Debian packaging system - having come from
|>non-Debian distros - and am curious in general to know if there's an
|>elegant approach to this kind of need to reconfigure another package?)
|
|
| There are a few common solutions for this type of problem, but
fortunately I
| think we can avoid them all for Hoary.
|
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