Re: knfsd-980910 is released with nfsd-patch-2.1.121 (fwd)

H. J. Lu (hjl@freya.yggdrasil.com)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:35:03 -0700 (PDT)


>
> In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980912142012.407B-100000@air.fast.net>, "Steven N.
> Hi
> rsch" writes:
> +-----
> | that the nfsd can do the same - which it cannot. This quick patch
> | corrects the problem (although a reboot is required to clear V3 from the
> | rpcinfo list - why?) and permits my elderly Vaxen to run :-). Now, if I
> +--->8
>
> portmap saves its state into a file when it's shut down, and reloads that
> state when it is started back up. The saved state is normally cleared
> during a reboot.
>
> If you kill -9 portmap it won't be able to save its state, and the restart
> will be "clean". You *will* have to shut down all RPC servers and restart
> them after restarting the portmapper, though, as it won't know about the
> ones that were running (that's what the state file is for).
>

knfsd-980922 seems to work ok.

H.J.

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