Bug 6157 - System with NFS server installed does not run mountd
Summary: System with NFS server installed does not run mountd
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: knfsd
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Cristian Gafton
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Reported: 1999-10-20 18:11 UTC by jrjohns
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-10-20 19:01:48 UTC
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Description jrjohns 1999-10-20 18:11:45 UTC 
On RH 6.1, a system with the NFS server installed does not
run mountd.  This was "automatic" with RH 6.0.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-20 18:26:59 UTC 
It's a change in policy.

You can set it up to start automatically using:

chkconfig --level 345 nfs on

or by using ntsysv (or another runlevel editor.)
Comment 2 jrjohns 1999-10-20 18:30:59 UTC 
Give me one reason I would want to install the NFS server but not run
it?
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-20 19:01:59 UTC 
'Everything' installs.

One of the most reported causes of security breakins is users
installing everything, and then they have large numbers of
servers running that they don't know what they're for, or how
to configure them sanely.

If the user knows enough to configure the server, the one step
extra to enable it shouldn't be too bad.
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