atom feed46 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-stableRe: Why is NFSv4 so slow? (root/toor)
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Rick C. PettyJun 27, 2010 3:15 pm 
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Ian SmithJun 28, 2010 8:59 pm 
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Subject:Re: Why is NFSv4 so slow? (root/toor)
From:Ian Smith (smi@nimnet.asn.au)
Date:Jun 28, 2010 8:59:36 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-stable

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Rick Macklem wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Rick C. Petty wrote:

Make sure you don't have multiple entries for the same uid, such as "root" and "toor" both for uid 0 in your /etc/passwd. (ie. get rid of one of them, if you have both)

Hmm, that's a strange requirement, since FreeBSD by default comes with both. That should probably be documented in the nfsv4 man page.

Well, if the mapping from uid->name is not unique, getpwuid() will just return one of them and it probably won't be the expected one. Having both "root" and "toor" only cause weird behaviour when "root" tries to use a mount point. I had thought it was in the man pages, but I now see it isn't mentioned. I'll try and remember to add it.

Not wanting to hijack this (interesting) thread, but ..

I have to concur with Rick P - that's rather a odd requirement when each FreeBSD install since at least 2.2 has come with root and toor (in that order) in /etc/passwd. I don't use toor, but often enough read about folks who do, and don't recall it ever being an issue with NFSv3. Are you sure this is a problem that cannot be coded around in NFSv4?

cheers, Ian