Re: Setting up sfssd on Linux: Success!, what about dhcp hosts?

Ok,

I got it working as follows:
- I figured out what the dns name of my (dhcp-client) host was
- I set my hostname to that
- started sfssd
- It worked

I have a fictuous hostname for my laptop that I add to the 127.0.0.1 line
in /etc/hosts.

So I'm guessing that server will only listen to requests for the current
hostname, even if the ip is the same.
When I try to connect to @<ip>,<id> or even
@<dhcp hostname without domain>,<id>, it fails.

Is that correct? Can anybody tell me why that is a necessity, and if any
workarounds exist? Or in general just shed light on the subject? The
documentation doesn't really mention anything.

Thanks!

Wout.

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Wout Mertens wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get sfs serving working on my laptop, and I followed the
> 'Quick Server Setup' instructions, but it's not working.
>
> Details: version 0.7.2, Linux 2.4.20, compiled with gcc 3.2 on Gentoo 1.4.
> The exported nfs filesystems are mountable.
> The client works; I can access the new york example in the documentation.
>
> --- sfsrwd_config ---
> Keyfile /etc/sfs/sfs_host_key
>
> Export /var/sfs/root / R
> Export /usr /usr R
> --- end ---
>
> authenticating a user works, but trying to access the exported
> filesystems fails. The annoying thing is that all the debug info claims
> that everything is working:
>
> On 192.168.0.10:
> # sfscd -d
> sfscd: version 0.7.2, pid 18159
> sfsrwcd: version 0.7.2, pid 18160
> sfscd: not dropping privileges for debugging
> nfsmounter: version 0.7.2, pid 18161
> nfsmounter: mounted /sfs
> nfsmounter: mounted /sfs/.mnt/wait
> Mar 24 02:28:33 [] sfssd: accepted connection from 192.168.0.8
>
> On 192.168.0.8:
> overseen root # cd /sfs/@192.168.0.10,dr9xggffuciyvr8m9qbt8xxizveupdk7
> -bash: cd: /sfs/@192.168.0.10,dr9xggffuciyvr8m9qbt8xxizveupdk7: No such
> file or directory
> overseen root # ls -al /sfs
> total 8
> dr-xr-xr-x    4 root     sfs           512 Jan  1  1970 .
> drwxr-xr-x   19 root     root         4096 Mar 19 20:01 ..
> -r--r--r--    1 root     sfs             0 Mar 24 19:02 .devdb
> dr-xr-xr-x    3 root     sfs           512 Mar 24 19:02 .linuxmnt
> dr-xr-xr-x    6 root     sfs           512 Mar 24 18:58 .mnt
> -r--------    1 root     sfs            83 Mar 24 19:02 .nfsdb
> -r--r--r--    1 root     sfs             6 Mar 24 18:58 .pid
> -r--r--r--    1 root     sfs             6 Mar 24 18:58 .version
> lr--r--r--    1 root     sfs           512 Mar 24 19:02 
> @192.168.0.10,dr9xggffuciyvr8m9qbt8xxizveupdk7 -> 
> /sfs/.mnt/0/00000000000000000000000000000039
> lr--r--r--    2 root     sfs            71 Mar 24 19:05 
> @new-york.lcs.mit.edu,u83s4uk49nt8rmp4uwmt2exvz6d3cavh -> 
> /sfs/.linuxmnt/@new-york.lcs.mit.edu,u83s4uk49nt8rmp4uwmt2exvz6d3cavh/r
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wout.
>