https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637382 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637382#c17 dev001x _ <pgngw+dev001+novell.com@f-m.fm> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |jack@novell.com --- Comment #17 from dev001x _ <pgngw+dev001+novell.com@f-m.fm> 2010-10-21 15:48:11 UTC --- iiuc (?), making those definitions in /etc/services will _force_ the default behavior of a static port assignment for rquotad -- to port 4003. i don't see why that's of benefit, or even recommended. if a static definition is to be added to /etc/services, shouldn't it then be registered? https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numb... ? what is, imo, of value, is the ability to choose/configure in /etc/sysconfig/nfs. options to *set* any/all of the nfs-related ports, and thus make them static assignments, or leave the *unset*, and therefore accept default behavior of dynamic assignment seems, to me, the most accommodating way to go. for reference, here's one of many clear examples, http://www.lovschall.dk/2010/01/nfs-static-ports-and-firewalls.html tbh, i do not know what's "globally" preferable &/or recommended. reading here, e.g., http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10464_05/core.904/b12115/managing.htm#BA... suggests, imo rationally, that "it depends" ... and that the flexibility to use static &/or dynamic ports is what's recommended. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.