linux-kernel - Re: [patch 03/19] SUNRPC: avoid choosing an IPMI port for RPC traffic

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Message-Id: <1160665277.6004.27.camel@lade.trondhjem.org>
Date:	Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:01:17 -0700
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>, torvalds@...l.org,
	akpm@...l.org, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 03/19] SUNRPC: avoid choosing an IPMI port for RPC
	traffic

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 09:58 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >Interestingly, Linux is not the only OS that has been hit by this
> >problem:
> >
> >  http://blogs.sun.com/shepler/entry/port_623_or_the_mount
> 
> There is more to it. On a machine I had set up a second,
> experimental, apache on port 880. And it randomly failed to start on
> a boot because mountd had taken the port first.
> Man, this RPC stuff should go and use fixed ports.

man 8 mountd and check out the '-p' option. statd has a similar one.
Even the in-kernel lockd daemon's can be set to listen to fixed ports.

So there really shouldn't be any problems nailing down your RPC ports.

Cheers,
  Trond
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