NetBSD Problem Report #320

From gnats  Mon Jul  4 12:48:50 1994
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Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 03:07:39 -0400
From: bdc@ai.mit.edu
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To: gnats-bugs@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu
Subject: mountd and /var/db/mountdtab
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>Number:         320
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       mountd not starting
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 04 12:50:15 +0000 1994
>Closed-Date:    Fri Sep 16 23:21:53 +0000 1994
>Last-Modified:  
>Originator:     Brian D. Carlstrom
>Release:        netbsd 0.9c "-current"
>Organization:
MIT
"	"
>Environment:

System: NetBSD fnord.mit.edu 0.9C NetBSD 0.9C (FNORD) #4: Sat Jul 2 16:52:27 EDT 1994 bdc@fnord.mit.edu:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/FNORD i386


>Description:

nfs exporting dies when i reboot apparently because /var/db/mountdtab
is rm'ed at bootup and mountd doesnt create a new one. it just gives an
error that it cant find it. 
>How-To-Repeat:

reboot
>Fix:

touch /var/db/mountdtab after removing it...or fix mountd.c

	As far as I can tell, this report is just completely wrong.
	- mycroft

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: mycroft 
State-Changed-When: Fri Sep 16 16:21:53 PDT 1994 
State-Changed-Why:  
This report is incorrect. 
>Unformatted:

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