Fedora considers removing NIS support (is removing NFS the next step?)

Posted Nov 1, 2021 19:17 UTC (Mon) by joib (subscriber, #8541)
In reply to: Fedora considers removing NIS support (is removing NFS the next step?) by bfields
Parent article: Fedora considers removing NIS support

Ah, thanks, that explains it. Makes sense.

Is this behavior specified in some RFC, or is it a Linux-specific extension?

Posted Nov 1, 2021 20:12 UTC (Mon) by bfields (subscriber, #19510) [Link]

It's enabled by language that got added to a later version of the RFC (see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7530#page-53, starting with "To provide a greater degree of compatibility with NFSv3...").

But of course that doesn't require anyone to update their implementation. I'm not sure what the deal is with non-Linux clients and servers.