[Bug 1992358] Re: existing 20.04 nfs-kernel-sever default which did not convert

[Andreas Hasenack]

This is the error:

# /usr/share/nfs-common/nfsconvert.py 
Error running nfs-conf tool:
 /usr/sbin/nfsconf: invalid option -- 'V'
Usage: /usr/sbin/nfsconf [-v] [--file filename.conf] ...
Options:
 -v			Increase Verbosity
 --file filename.conf	Load this config file
     (Default config file: /etc/nfs.conf
 --modified "info"	Use "info" in file modified header
Modes:
  --dump [outputfile]
      Outputs the configuration to the named file
  --get [--arg subsection] {section} {tag}
      Output one specific config value
  --entry [--arg subsection] {section} {tag}
      Output the uninterpreted config entry
  --isset [--arg subsection] {section} {tag}
      Return code indicates if config value is present
  --set [--arg subsection] {section} {tag} {value}
      Set and Write a config value
  --unset [--arg subsection] {section} {tag}
      Remove an existing config value

Args: ['/usr/sbin/nfsconf', '--file', '/etc/nfs.conf.d/local.conf', '--
set', 'nfsd', 'threads', '-V 2 8']


Conversion failed. Please correct the error and try again.

The RPCNFSDCOUNT is meant to be only a number. "-V 2" is an invalid
option there. This worked in previous ubuntu releases because even
though the parameter is called RPCNFSDCOUNT (i.e., a count, expecting a
number), it was just passed straight to the rpc.nfsd command line.

I'll see if there is an update to this conversion script to handle that,
but in the meantime, please remove the "-V 2" from RPCNFSDCOUNT and
adjust your preferences in /etc/nfs.conf and /etc/nfs.conf.d/local.conf
after the conversion script is run.

** Changed in: nfs-utils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  existing 20.04  nfs-kernel-sever default which did not convert

Status in nfs-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I got install conversion errors until I read your very kind  note on
  upgrading to jammy and discovered that this config file was the
  problem:

  john at Nvidia:/etc/default$ cat nfs-kernel-server

  # Number of servers to start up
  RPCNFSDCOUNT="-V 2 8"

  # Runtime priority of server (see nice(1))
  RPCNFSDPRIORITY=0

  # Options for rpc.mountd.
  # If you have a port-based firewall, you might want to set up
  # a fixed port here using the --port option. For more information, 
  # see rpc.mountd(8) or http://wiki.debian.org/SecuringNFS
  # To disable NFSv4 on the server, specify '--no-nfs-version 4' here
  RPCMOUNTDOPTS="-V 2 --manage-gids"

  # Do you want to start the svcgssd daemon? It is only required for Kerberos
  # exports. Valid alternatives are "yes" and "no"; the default is "no".
  NEED_SVCGSSD=""

  # Options for rpc.svcgssd.
  RPCSVCGSSDOPTS=""

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