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in the sections below.)
Boot method: netinst image
Image version: Debian testing install image downloaded from the Debian site on
2025-04-21
Date: 2025-05-02
Machine: Homebuilt based on Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd..B760M D3H DDR4
Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400
Memory: 16 GB
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 8035216 0 8035216 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1614664 2040 1612624 1% /run
/dev/sda2 ext4 22758848 7165880 14411528 34% /
tmpfs tmpfs 8073312 4 8073308 1% /dev/shm
efivarfs efivarfs 256 112 140 45%
/sys/firmware/efi/efivars
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 8 5112 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 1024 0 1024 0%
/run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs tmpfs 8073312 136 8073176 1% /tmp
/dev/sda3 ext4 996780 11928 916040 2% /mnt
/dev/md1p1 ext4 960178900 742651508 168679676 82% /home
/dev/sda1 vfat 523244 12424 510820 3% /boot/efi
tmpfs tmpfs 1614660 4360 1610300 1% /run/user/1000
tmpfs tmpfs 1614660 60 1614600 1% /run/user/0
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect media: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
firewalld appears to be part of the base installation for reasons unknown and
is not configured by default with exceptions to allow NFS file shares on the
computer to be accessible.
Two nearly identical systems have been installed in the past week with this
installer. The only difference in the installer settings is the selection of
the web server for installation in the task selection of the second
installation (this one). The installer has not placed firewalld on this
computer whereas it did install firewalld on the first computer. Both systems
were installed in the same basic steps:
1. Perform the installation
2. Set up MDADM software RAID arrays
3. Change the home path to access the existing home drive on a software RAID
partition.
4. Reboot the computer
5. Install nfs-kernel-server
6. Set up NFS file shares
7. Try to connect to NFS file shares from another computer.
The first computer's network shares were inaccessible after completing NFS
server installation and configuration. It was eventually discovered that
firewalld was running preventing RPC access from clients attempting to connect
to NFS shares. This required commands to be run to open ports for RPC access in
the firewalld profile.
As noted with the second computer it was found that firewalld was not installed
and the only difference at install time was in the option being selected to
install a web server,
The use cases for the installation of firewalld being installed as part of a
default installation without user choice should be reviewed.