On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 07:45:45PM -0500, David T-G wrote: > % I would not design a production quality mail setup that relied on it > % if that is what you are asking. > Well, that's one way to answer it :-) I don't know enough to know > whether there are "right" and "wrong" ways to implement NFS so that > locking works or if it's just plain always bad.
The main trouble with NFS is that it's stateless, and locking is statefull. So you have two opposed systems trying to work with each other. Steve -- NetTek Ltd tel +44-(0)20 7483 1169 fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Flat 2, 43 Howitt Road, Belsize Park, London NW3 4LU mobile 07775 755503 Epage [EMAIL PROTECTED] [body only]
