: RE: Comments by torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
: > O_CREAT | O_EXCL is fundamentally broken in NFSv2 - this is not a linux
: > issue, it's simply how NFS works. There's no way to work around it: NFS v2
: > is so stateless that you simply cannot do locking with a O_CREAT.
: >
: > Linus
: Is there any way to create a file atomically via NFS.. even without locking
: it?? What is the status of v3 and Linux??
: Is there a "better" alternative to using NFS servers for email storage? May-
: be coda or AFS?? How are others using Linux to implement distributed email
: servers?
What is wrong with the POSIX record lock over NFS? I am using it now.
# df /var/spool/mail
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
ocean:/var/spool/mail
85520 15979 65125 20% /var/spool/mail
But you need my knfsd package.
H.J.
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