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Date:      Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:58:17 +0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Cc:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NetWare client in -current 
Message-ID:  <19990910155817.D6DAE1CA8@overcee.netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:19:26 -0400." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909101118140.14497-100000@sasami.jurai.net> 

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"Matthew N. Dodd" wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> > On 10-Sep-99 Boris Popov wrote:
> > >       mount_nwfs      - similar to mount_nfs
> > >       ncplogin        - creates permanent connection to a NetWare server
> > >                         without an actual mount,                         
> > >       ncplogout       - destroy permanent connection,
> > >       ncplist         - displays various information about client itself
> > >                         and NetWare servers,
> > >       ncprint         - allows to send job to NetWare printer,
> > >       ncpsend         - sends message to NetWare user or server console,
> > >       ncplpd          - simple NetWare print server,
> > >       ncpurge         - purge specified salvagable files,
> > >       ncpsvc          - remote control for a NetWare server,
> > >       ncpasswd        - allows to change password for a NetWare user.
> > 
> > Is there any reason to not have it as a port?
> > 
> > The only possible candidate for contrib'ifying I could see would be
> > mount_nwfs because building it without the kernel source could be a
> > problem, but the rest of it could be a port I think :)
> 
> Thats like suggesting we make the 'ipfw' command a port and leave the
> kernel bits in the tree.  Since all this stuff depends on being in sync,
> the only reasonable way to do this is to put it in the tree.

Or having mount_nfs in the base but moving nfsd/nfsiod/nfsstat to ports.
:-)

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au



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