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Date:      Tue, 4 May 1999 10:00:27 +0400 (MSD)
From:      "Sergey Ayukov (mailing lists)" <asv1@crydee.sai.msu.ru>
To:        Robert Clark <Robert.Clark@pii.com>
Cc:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NFSD limitations?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905040953150.13954-100000@crydee.sai.msu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990503153105.7215B-100000@rio.pii.com>

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On Mon, 3 May 1999, Robert Clark wrote:

> If you have to worry about drive letters, is the client running DOS? (Or
> something DOS derived?)

Yes, DOS clients and OS/2, my workplace. DOS-derived, you are right :-)

> If so, the samba may be a good fit for you. I believe it will allow all of
> the things you've asked about.

I use Samba for exporting to Windoze machines, and it does not have those
limitations and in general works fine. But I can't use it for DOS machines
with PC/NFS, and too lazy at the moment to try SMB-capable OS/2 component.

> > > > 2) NFS mount does not seem to go through local filesystems. E.g., I have 
> > > > another disk mounted on /vol1/ftp/.1 and want export of /vol1/ftp to
> > > > transparently "bleed" through to /vol1/ftp/.1 ?
> > > 
> > > NFS mounts do not cross mountpoints.  You'll have to mount that yourself.
> > 
> > Pity. That results in two additional drive letters :-( Ugly.

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Dr. Sergey Ayukov                          Sternberg Astronomical Institute
http://www.ayukov.com                                        Moscow, Russia
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