From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 30 19:48:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA02543 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 19:48:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cais.cais.com (root@cais.com [199.0.216.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA02527 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 19:47:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [205.252.122.1]) by cais.cais.com (8.8.5/) with SMTP id WAA03126; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:47:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [205.252.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA12656; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:47:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:47:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: Robert Withrow cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NFS V3 is it stable? In-Reply-To: <199707010205.WAA28727@spooky.rwwa.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Robert Withrow wrote: > > chuckr@glue.umd.edu said: > :- Samy, are you using NFS to mount the mail sppol directories? Since > :- nfs locking isn't in a very good condition, it's almost guaranteed to > :- fail. The mail directories are accessed bot for mail delivery and mail > :- pickup, and reliable locking is a top requirement. > > But... I am doing this without *any* problems with FBSD 2.1.[567], where the > mail spools are served by a Solaris system. I was going to upgrade > a bunch of systems to 2.2-release, but now I'm worried. IMO, This *must* > be made to work at least as well as it does in 2.1.[567]. > > And suggesting doing this another way is a non-starter, since in this > >1000 system shop, they aren't going to change things 'cause a dozen or > so FreeBSD systems get gas. They barely tolerate me as it is... > > (Hell, I only got them to NIS-serve AMD maps because they wanted to try > out AMD on some *sun* systems...) I don't know what to say to you. Must have been working by a freak timing accident. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 592 8935, Net: witr@rwwa.COM > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------