From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 14:32:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2FF516A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:32:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.numachi.com (meisai.numachi.com [198.175.254.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 592C843D82 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:30:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: (qmail 60870 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2004 22:28:34 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by meisai.numachi.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 2004 22:28:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 77853 invoked by uid 1001); 23 Jan 2004 22:28:34 -0000 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:28:34 -0500 From: Brian Reichert To: Doug White Message-ID: <20040123222834.GA50907@numachi.com> References: <20040120144747.GB13132@snickers.dahoam> <20040121022923.GB17110@snickers.dahoam> <20040123120155.A61090@carver.gumbysoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040123120155.A61090@carver.gumbysoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: Namik Dala cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS: Processes marked "in disk" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:32:02 -0000 On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 12:03:08PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > For the record, > > It is NOT RECOMMENDED to put mail spools on NFS volumes. NFS locking is > not reliable and you WILL get corrupted spools or other wierd locking > behavior. Particularly with FreeBSD where NFS locking just started > working in 5.x. In 4.x, it was all a sham :-) FWIW: the qmail folks have a mailbox format they say is safe for NFS: I missed the beginning of the thread, so I apologize if OP's question was sendmail-specific... > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org -- Brian Reichert 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large