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Date:      Wed, 20 May 2009 17:44:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
To:        Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r192463 - head/sys/fs/nfsserver
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.63.0905201743530.22489@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca>
In-Reply-To: <eaa228be0905201229m2fcd024t58c29206776e0a30@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <200905201858.n4KIw7Fc040619@svn.freebsd.org> <eaa228be0905201229m2fcd024t58c29206776e0a30@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, 20 May 2009, Juli Mallett wrote:

> When client ids have been run out of, does that put something into a
> dangerous state (insecure or crash-prone)?  Isn't it better to let the
> administrator make the decision of when to reboot the machine?
>
Don't worry, it's never going to happen. A new clientid is typically issued
once/mount. This happens after 2**32 new ones are issued during this boot
instance. At an average rate of 1/sec, thats about 136 years.

Have fun, rick



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