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> >Why do you want this to work?  The kernel NFS server is probably a lot
> >more efficient.
> 
> Ah, yes, but the user mode one would be so much easier to change.  No need
> for continuous build/reboot/login cycles.  Once you have a user mode NFS
> server, you can tweak it to be a compressed file system, a crypto file system,
> or even an ftp converter.  I think it would be cool to just do:
> 
> $ cd /ftp/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD
> $ ls -l
> $ more README

There are already several user mode file systems which let you do exactly
this. Search for "Alex", for instance.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no