Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 19:29:29 GMT From: Adam David <adam@ubiq.veda.is> To: rkw@dataplex.NET (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questionable decision Message-ID: <199511141929.TAA13034@ubiq.veda.is> References: <v02130500accb94a7103e@[199.183.109.242]>
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>In order to save space, etc., the termcap in /etc was replaced by a >symbolic link to /usr/share ... >Since /usr/share is a prime candidate for nfs, I mounted it from another machine >If the mount goes as expected, everything is great. >But what if eel is down? >Now login doesn't want to let me in because it cannot recognize by terminal :-( >I have copied termcap from shared storage to /etc. IMHO, since login >requires the file, it is a REQUIRED configuration file. Therefore it should >be in the required configuration area, /etc. Have you tried mounting /usr/share/misc/termcap on top of a minimal /etc/termcap file using options soft,union ? This would do what you expect, if union mounting applies also to regular files and if soft,union implies that the underlying filesystem is accessed if the union-mounted layer fails due to a hanging server. This requires specifying the -r flag to mountd on the server machine. If it doesn't work, why not? and why shouldn't it work? -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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