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Date:      Thu, 26 Feb 1998 20:04:13 -0500
From:      "Evan Champion" <evanc@synapse.net>
To:        "Joao Carlos Mendes Luis" <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br>, <viren@rstcorp.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 2.2.6 for NFS server
Message-ID:  <002401bd431b$9e9d7860$c9252fce@cello.synapse.net>

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>A big problem you'll find with FreeBSD as a NFS server is that its
>rpc.lockd is a fake.  It'll always answer "Ok" to requesting clients,
>but it'll never make a real file lock.  This is specially bad if you
>plan to mount your mail directory over NFS.


Run qmail with maildirs; then even if you can't lock, delivering mail over
NFS is safe.

Evan



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