Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:25:10 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jdli@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw (Jian-Da Li) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Re-Export NFS-partition ?! Message-ID: <199603262025.NAA15324@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603261625.AAA06195@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> from "Jian-Da Li" at Mar 27, 96 00:25:14 am
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> Is it possible to re-export remote NFS-mounted partition ?! > I am running 2.2-960323-SNAP... Possible? Or technically acceptable to do? In order: Yes, with a bit of hacking. No, it's not technically acceptable bacuse cache coherency issues make it intrinsically unsafe. There are also serious security problems that can result. It is not recommended in any situation. Perhaps you could tell us *why* you want to do this, and we can tell you why it's a silly idea or suggest rational alternatives... 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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