Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 06:39:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user-mode nfs daemon Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970612063824.12954D-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <199706120856.SAA25570@ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au>
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In this vein has anyone seen ZipMagic for Win95/NT? Makes all your compressed files look like directories. Its s00per nifty. On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Stephen McKay wrote: > 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 > > I think a user mode NFS server could become a hotbed of interesting > development. All sorts of border-line-insane file system ideas could > be explored with little danger to your kernel, and hence the rest of > your file systems. What was that recent thread about a "tar" file system? > Could scotty be interfaced with an NFS server to produce a file system of > SNMP data? Could the DNS be similarly mapped? A special exploded CVS > view where every release tree and every file revision is available for > instant examination with ls, more, diff, wc, or whatever. > > All crazy, but kind of interesting. Maybe some are even useful. > > Stephen. > /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */
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