Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:56:46 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Hamish Archer <hamish.archer@peace.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nfs lockd? Message-ID: <379DD6BE.C8E72A4A@gorean.org> References: <379D432B.3D508EA9@peace.com>
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Hamish Archer wrote: > > I have just installed a shiny new copy of FreeBSD... > > allegro# uname -a > FreeBSD allegro.peace.co.nz 3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #0: Tue May > 18 04:05:08 GMT 1999 jkh@cathair:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 > > I really need to use rpc.lockd but I am little put off by the line in > /etc/defaults/rc.conf.... > > rpc_lockd_enable="NO" # Run NFS rpc.lockd (*broken!*) if > nfs_server. > > I have turned it on and tested it. All seems OK. Can anyone tell me what > is broken? It tells the remote client, "You want a lock? OK, here's a lock" but it doesn't actually lock anything. In most cases that is sufficient, but if you are serving something like a database that will be accessed by lots of simultaneous users, it could be bad. Good luck, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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