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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


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