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Date:      Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:29:01 -0400
From:      Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/56461: FreeBSD client rpc.lockd incompatible with Linux server rpc.lockd
Message-ID:  <20040618212901.GA55428@pit.databus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040618211917.GF61448@elvis.mu.org>
References:  <20040618114929.GE58783@empiric.dek.spc.org> <20040618175121.GZ61448@elvis.mu.org> <20040618210840.GA53218@pit.databus.com> <20040618211917.GF61448@elvis.mu.org>

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On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 02:19:17PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> [040618 14:09] wrote:
> > 
> > Pardon an ignorant question, but what happens to unfortunate people who
> > have to talk to both Linux and non-quirky servers at the same time?  Is
> > there a way to detect what flavor of server you're talking to and adjust
> > accordingly?  That would be far better than a sysctl.
> 
> Mount option?  Can we do that these days?

I was really hoping for something not requiring user knowledge and
intervention.  pf seems to have some automatic os detection features,
for example, if I'm reading its manpage correctly.

-- 
Barney Wolff         http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf
I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.



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