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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