Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:42:42 +0100 | From | Marc Lehmann <> | Subject | Re: recursive exports && linux nfs |
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On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 11:54:46PM +0100, Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> wrote: > > 2) using: I can do cd /nfs/fs, but the directoy is always empty, and when I > > try to step into a subdirectory I always get "No such file or directory". > > > > Thanks a lot for any insights, even if this means "this is not supported" > > ;) > > This can't be supported, afaict, because nfs handles have limited > size.
Ehrm, did you really read my mail? Most people told me something like "recursive exports are not supported" (actually, they are and they work), and it seems nobody really read what I wrote :(
My problem is that autofs doesn't work. Example:
/ reiserfs /fs autofs /fs/big ext2
When I exportfs /, /fs AND /fs/big then I can mount /fs on another box, but it is always empty, even if something (e.g. /fs/big) is mounted and can be accessed fine the whole time. Automounting doesn't work, either, of course.
Another (less grave) problem is that exportfs (and/or rpc.nfsd) require network access and access to the volume, so they a) mount all automounted directories (VERY expensive) and require network access (making all clients NOT survive a reboot).
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