Messages in this thread | | | From | (H.J. Lu) | Subject | Re: kexportfs features | Date | Sun, 13 Sep 1998 00:36:07 -0700 (PDT) |
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> > >>>"G. Allen Morris III" said: > > There are several improvements that I need to be made to kexportfs > > IMHO. > > > > 1. The Clients should be stored in xtab as IP numbers.
I just realize that it won't work since
1. A host can have more than 1 IP addresses. 2. A host can have dynamic IP address.
> > Right now kmountd can hang for a long time on start-up > > trying to resolve names. It calls auth_init before > > it forks. I don't see any down side to this, but I > > can be myopic at times.
I moved auth_init to just before svc_run.
> > > > 2. If the kernel rejects an export kexportfs still makes an > > entry in the xtab file. This would not be a problem except > > that the order that kmountd will mount these after a reboot > > is not clear.
I will fix it.
> > > > 3. The command `kexport -u bob:/usr' should unexport bob.site.net if > > that is what `bob' resolves to. I think that fixing 1. above will > > fix this problem as well. Since all lookups can be done by IP.
I will find another fix.
> > 4. There needs to be a `devived export' list. The problem is that if there > is a wildcard export like :/. If host `A' mounts / and then > `kexportfs -au' is executed followed by a `kexportfs -a' host `A' will > get a `Stale file handle' error until `kexport A:/' is executed. > Anyone have ideas on the best way to handle this problem? >
I have some ideas on that.
-- H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)
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