Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 05:15:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 05:15:09 -0500 Received: from p3EE0A7C2.dip.t-dialin.net ([62.224.167.194]:21753 "EHLO mail.plan9.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 05:14:53 -0500 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:42:42 +0100 From: Marc Lehmann To: Pavel Machek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: recursive exports && linux nfs Message-ID: <20001217104242.B9034@fuji.laendle> Mail-Followup-To: Pavel Machek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20001212103652.A13501@cerebro.laendle> <20001215235446.H9506@bug.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20001215235446.H9506@bug.ucw.cz>; from pavel@suse.cz on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 11:54:46PM +0100 X-Operating-System: Linux version 2.2.18 (root@fuji) (gcc version pgcc-2.95.2 19991024 (release)) X-Copyright: copyright 2000 Marc Alexander Lehmann - all rights reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 11:54:46PM +0100, Pavel Machek 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). -- -----==- | ----==-- _ | ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ Marc Lehmann +-- --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / pcg@opengroup.org |e| -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ XX11-RIPE --+ The choice of a GNU generation | | - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/