From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: inotify and nfsd exported filesystem Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:29:16 -0500 Message-ID: <20080122202916.GL24697@fieldses.org> References: <120329353@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: devzero-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org Return-path: Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([66.93.2.214]:60160 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751054AbYAVU3R (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:29:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: <120329353-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 09:26:24PM +0100, devzero-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org wrote: > hello ! > > it seems that accessing a file via knfsd exported filesystem doesn`t > create an appropriate event with inotify-tools, i.e. i cannot "see" > that this file has been accessed. What do you mean by "accessing"--is it just reads that are missed? Writes as well? Other kinds of modications of the filesystem? --b. > no problems if acess that file on the same machine via userspace - but > accessing from a remote box via nfs just fails. > > can somebody confirm this issue? > > is this by design or is this a bug?