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Subject: Re: RFC2224 support in Linux /sbin/mount.nfs4?
To: Dan Shelton <dan.f.shelton@gmail.com>,
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On 5/24/24 1:11 PM, Dan Shelton wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2024 at 23:46, Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey!
>>
>> On 5/14/24 5:57 PM, Dan Shelton wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> Solaris, Windows and libnfs NFSv4 clients support RFC2224 URLs, which
>>> provide platform-independent paths where resources can be mounted
>>> from, i.e. nfs://myhost//dir1/dir2
>>>
>>> Could Linux /sbin/mount.nfs4 support this too, please?
>> Why? What does it bring to the table that the Linux client
>> does already do via v4... with the except, of course, public
>> filehandles, which is something I'm pretty sure the Linux
>> client will not support.
> 
> This is NOT for Linux only. Every OS has its own system to describe
> shares, and not all are compatible. URLs are portable.
True... It is just clear to me how having NFS URLs are portable...
portable to whom?

> 
>>
>> So again why? WebNFS died with Sun... Plus RFC2224 talks
>> about v2 and v3... How does it fit in a V4 world.
> 
> This is NOT about WebNFS or SUN, this is to make the job of admins easier.
I'm all for making admins jobs easier... But what problem would NFS URLs
solve?

steved.
> 
> Dan