From: Jonathan Nicklin <jnicklin111@yahoo.com>
Subject: NFS Server Interoperability: Link and Rename
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:39:22 -0700 (PDT)
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All,

Over the last decade, there seems to have been quite a bit of discussion about whether NFS filehandles (V2/V3) are allowed to change as a result of a link or rename operation. Its appears that Linux includes the parent inode as part of the filehandle and while this does not appear to be in violation of the spec (depending on who you talk to), Im curious if anyone has noticed interoperability problems with clients on other platforms that are a result of server behavior as described above. For example, how does the Solaris v7/v8 client deal with such behavior. Its obvious that renames in the same directory would be fine, but what about cross directory renames and links?

Cheers,

Jonathan Case Nicklin





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<P>All,</P>
<P>Over the last&nbsp;decade, there seems to have been quite a bit of discussion about whether NFS filehandles (V2/V3)&nbsp;are allowed to&nbsp;change as a result of a link or rename operation. Its appears that Linux includes the parent inode as part of the filehandle and while this does not appear to be in violation of the spec (depending on who you talk to), Im curious if anyone has noticed interoperability problems with clients on other platforms that&nbsp;are a result&nbsp;of server behavior as described above. For example, how&nbsp;does the&nbsp;Solaris v7/v8 client deal with such behavior. Its obvious that renames in the same directory would be fine, but what about cross directory renames and links?</P>
<P>Cheers,</P>
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