From: Frank Cusack <fcusack@fcusack.com>
Subject: Re: NFS directory caching
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 03:32:58 -0700
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To: "Mikkelborg, Kjetil" <kjetil.mikkelborg@kongsberg.com>
In-Reply-To: <75587E33AC778145AACCE1601EEABF420D496F@kda-beexc-02.kda.kongsberg.com>; from kjetil.mikkelborg@kongsberg.com on Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 11:06:02AM +0200
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On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 11:06:02AM +0200, Mikkelborg, Kjetil wrote:
> How is it with directory caching in standard nfs client for linux? Is it
> existent at all? And if so, is there any way I can modify its timeout
> values for spesific mountpoint?

man 5 nfs

...

> It would be nice to eliminate the issue with extensive NFS directories
> in path problem, without altering the existing PATH setting, since for
> managment reasons it is much more easier to have most of the common
> tools on a NFS volume than installed on each workstation.

For some types of software, yes.  I would have disagreed until recently
(now that my site is moving away from that).

/fc


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