From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Subject: Re: making the 'addr=' mount option an address hint
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:45:45 -0400
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m=C3=A5 den 18.07.2005 Klokka 11:09 (-0700) skreiv Dan Stromberg:
> Another option would be to make programs that inspect the mount list
> (like the mount command :) optionally do a reverse lookup on IP
> addresses when listing mounts, or even have them do it by defauylt.

I fully agree, except on the last point: I'm not sure you want reverse
lookup to be the default behaviour. Consider, for instance, the case
where you have a multihomed server that runs different servers on
different IP addresses.

Cheers,
  Trond



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