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From: Raphael Clifford <raphael@clifford.net>
To: Ion Badulescu <lists@news.cs.columbia.edu>
Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: solaris server and firewalls
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:43:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F706A27.3050302@clifford.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309221148530.28207-100000@guppy.limebrokerage.com>

Ion Badulescu wrote:

>On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Raphael Clifford wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Ion Badulescu wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>However, as far as I know there is no mount program for Linux that
>>>supports WebNFS. Amd tried to implement it at some point, but the idea
>>>quickly died off for lack of interest and users. Maybe I'll have another 
>>>try at it some day, but if you're not using amd anyway then there is no 
>>>point in wasting my time...
>>> 
>>>      
>>>
>>I will happily use anything on the client side that will work.  Thanks 
>>very much for having a look at this.  I think a solution would be really 
>>useful. Especially as the internet is such an unpleasant place at the 
>>moment it seems a shame to have to open your firewall more than is 
>>strictly necessary :)
>>    
>>
>
>All right, I've implemented support for webnfs mounting in the latest beta 
>(b4) of am-utils 6.1. [This could also go into the FAQ, I guess.]
>
>However, if you're not currently using an automounter, switching to amd 
>could be somewhat of a tall order... It would be nice if webnfs support 
>was implemented in mount(8), as it's simple enough, but I won't be the one 
>to do it.
>
>Ion
>
>  
>
Ion,

That is fantastic news.  Just out of interest, who should I bug about 
mount? I couldn't seem to find a suitable maintainer listed anywhere.
Cheers,
Raphael




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  reply	other threads:[~2003-09-23 15:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-27 20:11 solaris server and firewalls Raphael Clifford
2003-09-08 11:09 ` Raphael Clifford
2003-09-12 12:29   ` Ion Badulescu
2003-09-14 18:32     ` Raphael Clifford
2003-09-23 13:21       ` Ion Badulescu
2003-09-23 15:43         ` Raphael Clifford [this message]
2003-09-23 18:08           ` Ion Badulescu

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