Re: NFSv4.x export options to mark export as case-insensitive, case-preserving? Re: LInux NFSv4.1 client and server- case insensitive filesystems supported?

Chuck Lever
2025-09-09T16:12:08Z

On 9/9/25 12:06 PM, Cedric Blancher wrote:
> Due lack of a VFS interface and the urgend use case of needing to
> export a case-insensitive filesystem via NFSv4.x, could we please get
> two /etc/exports options, one setting the case-insensitive boolean
> (true, false, get-default-from-fs) and one for case-preserving (true,
> false, get-default-from-fs)?
>
> So far LInux nfsd does the WRONG thing here, and exports even
> case-insensitive filesystems as case-sensitive. The Windows NFSv4.1
> server does it correctly.

Hi Cedric,

Can you send a pointer to some documentation for the Windows NFSv4.1
implementation of this feature?

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Chuck Lever