NFS and fifos.

NFS and fifos.

[Dhruv Matani]

Hello,
  I can't seem to be able to use fifos on an NFS mount. Is there any
reason why this is disallowed, or is this is a bug? v.2.4.20.

ps. pl. cc to me.
Thanx in advance.


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Re: NFS and fifos.

[Arvind Kalyan]

On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>   I can't seem to be able to use fifos on an NFS mount. Is there any
> reason why this is disallowed, or is this is a bug? v.2.4.20.

Are both the processes (reader/writer) on the same machine? FIFOs are
local objects.

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Re: NFS and fifos.

[Dhruv Matani]

On 7/16/05, Arvind Kalyan <base16@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >   I can't seem to be able to use fifos on an NFS mount. Is there any
> > reason why this is disallowed, or is this is a bug? v.2.4.20.
> 
> Are both the processes (reader/writer) on the same machine? FIFOs are
> local objects.

Yes, but I'm accessing them through my remote[public] IP address.
The idea behind it is to have a fifo that works across the network
through an NFS mount. Is that possible?

I serched google for 'socket file', and all that I got was 'fifo', but
they are to be used only on a singl machine for communication between
2 or more applications, but couldn't find any file abstraction for
communication for processes on distinct machines. Do you know of any
such thing, cause I couldn't find any.


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> 


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Re: NFS and fifos.

[Jesper Juhl]

On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/16/05, Arvind Kalyan <base16@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >   I can't seem to be able to use fifos on an NFS mount. Is there any
> > > reason why this is disallowed, or is this is a bug? v.2.4.20.
> >
> > Are both the processes (reader/writer) on the same machine? FIFOs are
> > local objects.
> 
> Yes, but I'm accessing them through my remote[public] IP address.
> The idea behind it is to have a fifo that works across the network
> through an NFS mount. Is that possible?
> 
> I serched google for 'socket file', and all that I got was 'fifo', but
> they are to be used only on a singl machine for communication between
> 2 or more applications, but couldn't find any file abstraction for
> communication for processes on distinct machines. Do you know of any
> such thing, cause I couldn't find any.
> 

sockets.

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Re: NFS and fifos.

[Dhruv Matani]

On 7/16/05, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/16/05, Arvind Kalyan <base16@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >   I can't seem to be able to use fifos on an NFS mount. Is there any
> > > > reason why this is disallowed, or is this is a bug? v.2.4.20.
> > >
> > > Are both the processes (reader/writer) on the same machine? FIFOs are
> > > local objects.
> >
> > Yes, but I'm accessing them through my remote[public] IP address.
> > The idea behind it is to have a fifo that works across the network
> > through an NFS mount. Is that possible?
> >
> > I serched google for 'socket file', and all that I got was 'fifo', but
> > they are to be used only on a singl machine for communication between
> > 2 or more applications, but couldn't find any file abstraction for
> > communication for processes on distinct machines. Do you know of any
> > such thing, cause I couldn't find any.
> >
> 
> sockets.

Are sockets named files?

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Re: NFS and fifos.

[Willy Tarreau]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 11:25:01PM +0530, Dhruv Matani wrote:
> On 7/16/05, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 7/16/05, Arvind Kalyan <base16@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >   I can't seem to be able to use fifos on an NFS mount. Is there any
> > > > > reason why this is disallowed, or is this is a bug? v.2.4.20.
> > > >
> > > > Are both the processes (reader/writer) on the same machine? FIFOs are
> > > > local objects.
> > >
> > > Yes, but I'm accessing them through my remote[public] IP address.
> > > The idea behind it is to have a fifo that works across the network
> > > through an NFS mount. Is that possible?
> > >
> > > I serched google for 'socket file', and all that I got was 'fifo', but
> > > they are to be used only on a singl machine for communication between
> > > 2 or more applications, but couldn't find any file abstraction for
> > > communication for processes on distinct machines. Do you know of any
> > > such thing, cause I couldn't find any.
> > >
> > 
> > sockets.
> 
> Are sockets named files?

Unix sockets, yes. Look at /dev/log or /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 for example.
But they are local anyway, you cannot use them between two systems.

Willy

Re: NFS and fifos.

[Jesper Juhl]

On 7/16/05, Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 11:25:01PM +0530, Dhruv Matani wrote:
> > On 7/16/05, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 7/16/05, Arvind Kalyan <base16@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On 7/16/05, Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > >   I can't seem to be able to use fifos on an NFS mount. Is there any
> > > > > > reason why this is disallowed, or is this is a bug? v.2.4.20.
> > > > >
> > > > > Are both the processes (reader/writer) on the same machine? FIFOs are
> > > > > local objects.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, but I'm accessing them through my remote[public] IP address.
> > > > The idea behind it is to have a fifo that works across the network
> > > > through an NFS mount. Is that possible?
> > > >
> > > > I serched google for 'socket file', and all that I got was 'fifo', but
> > > > they are to be used only on a singl machine for communication between
> > > > 2 or more applications, but couldn't find any file abstraction for
> > > > communication for processes on distinct machines. Do you know of any
> > > > such thing, cause I couldn't find any.
> > > >
> > >
> > > sockets.
> >
> > Are sockets named files?
> 
> Unix sockets, yes. Look at /dev/log or /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 for example.
> But they are local anyway, you cannot use them between two systems.
> 
And for communicating between two systems TCP or UDP sockets work just fine.

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