Re: lockd for debian ?
On Jun 24, Markus Diesmann wrote
> I need to export a mail directory from a Debian system to SGI and SUN
> machines. A few applications expect a lock daemon lockd on the exporting
> system. I seems that there is no such daemon for debian,
>
> We found an old Linux version 0.4 '95 from Olaf Kirch, but it does not
> seem to work reliable.
Olaf is working on a new kernel-based implementation of some of the NFS
stuff; the package "knfs" in project/experimental has it. I think it
requires 2.1.recent .
If you have the source, you could also recompile the SGI and SUN
applications to use "dotlocking" (the Debian locking mechanism per the
policy manual).
HTH,
Ray
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