From: iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: Please, make small change in NFS code Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 09:13:19 GMT
In article <1993Jun24.164639.1003@usl.edu> jpd@ucs.usl.edu (Dugal James P.) writes:
>I found a strange "feature" recently with NFS in 0.99 pl 9
>where it seems to export a subtree that it has mounted from
>another nfs server ... I know SunOS doesn't do this, and since
>I hoped to use this scheme to backup my system (but NOT the nfs-mounted
>subtrees) I view it as a bug, not a feature!
It's more a limitation of SunOS that you can only export certain things and
not re-export NFS mounted subtrees. The only bug is what happens when you
get a loop in the NFS mounts and the Linux nfsd hangs solidly.
I don't know what backup software you are using, but most of it allows you
to stick to a single filesystem (eg gnu tar does). That of course solves the
problem.
ALan