Subject: Re: nfs bug?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/01/2004 20:42:53
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 12:41:29PM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 02:02:21PM -0700, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> > the microsoft NFS server apparently expects the client to perform
> > the recursion necessary to support rm -r, and the NetBSD NFS client
> > isn't properly handling that case.
>
> Uhm, no. That's not the problem. While there is a problem in the
> client, it is not "the client's not handling how the Windows server
> works." As I noted previously, My 1.6 and 1.6ZK NFS clients get this
> scenario right; they issue all the correct remove calls.

that's whacky.

who's the NFS steward these days?

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com
  "someday the industry will have throbbing frontal lobes and will be able
  to write provably correct software.  also, I want a pony." -- Zach Brown