> O_CREAT | O_EXCL is fundamentally broken in NFSv2 - this is not a linux
> issue, it's simply how NFS works. There's no way to work around it: NFS v2
> is so stateless that you simply cannot do locking with a O_CREAT.
>
> Linus
Is there any way to create a file atomically via NFS.. even without locking
it?? What is the status of v3 and Linux??
Is there a "better" alternative to using NFS servers for email storage? May-
be coda or AFS?? How are others using Linux to implement distributed email
servers?
James Puckett
Director of Network Operations
Optilink Communications, Inc.
(912) 245-8100
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