What linux lacks most - a decent remote fs

[Bob Kinney]

--- Ian Chapman <packages at amiga-hardware.com> wrote:

> Neal Becker wrote:
> > I used unix/linux for many years.  In the past we've used nfs.  But nfsv3
> > has no (useful) authentication.  Anyone can setup a rogue machine and
> > pretend to be any uid/gid.
> 
> What I'd like to see is a way to forcibly unmount broken hard NFS 
> mounts. umount -f seems to do squat.
> 
>

(Sorry about the incomplete prior post--stupid yahoo mail)

I thought that hard NFS mounts were a thing of the past--like the mid '90s.

Isn't it preferred to set them up with an automounter to prevent panic
when communication falters?

I've looked into it a little bit, and it seems like it can be done, but for
the frequency that I use NFS, I took the quick-and-dirty route.

--bk





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