[K12OSN] nfs mount over samba?

[Julius Szelagiewicz]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Eric Harrison wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, John Baillie wrote:
>
> >Not that I need to do this, just curious. Are there any issues with
> >sharing an nfs mounted /home over samba?
>
> Yes, there are issues. It is generally not a good idea to re-export
> a remotely mounted filesystem.
>
> -Eric

actually, issues go deep enough for many Unices to disallow re-export by
default - e.g. hp-ux, aix. The biggest and insurmountable obstacle is file
and record locking, not only it is only advisory, it is very different for
nfs and samba. just say "Moe" to re-exporting. julius