NFS and transactions?

[Matthias Andree]

Bjorn Graabek <bjorn at graabek.com> writes:

> In an earlier thread (as well as the release notes) it says you can't 
> use the latest versions of bogofilter unless your wordlists are stored 
> locally. I notice though, that the news file for the latest bogofilter 
> mentions that you can diable the transactions, does this mean that it IS 
> possible to store wordlists on an nfs volume (provided the 
> --disable-transactions parameter is used)?

That depends. It may work if your NFS implementation supports fcntl()
locking, but it is neither tested by the developers nor supported.

If it fails, your call to fix things.

Pure interest: what makes people want to use NFS for mail services in a
broader sense?

-- 
Matthias Andree