On 22-Nov-04, at 6:56 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
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Thanks for that. I hadn't really thought of using NFS, but I'll look into it. I guess I am slightly reluctant to use NFS over WiFi, as I am not sure what will happen if the link breaks (as it does occasionally).
Also I suppose I would have to ensure that NFS did not try to run if I was away from my desktop. My recollection is that NFS hangs for a very long time if it does not succeed?
Yes, that would be one of the caveats; NFS will hang indefinitely waiting for the server to be available. Running it over the WiFi should be as secure as the WiFi itself (you're not running it unencrypted, are you?) I'm not quite sure I understand the meaning of your second-to-last statement. The desktop will run an NFS server and will export /var/spool/mail. Your laptop will be an NFS client, and could be configured to use an automounter to ensure that network traffic is kept to a minimum.
Brian -- Brian Richardson Software Developer Public Key available at http://www.cubik.ca/
