Thanks Mates! I've seen those manuals but the bug I'm chasing doesn't seem to be documented ;) Just now that I got your attention :) one final clarification question: * the attribute cache (==metadata cache) is part of the nfs client code * the date (=file content) cache would be the normal linux caching Am I on the right track there? Cheers, Stefan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html