Re: Public NFSv4 handle?

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On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 at 16:32, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 21:37 -0500, Tom Talpey wrote:
> > On 2/8/2024 7:19 PM, Dan Shelton wrote:
> > > ?
> > >
> > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 02:48, Dan Shelton <dan.f.shelton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > Do the Linux NFSv4 server and client support the NFS public handle?
> >
> > Are you referring the the old WebNFS stuff? That was a v2/v3 thing,
> > and, I believe, only ever supported by Solaris.
> >
>
> One more try! I think my MUA was having issues this morning.
>
> NFSv4.1 supports the PUTPUBFH op:
>
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8881.html#name-operation-23-putpubfh-set-p
>
> ...but this op is only for backward compatibility. The Linux server
> returns the rootfh (as it SHOULD).

No, I do not consider this "backward compatibility". The "public"
option is also intended for public servers, like package mirrors (e.g.
Debian), to have a better solution than http or ftp.

What does it take to implement a "public" export option?

Dan
-- 
Dan Shelton - Cluster Specialist Win/Lin/Bsd




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