On Wed, 15 May 2024 at 23:46, Steve Dickson <steved@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hey! > > On 5/14/24 5:57 PM, Dan Shelton wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Solaris, Windows and libnfs NFSv4 clients support RFC2224 URLs, which > > provide platform-independent paths where resources can be mounted > > from, i.e. nfs://myhost//dir1/dir2 > > > > Could Linux /sbin/mount.nfs4 support this too, please? > Why? What does it bring to the table that the Linux client > does already do via v4... with the except, of course, public > filehandles, which is something I'm pretty sure the Linux > client will not support. This is NOT for Linux only. Every OS has its own system to describe shares, and not all are compatible. URLs are portable. > > So again why? WebNFS died with Sun... Plus RFC2224 talks > about v2 and v3... How does it fit in a V4 world. This is NOT about WebNFS or SUN, this is to make the job of admins easier. Dan -- Dan Shelton - Cluster Specialist Win/Lin/Bsd
