From: Alexander Pass (ampass@ftp.com)
Date: 07/22/98-11:30:42 AM Z
Message-ID: <35B613B2.767F@ftp.com> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:30:42 -0400 From: Alexander Pass <ampass@ftp.com> Subject: Re: NFSv4 - Export enumeration Brent Callaghan wrote: > > David Robinson" <David.Robinson@eng.sun.com> writes: > >With the advent of much more sophisticated directory services than > >existed in 1984, should we as part of this working group define how > >exported filesystems should be stored in an LDAP? If we do we > >could go a long way towards a standard way to globally record namespace > >structure. > > I think the solution space is perhaps too wide at the moment > to focus this working group on NFS naming. No doubt NFS files > will be located by multiple naming systems (NIS, NIS+, XFN, NDS, ...) > as well as LDAP and different schemas will exist for them all. > > My own preference is that we follow the lead of WWW naming using > URLs to locate files on servers and URNs for higher-level, location > independent naming or even the use of the Service Location Protocol > to locate collections of files. > > Brent We should not lose any EXISTING functionality in the new version of the protocol. Otherwise client implemetors, to preserve their EXISTING functionality, will need to use old MOUNTD with all the consequences for firewalls etc. Sasha
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