According to this, sqlite locking doesn’t work properly with NFS, and one 
presumes, other network filesystems?

https://sqlite.org/faq.html

As more things on macOS now use sqlite to store settings, does this mean that 
network homes on macOS are fundamentally broken?

It would explain all the cases of seeing people’s Firefox and Mail.app refuse 
to quit at logout. 

*sigh*


Stefano


> On 27 Oct 2018, at 09:24, Stefano Mori <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Are there known problems with using anything sqlite related when the database 
> files are on a network home?
> 
> Symptoms include, trying to add an account in System Preferences > Internet 
> Accounts, and the panel freezing up, or even if that part worked, at sporadic 
> later times, Mail.app claiming it doesn’t have credentials. Likewise, Firefox 
> freezing, and well, basically any of the apps which use sqlite databases 
> stored in the home folder seem affected or are reporting things in logs
> 
> It is sporadic so I’m just wondering if there’s known issues, or if there’s 
> something odd about my setup and I should be looking at other causes.
> 
> This is all on Mac OS X 10.11.6 for clients and servers (because Macs last so 
> long), with either afp or smbfs.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Stefano
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> MacOSX-talk mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk

_______________________________________________
MacOSX-talk mailing list
[email protected]
http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk

Reply via email to