Mike Mackovitch wrote: > > Note the cautionary phrases: > > >> However, some NFS clients do not cope >> well with this situation as, for instance, it is then >> possible for two files in the one apparent filesystem to >> have the same inode number. >> > >
Yes, this is a major one and one I did not articulate it well in my replies. This can be particularly nasty on servers which assign the same inode number to the root of the filesystem. >> This option can be very useful in some situations, but it >> should be used with due care, and only after confirming >> that the client system copes with the situation effectively. >> It isn't just the client that has to deal with it effectively - the server can get confused as well. If you have more than one share/export on the server, it can cause issues.
