Re: RPC protocol problem?

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> Dave Mitchell writes:
> > Anyway, am I correct in believing that the export bug only works if the
> > fileystem is exported to localhost, and not for the "real" local
> > hostname or aliases?
> >
> > Dave.
>
> It depends. On some systems, 127.0.0.1 maps to "localhost.their.domain"
> while on others it just maps to "localhost"
>
> If their mountd allows export to "*.their.domain", then theoretically,
> localhost will be included.
>
> Does this sound right?
>
> -Peter
>

  Heh.. I thought the bug works in both cases, it means when filesystem
  is exported to localhost and to machine.domain... I could be wrong,
  but what for should I export filesystems of my machine to LOCALHOST
  (to machine itself) ?  Will somebdy correct me ?	Thanx...

	--alx.


  Alexander L. Haiut		 	
  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
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