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- From: curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806)
- Subject: Re: NFS cookies
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- Message-ID: <Bz7y89.2MxA@austin.ibm.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:24:09 GMT
- References: <7594@fury.BOEING.COM>
- Organization: IBM AWD, Austin
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- In article <7594@fury.BOEING.COM> krm@sdc.boeing.com (Keith Michaels) writes:
- >Also, is there any truth to the rumor that the first byte of the cookie is
- >reserved for use by the client? I can't find any code to substatiate
- >that. If it's true, it also cuts down on the cookie range.
-
- The cookie is generated by the server and is supposed to be opaque
- right? Clients shouldn't look at it. They shouldn't even care what's
- in it.
-
- I vaguely remember seeing code somewhere in someone's NFS implemen-
- tation, (And I've seen lots of implementations now,) where the client
- used it to see how far to increment some value for the next readdir (or
- something like that.) If the client's doing that, he's broken. He's
- violating the protocol.
-
- But if some client doesn't work right with your server and their
- support organization is no help to you, that isn't much consolation is
- it?
- --
- curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Curt L. Finch) | AIX NFS/NIS Field Quality
- My views are unrelated to my employer's | Austin, TX
- There'll be too many elderly in 30 years for your kids to afford all the FICA.
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