Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseudo root
Stevan Steve Allen <scallen@us.ibm.com> Mon, 17 May 2004 17:07 UTC
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Subject: Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseudo root
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Clarification: Except for the v4 pseudo root, the server supports readdir, Thanks, Stevan C. Allen On May 17, 2004, at 6:15 AM, Jim Rees wrote: > Seems like the server would return an "empty" response for READDIR > on this special server. > > But that would be wrong too. That would imply the directory is empty. > I > can imagine a client that would get very confused by this. Suppose, > for > example, the client caches directory contents after a successful > READDIR, > and uses the cached copy for subsequent lookups. I think > NFS4ERR_ACCESS is > the only acceptable response. Spencer wrote: I don't have a strong opinion. Either response will likely be a call generator for the interactive user: "I don't see the files I expect to see" or "I get an error when I try to 'ls' the directory". With tongue firmly planted in cheek, the server could respond to the READDIR response with a single entry with a name of: "This server does not support the READDIR operation" > > This also implies that clients must use LOOKUP to traverse the > server's namespace on things like traditional mount operations that > a client would do. > > Yes. The client must be prepared for this anyway. In fact, the client > probably can't tell and doesn't care whether it's in a pseudo-fs or a > real > one. > > _______________________________________________ > nfsv4 mailing list > nfsv4@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nfsv4 _______________________________________________ nfsv4 mailing list nfsv4@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nfsv4
- [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseudo ro… Stevan Steve Allen
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Spencer Shepler
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Stevan Steve Allen
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Jim Rees
- RE: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Noveck, Dave
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Spencer Shepler
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Jim Rees
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Spencer Shepler
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Stevan Steve Allen
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Stevan Steve Allen
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Stevan Steve Allen
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Stevan Steve Allen
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Jim Rees
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Haynes, Tom
- Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Haynes, Tom
- RE: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseud… Halevy, Benny