Re: [webmin-devel] about NFS Exports Module

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 00:09, Jolly Frederic wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm working on a new version of the NFS Exports module, to add the support of 
> NFSv4.
> I've questions about the current module:
> 
> - the "Active?" field is a bit difficult to understand. What do you think 
> about a more common "Export Now / At boot / Both"?

I think the current settings are OK, as there can still presumably be a
button on the main menu to apply the current setting .. this would just
activate all exports that have been marked as active.

> - The fields: Make symbolic links relative (link_relative), Deny access to 
> directory (no_access), Don't trust UIDs (squash_uid) and Don't trust GIDs 
> (squash_gid) don't exist on Linux in NFSv3 nor in NFSv4.
> Do they exist for other OS? Did they exist in NFSv2 on Linux?
> Do you think they are still relevant?
> (theses options are passed to the command exportfs which ignores them).

The module is only for Linux, so you don't have to worry about other
OSs. They certainly work with NFSv2 though ..

Perhaps a good solution would be to detect the version of NFS in use,
and hide those options if they are not supported?

 - Jamie