docs/103956: [ patch ] [ handbook ] add a section about NFS locking to Handbook

[Roman Bogorodskiy]

The following reply was made to PR docs/103956; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Roman Bogorodskiy <novel at FreeBSD.org>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: docs/103956: [ patch ] [ handbook ] add a section about NFS locking to Handbook
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:25:33 +0400

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 An updated patch with a note about mount_nfs -L, as simon@ suggested.
 
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      </sect2>
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      <sect2>
 +      <title>Locking</title>
 +     =20
 +      <para>Some applications (e.g. <application>mutt</application>)
 +        require file locking to operate correctly.  In the case of
 +        <acronym>NFS</acronym>, <application>rpc.lockd</application>
 +        can be used for file locking.  To enable it, add the following
 +        to the <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> file on both client
 +        and server (it is assumed that <acronym>NFS</acronym>
 +        client and server are configured already):</para>
 +=09
 +      <programlisting>rpc_lockd_enable=3D"YES"
 +rpc_statd_enable=3D"YES"</programlisting>
 +=09
 +      <para>Start the application by using:</para>
 +      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/etc/rc.d/nfslocking start</userinp=
 ut></screen>
 +
 +      <para>However, there is one more way of doing locking in
 +        <acronym>NFS</acronym> avaible.  It is possible to pass -L to
 +        <application>mount_nfs</application>, but it is suitable for
 +        local locking only. Refer to &man.mount.nfs.8; for details.</para>
 +    </sect2>
 +
 +    <sect2>
        <title>Practical Uses</title>
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        <para><acronym>NFS</acronym> has many practical uses.  Some of
 
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