Re: [9fans] AUTH, FS, etc.

[Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 06:37:45PM +0900, okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp wrote:
> 
> I don't know exactly.  I wrote just my successfull route for you.  ^_^
> This is a temporal way untli the 3rd release will have all the capability
> which now my 2nd release have, then, I think it's enough if it works.
> 
Well, as it stands, 3ed has some way to go before it is ready for
shrink-wrap.  But this is the exciting stage, when the path ahead is
still being established.

> In our setting, we rarely experience the confusion by which file server
> responds, only once for a PC terminal.  Therefore, I suppose something
> very tricky conditions must be there.
> 
I'm sticking to the 2ed fileserver, because I have only 1542CP
adapters and only one host to run it on.  It seems to work just fine,
now that I've figured out most of the ins and outs.

What I can't quite decide is whether I need a second CPU server, or I
should update the 2ed one to 3ed.  I'm very keen to check out the new
mailer facilities of ACME and upas/fs.  My present facility is
adequate but ready to be improved on.

And I really need to grasp the DHCP/BOOTP aspects of the boot
procedure properly, both in 2nd and 3rd edition.

> Your network texture beyonds my understanding!   What are you doing
> on that network, anyway?  :-)
> 
Learning, mostly.  It takes me a long time to understand things to my
satisfaction, and I have far too many interests.  Occasionally, a
client will need something I learnt and will pay me for it :-)

The confusion is much greater when one looks at the NAT and IP filter
rules and the multihoming in place at the client whose Internet
services I'm privileged to share.

++L