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If I have two servers using the same directory, there is potential for
the two stepping on each other's toes.

Here's a suggestion: when a server is first activated, it writes
something special to its directory which says what server `owns' that
directory.

But even before that, each server looks to see if some other server
has already written that the directory is `owned' by it.  When this
happens, a warning is issued or something like that.

Of course, given a directory d, all backends should use the same
method for `claiming' the directory; else they might trample on each
other's territory after all.

Also, maybe we want to put the claiming information inthe active
file.  Maybe in the directory _and_ in the active file?

Thoughts?
kai
-- 
GNU/Linux provides a nice `poweroff' command, but where is `poweron'?