Re: openldap via nfs

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 11:51 AM 6/8/00 +0200, Brodmann, Andreas wrote:
>I would like to run openldap on a diskless linux
>application server.
>Does anyone know wheter it is save to run openldap
>if the whole filesystem is nfs mounted?

I suspect it is safe as slapd *should* be the only
process accessing the DB.  However, you might read
the manual for the LDBM you are using to be sure.

>Or are there any known locking problems?

Just don't run any ldbm tools while slapd is active
(which you should never do anyways).

>If so, would it be a save work-around to run the
>rpc.lockd?

rpc.lockd likely won't help or harm the situation.