Re: output to a softlink over nfs

Klaas Vantournhout <no_valid_email@xxxxxxxx> writes:

Dear All,

Recently I was wondering about the following problem.

Assume that /nfs is an nfs mounted disk originally located on an other
computer and /tmp is a normal directory.

In /nfs I have a soft link /nfs/lnk which points to /tmp/dest

If I ask now a program that writes to /nfs/lnk, what happens over the
network? Does the data go over the network to /nfs/lnk to see that it
is a link and then goes back again over the network to /tmp/dest

or does nfs sends a message over the net that /nfs/lnk is a softlink to
/tmp/dest, and the program will write directly to /tmp/dest

I hope this was a bit clear,

Think about it.
Can the remote machine write to /tmp on your local machine?

No, it can't.

The local OS will look at the /nfs link, find out where the file
is and then write to it.
.

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