Does showmount ever forget?

Guy Harris guy at auspex.auspex.com
Sat Jul 28 04:29:15 AEST 1990


>I added 'rm /etc/rmtab; touch /etc/rmtab' in /etc/rc.local, to ensure that the
>file is cleaned up on reboot.  What other files should be but aren't removed on
>restart?

Err, I don't think I said that file *should* be cleaned up on reboot. 
The reason I didn't say that is that the fact that a *server* reboots
doesn't directly change what file systems its *clients* have mounted. 
As such, "/etc/rmtab" is *not* one of the files that "should be but
[isn't] removed on restart"....

If you ream "/etc/rmtab" out on reboot, you might as well just try
symlinking it to "/dev/null" and be done with it; that'll keep the
server from ever sending out those broadcast messages, but some might
consider that a feature.... 



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