NFS and file locking

It looks like the new kernel has been released(2.6.0).

With it comes NFSv4 which supports file locking. The RFC can be found here
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3530.txt



On Saturday 13 December 2003 5:49 pm, Anthony Hologounis wrote:
> I am using redhat 9 on my home server. I share via NFS my moneydance data
> directory across 2 machines. However file locking doesn't seem to work. I
> just got my wife's machine moved over to redhat 9 and she will be using
> moneydance instead of quicken.
>
> File locking does seem to work when both users try to access the same file
> on one machine, but both users are logged into the same machine when this
> happens.
>
> I read somewhere that file locking isn't supported with NFS. I find that
> hard to believe though. Can someone set me straight?

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