Re: [Gnu-arch-users] a global-scale txnal distributed filesystem

[Aaron Bentley]

Andrew Suffield wrote:
> Authentication and authorisation. With NFS, the answer is basically
> "don't"; it not only fails to even attempt to solve the problem, but
> makes it several times harder. You could only really use this in
> trusted environments.

Normally, NFS is deployed for networks, but for this purpose, it could 
actually be run on localhost, bound only to the loopback network device. 
 That would be abusing it as a way of implementing a userland 
filesystem, but considering the suffering it's put us through, it 
deserves a little abuse.

If you're implementing a userland filesystem, though, there are easier 
ways to achieve this; LUFS, FUSE, etc.  (Easier to code; harder to install.)

Aaron

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Aaron Bentley
Director of Technology
Panometrics, Inc.