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From: wlyle@sjuphil.uucp (Wayne Lyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pyramid
Subject: Re: Pyramid NFS and File locking
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.212459.27907@sjuphil.uucp>
Date: 13 Feb 91 21:24:59 GMT
References: <9102121748.AA08400@logdis1.hq.aflc.af.mil>
Reply-To: wlyle@sjuphil.UUCP (Wayne Lyle)
Organization: Saint Joseph's University
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In article <9102121748.AA08400@logdis1.hq.aflc.af.mil> hassler@LOGDIS1.HQ.AFLC.AF.MIL (Barry Hassler (CDC);LMSC/SXSN) writes:
>I am interested in finding out about any other Pyramid sites that are using
>NFS, and their feelings regarding the lack of file locking. Opinions either
>way are welcome (it isn't needed, or we can't do without). 
>

	We are really crushed by the fact that there is no lockd.  We have two
9825s - we mainly use WordPerfect, and have been forced to turn off the
file-locking mechanism for that program because without it WP would not allow
for access to remote files.  We also use a couple of other programs that need
to check for file locking.  In those cases we just have to force the users to
use local disk.

	We did have a product on the Pyramid called "FreedomNet" which did get
around the problem.  It in turned caused a lot of network traffic.  We are now
trying to see if we can live without that. 

	I hope that Pyramid takes this to heart and gets this file locking
situation solved, or I may just solve the problem myself by getting rid of the
pyramids.

Wayne Lyle
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Wayne J. Lyle
Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman
Philadelphia, PA 19109
(215) 875-8583