Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!att!ulysses!ulysses.att.com!ekrell From: ekrell@ulysses.att.com (Eduardo Krell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: (was slashes, now NFS devices) Message-ID: <14368@ulysses.att.com> Date: 24 Feb 91 19:40:16 GMT References: <1991Feb22.141910.17013@decuac.dec.com> <14363@ulysses.att.com> <1991Feb24.041451.13769@chinet.chi.il.us> Sender: netnews@ulysses.att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Lines: 13 In article <1991Feb24.041451.13769@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes: >Unless you want to run diskless on the local machine, in which case >the local machine needs somewhere to put the names of its own devices. yes, I'm aware of this. But it seems like a poor excuse to do it the other way. I agree that there should be a way of telling the server to interpret special files remotely or locally. How about symbolic links? Should absolute symbolic links be always interpreted on the client? the server? why? Eduardo Krell AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ UUCP: {att,decvax,ucbvax}!ulysses!ekrell Internet: ekrell@ulysses.att.com Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com