(SCO) TCP/IP, NFS vs locking

[Bruce A. McIntyre]

In article <193910 at neabbs.UUCP>, richard at neabbs.UUCP (RICHARD RONTELTAP) writes:
> In a recent issue of one of the popular computer magazines.
  
>> "Because NFS is stateless, it doesn't support locking directly.
>> Locking is implemented using separate lock managers ..."
  
> Does this mean that NFS does *NOT* support standard System V locking?
> Will I have to buy a new version of C-ISAM, or kludge around it with
> a custom file-lock over a LAN, before using C-ISAM functions?

Yes, it means that it does NOT support standard SysV locking.  but it
does support it's own variation.
  
> The NFS is a main reason for us to upgrade from SCO XENIX to SCO UNIX.
> But if everything has to be done by hand...
                                                                        
> Does SCO have (will SCO have) AT&T's RFS? This, though less popular
> than NFS, should provide completely transparant services on remote
> UNIX machines.

You can get the AT&T STREAMS (RFS) package for SCO UNIX from SCO.  It
also comes with XENIX-NET if you are hooking PC's to the XENIX host..

Give your SCO reseller a call.

bruce
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