Re: [bug-inetutils] NFS server for GNU inetutils

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 06:07:39PM +0100, Richard Dawe wrote:
> Hola!

molt bones! :)

> Robert Millan wrote:
> [snip]
> > given that there's no decently portable NFS server around, I think it'd
> > be interesting to provide one with GNU inetutils.
> [snip]
> 
> You're talking about a user-space NFS server, right?

yes.

> That could be useful on
> Windows by building with Cygwin or Mingw. I don't know of any free NFS servers
> for Windows.

certainly. I was thinking on the upcoming GNU/FreeBSD system [1], but this may
be targeted for any platform.

[1] http://people.debian.org/~rmh/gnu-freebsd/

> NFS is a big beastie. IMNSHO perhaps it would be better to start another
> package - GNU nfsd?

well, i think inetutils is a good place for an NFSd, but i don't realy care
much on where to put it. the real point is that it gets maintained, recieves
feedback, etc. I'm willing to help, but i'm not able to maintain a GNU
package all on my own.

on the other hand, putting it in inetutils would give good "advertising"
so that current inetutils users would easily know there's an nfsd now.

-- 
Robert Millan