[Dovecot] dotlock O_EXCL query

[Timo Sirainen]

On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 17:09 +1000, derek kit hoong foo wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I was wondering if someone can assist with clarifying why O_EXCL does not
> always work with NFS. Is it related to NFS protocol version support
> or export permissions mode out of the Celerra/Netapp ( e.g: mixed mode, unix
> file permissions ? )

As far as I know, it requires NFSv3 and your NFS client must support it
also. From Linux NFS FAQ:

"It's worth noting that until early 2.6 kernels, O_EXCL creates were not
atomic on Linux NFS clients."

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