Hi,

We're using 'DFSBACKUPMNTPNT NO'.
We never had any trouble with it.

Of course it would go wrong when a user decides to
create an endless loop or does his
own mounts somewhere, just like you said.
But what is the worst thing that could happen
when one of these thing occurs?
Sure, your backups would take forever, or
at least a very long time, but you'd probably
notice that something strange is going on before
you run out of storage or database space.
Then you can kill the backup and the user
who caused the problem.

Regards,

Alexander

On 15-Dec-00 Peter Dümpert wrote:

> Hi *SM'ers,
> 1. I'd like to know if anyone is using this option in the following
> format:
>       AFSbackupmntpnt NO
> 
> or the DFS-pendant
>       DFSbackupmntpnt NO
> 
> 2. anyone using this option in the above form could they report on positive 
> or BAD experiences (e.g. having trouble by users doing own "fs mounts"
> or having created cyclic mount points).
> Thanks for Your cooperation,
> -- 
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Alexander Verkooijen      SARA
Senior Systems Programmer Academic Computing
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