Subj : Re: Future-proofing DOS BBSs
To   : j0HNNY a1PHA
From : Ben Collver
Date : Fri Feb 16 2024 22:33:36

  Re: Re: Future-proofing DOS BBSs
  By: j0HNNY a1PHA to akacastor on Fri Feb 16 2024 15:19:07

JA> Ah, OK. Have you used EtherDFS? Don't know how reliable it is, but
JA> it's a lot easier setup than MSFT setup (at least when using FreeDOS).

I scanned ethersrv-linux.c and found that file locking is a NOP.
If i understand correctly, this means that EtherDFS is NOT suitable for
communication between multiple concurrent BBS nodes if they rely on
SHARE.EXE style locking.

```
  } else if ((query == AL_LOCKFIL) || (query == AL_UNLOCKFIL)) { /* 0x0A / 0x0B
*/  
    /* I do nothing, except lying that lock/unlock succeeded */
```

-Ben

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