Re: [Tracker] how to handle this case (nfs share home directory among two PC)

[Jerry Tan <Jerry Tan Sun COM>]

jamie wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 21:28 +0800, Jerry Tan wrote:
>   
> > I have two PC, both have its own OS,
> > but one account share the same home directory by nfs share.
> >
> > I can run trackerd on one PC,
> >
> > but can not start trackerd on another PC, because there is a lock.
> >
> >
> > How can I use tracker  on this PC?
> >
> >
> >     
>
> you risk corruption if NFS file locking is broken which is why we
> disabled it
>
> we had an option to move lock file to /tmp rather than $Home to allow
> multiple sessions from a central NFS home dir to be run - I will
> reenable it I suppose shortly
>
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How about this?

when the first trackerd runs from one PC, it own the lock.

if one guy wants to start trackerd from another PC, tracker found the 
lock is there,
then it will start with noindex option,    it can still handle user request,
then tracker-search-tool can work on it also.