Does the Linux NFS client support SET_TO_CLIENT_TIME?

[Peter Staubach]

David Wuertele wrote:
> I have a make application building in an NFS mount that is getting confused by
> the server having different system time from the client.
>
> I don't have control over the system time of either host.
>
> My host is the only one mounting this particular direcotry, and my make process
> is the only one accessing files in that mount, so I think that it would be safe
> to mount it using the SET_TO_CLIENT_TIME feature of NFSv3 or NFSv4.
>
> I did some network sniffing and discovered that my client (a Linux box) is not
> using SET_TO_CLIENT_TIME.
>
> Does Linux support SET_TO_CLIENT_TIME?  How can I enable it?

SET_TO_CLIENT_TIME is used for system calls like utime() and utimes()
and is only applicable to SETATTR calls.

Otherwise, all file times are maintained by the server.

       ps