Personal System Folders and NFS

[Matthias Urlichs]

In comp.unix.aux, article <HOSKING.90Dec1145333 at ibis.cs.umass.edu>,
  hosking at cs.umass.edu writes:
< I am having trouble with personal system folders (created using the
< systemfolder command) for users whose home directories are on an NFS-mounted
< volume. When the user logs in at the console things go really slowly, with
< some disk activity, then eventually the login just gives up and the Login
< dialogue box comes back. No error messages, nothing, just plain refusal to log
< in.

I saw this too. The System _file_ must not be on an NFS volume.
(I don't remember any more whether the System _Folder_ can be...)

I have no idea why. Can anyone (preferably at Apple...) check?

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