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Accessing NFS export locally: data consistency?

System I know has /etc/exports (redacted address range; NFSv4, Linux 5.8.3): /usr/users 192.168.68.0/255.255.255.128(rw,root_squash,sync,no_subtree_check) which is mounted on client machines (to ...
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Can fanotify modify files before access by other applications?

According to this, fanotify has “the possibility to read or modify files before access by other applications”. However, I can't find any example showing how this can be done. From what I understand, ...
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What are the costs of increasing `/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches` value?

In order to watch my home directory and all subdirectories recursively for 60 seconds: $ inotifywatch -v -r -t 60 /path You may get Failed to watch /path; upper limit on inotify watches reached! ...
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