Setup Type

Choose the setup type to determine which components are installed on your computer.

• Typical - Installs the full Solstice NFS Client product: NFS and Printing support, NFS Server, Printer Server, and PC-CacheFS.

• Compact - Installs a portion of Solstice NFS Client: NFS and Printing support, and PC-CacheFS.

• Custom - Allows you to choose which components and subcomponents to install. Select the component and click Change to see the list of subcomponents for that component.

Authentication Server

If you choose Custom as the setup type, you can specify an authentication server or select Broadcast (the default). The authentication server is the server running the rpc.pcnfsd daemon.

If you specify an authentication server, your client will use only the specified server to check user permissions.

If you select Broadcast, the client will broadcast for an authentication server. Solstice Network Client uses the first server that responds to the broadcast.

Enable or Disable File Locking/Sharing

If you choose Custom as the setup type, you can enable or disable file locking/sharing. Some applications (MS Office, for example) use file locking to request exclusive access to data files. If you are working in a network environment that allows other users to access files you are working on, enabling the file locking/sharing option will safeguard the data in your files.

Some servers do not support file locking (Solstice NFS Server, for example). If you enable file locking/sharing and then attempt to mount drives from an NFS server that does not support file locking, you will not be able to map drives, browse exports, or read and write files on that server.

The default is to disable file locking/sharing.

Enable User Work Environments

If you choose Custom as the setup type, you can select whether or not to mount the /opt/MSPolicy directory from the PCNFSD server. Support for user views, site policies, and script interpreter requires the administrator to create a directory named /opt/MSpolicy on the PCNFSD server. By default, this directory is mounted by the client during login.

If you disable this option, the client will not mount the /opt/MSPolicy directory. However, with this option disabled, you will not be able to run the script interpreter or download user profiles directly from the selected PCNFSD server.

If you enable this option (the default), the client will attempt to mount the /opt/MSPolicy directory. This will increase login time slightly.

For more information about managing Windows 95 and NT clients see the Solstice Network Client Administration and Maintenance Guide.