OPEN Share Support in NFS Version 4

The NFS version 4 protocol provides several file-sharing modes that the client can use to control file access by other clients. A client can specify the following:

• DENY_NONE mode permits other clients read and write access to a file.

• DENY_READ mode denies other clients read access to a file.

• DENY_WRITE mode denies other clients write access to a file.

• DENY_BOTH mode denies other clients read and write access to a file.

The Solaris NFS version 4 server fully implements these file-sharing modes. Therefore, if a client attempts to open a file in a way that conflicts with the current share mode, the server denies the attempt by failing the operation. When such attempts fail with the initiation of the open or create operations, the Solaris NFS version 4 client receives a protocol error. This error is mapped to the application error EACCES.

Even though the protocol provides several sharing modes, currently the open operation in Solaris does not offer multiple sharing modes. When opening a file, a Solaris NFS version 4 client can only use the DENY_NONE mode.

Also, even though the Solaris fcntl system call has an F_SHARE command to control file sharing, the fcntl commands cannot be implemented correctly with NFS version 4. If you use these fcntl commands on an NFS version 4 client, the client returns the EAGAIN error to the application.