How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Solaris NFS Environment provides an overview of the Solaris NFS environment and autofs.

Chapter 2, NFS Administration provides information on how to set up NFS servers with NIS or NIS+ as your name service.

Chapter 3, NFS Reference presents background information on the security features of the NFS service as well as fundamental procedures for setting up and maintaining NFS security.

Chapter 4, Autofs Administration describes problems that might occur on machines using NFS services. It contains procedures for tracking NFS problems. Background and reference sections are also included.

Chapter 5, About Autofs provides procedures for setting up and using autofs. It also includes background, reference, and troubleshooting sections.

Appendix A, NFS Tunables lists several parameters that you can change to improve the NFS service. It includes instructions for making these changes.