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NFS Administration Guide
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Preface
Part I Introduction
Chapter 1 Solaris NFS Environment
NFS Servers and Clients
NFS File Systems
About the NFS Environment
NFS Version 2
NFS Version 3
NFS ACL Support
NFS Over TCP
Network Lock Manager
NFS Large File Support
NFS Client Failover
Kerberos Support for the NFS Environment
WebNFS Support
RPCSEC_GSS Security Flavor
Solaris 7 Extensions for NFS Mounting
About Autofs
Autofs Features
Part II All About NFS Services
Chapter 2 NFS Administration
Automatic File-System Sharing
How to Set Up Automatic File-System Sharing
Mounting File Systems
How to Mount at Boot Time
Example of a vfstab entry
How to Mount From the Command Line
How to Mount With the Automounter
Setting Up NFS Services
How to Start the NFS Services
How to Stop the NFS Services
How to Disable Large Files on an NFS Server
How to Use Client-Side Failover
How to Disable Mount Access for One Client
How to Mount an NFS File System Through a Firewall
How to Mount an NFS File System Using an NFS URL
Administering the Secure NFS System
How to Set Up a Secure NFS Environment With DH Authentication
How to Set Up a Secure NFS Environment With KERB Authentication
WebNFS Administration Tasks
Planning for WebNFS Access
How to Enable WebNFS Access
How to Browse Using an NFS URL
How to Enable WebNFS Access Through a Firewall
Strategies for NFS Troubleshooting
NFS Troubleshooting Procedures
How to Check Connectivity on an NFS Client
How to Remotely Check the NFS Server
How to Verify the NFS Service on the Server
How to Restart NFS Services
How to Warm-Start rpcbind
How to Identify Which Host Is Providing NFS File Service
How to Verify Options Used With the mount Command
NFS Error Messages
Chapter 3 NFS Reference
NFS Files
NFS Daemons
lockd
mountd
nfsd
statd
NFS Commands
clear_locks
mount
mount Options for NFS File Systems
Using the mount Command
umount
Using the umount Command
mountall
Using the mountall Command
umountall
Using the umountall Command
share
share Options
Setting Access Lists With the share Command
unshare
Using the unshare Command
shareall
Using the shareall Command
unshareall
Using the unshareall Command
showmount
Using the showmount Command
setmnt
Other Useful Commands
nfsstat
Using the nfsstat Command
pstack
rpcinfo
Using the rpcinfo Command
snoop
truss
How It All Works Together
Version 2 and Version 3 Negotiation
UDP and TCP Negotiation
File Transfer Size Negotiation
How File Systems Are Mounted
Effects of the -public Option and NFS URLs When Mounting
Client-Side Failover
Failover Terminology
What Is a Replicated File System?
Failover and NFS Locking
Large Files
How the WebNFS Service Works
WebNFS Limitations With Web Browser Use
The Secure NFS System
Secure RPC
DH Authentication
KERB Authentication
Using Secure RPC With NFS
Part III All About Autofs
Chapter 4 Autofs Administration
Setting Up Autofs
How to Start the Automounter
How to Stop the Automounter
Common Tasks and Procedures
Administrative Tasks Involving Maps
Modifying the Maps
How to Modify the Master Map
How to Modify Indirect Maps
How to Modify Direct Maps
Avoiding Mount-Point Conflicts
Accessing Non-NFS File Systems
How to Access CD-ROM Applications With Autofs
How to Access PC-DOS Data Diskettes With Autofs
Accessing NFS File Systems Using CacheFS
How to Access NFS File Systems Using CacheFS
Customizing the Automounter
How to Set Up a Common View of /home
How to Set Up /home With Multiple Home Directory File Systems
How to Consolidate Project-Related Files Under /ws
How to Set Up Different Architectures to Access a Shared Name Space
How to Support Incompatible Client Operating System Versions
How to Replicate Shared Files Across Several Servers
How to Apply Security Restrictions
How to Use a Public File Handle With Autofs
How to Use NFS URLs With Autofs
Disabling Autofs Browsability
How to Completely Disable Autofs Browsability on a Single NFS Client
How to Disable Autofs Browsability for All Clients
How to Disable Autofs Browsability on an NFS Client
Troubleshooting Autofs
Error Messages Generated by automount -v
Miscellaneous Error Messages
Other Errors With Autofs
Chapter 5 About Autofs
Autofs Programs
automount
automountd
Autofs Maps
Master Map
Mount Point /home
Mount Point /net
Mount Point /xfn
Direct Maps
Mount Point /-
Indirect Maps
How Autofs Works
How Autofs Navigates Through the Network (Maps)
How Autofs Starts the Navigation Process (Master Map)
Autofs Mount Process
A Simple Autofs Mount
Hierarchical Mounting
Autofs Unmounting
How Autofs Selects the Nearest Read-Only Files for Clients (Multiple Locations)
Autofs and Weighting
Variables in a Map Entry
Maps That Refer to Other Maps
Executable Autofs Maps
Modifying How Autofs Navigates the Network (Modifying Maps)
Default Autofs Behavior With Name Services
Autofs Reference
Metacharacters
Special Characters
Appendix A NFS Tunables
How to Set the Value of a Kernel Parameter
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