Preface

This Solstice NFS Client User's Guide explains how to install, use, and manage Solstice^TM NFS^TM Client^TM software on your network.

Who Should Use This Book

This guide contains instructions for users of Solstice NFS Client installed on a Windows 95 or Windows NT system, or anyone helping users to manage this software on a network.

How This Book Is Organized

This manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, Installing Solstice NFS Client , describes how to install the software components that make up the Solstice NFS Client product.

Chapter 2, Setting Up Serial Connections, describes how to set up a serial connection to a PPP server from a computer running Solstice NFS Client software.

Chapter 3, NFS File Services, explains how to access files and devices across the network using NFS file services.

Chapter 4, NFS Server, describes how to set up, use, and manage NFS Server software on your computer. NFS Server enables you to share files and directories with other computers on the network.

Chapter 5, Printing, describes how to set up and manage printing and how to share a printer from your computer.

Chapter 6, Managing Work Environments, provides information about how to use system policy files, user profiles, and SNC scripts to manage clients from a UNIX® server.

Chapter 7, Logging In to Windows NT and Windows 95 Clients, describes how to log in to a client and change your UNIX password.

Chapter 8, PC-CacheFS, describes the PC-CacheFS^TM program and explains how to use it to improve the performance of your CD-ROM and network drives.

Appendix A, Frequently Asked Questions, lists some typical questions users would ask about the product components and provides answers.

Appendix B, Setting Up PCNFSD , describes how to set up the PCNFSD software on a Solaris server.

Appendix C, SNC Script Directives," lists and describes the commands used in SNC scripts. SNC scripts can be used to manage clients on the network.

Related Books

Solstice Network Client Installation and Licensing Guide--Refer to this book for complete information on installing, setting up, and licensing Solstice NFS Client software.

Solstice Network Client Administration and Maintenance Guide--Refer to this book for information on how to set up and administer your Solstice network. This book also contains information about managing clients using system policy files, user profiles, and SNC scripts.

Consult your Solaris documentation, or books such as Managing NFS and NIS (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991), for specific information about NFS performance.

Other Sources of Information

The Solstice Network Client Web page at www.sun.com/netclient/ includes the following links which you may find useful:

• News and Updates, providing updates to the release notes, tips and workarounds, and similar technical information

• Solstice FAQ, containing frequently asked questions about using Solstice Network Client

• White papers, listing technical backgrounders for Sun software products; look in the Client Solutions section for the Solstice Network Client white paper

• Solstice Network Client Today, a news magazine presenting articles of interest to users of Solstice Network Client.

What Typographic Changes Mean

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

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Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.