PCNFSD(NADM)                         UNIX System V


     Name
          pcnfsd - pc-nfs authentication and print spooling daemon


     Syntax
          /etc/pcnfsd [ -d ] [ -s spooldir ]


     Description
          pcnfsd processes authentication  and  print  spool  requests
          from   MS-DOS  clients  running  Sun  Microsystem's  PC-NFS.
          Requests, and their responses,  are  forwarded  through  the
          RPC/XDR package.  Upon receipt of an authentication request,
          pcnfsd consults the server's password file and verifies that
          the password sent from the MS-DOS client matches that on the
          local machine.  An acceptance or rejection message  is  then
          sent back to the client.  The account's uid/gid pair is also
          returned if authentication  succeeds.   If  the  account  in
          question does not exist, then authentication fails.

          Print  spooling   consists   of   two   services:   spooling
          initialization,  and  start print.  When the server receives
          an initialization request, a path name for the  print  spool
          directory   is   assembled  from  spooldir  and  the  client
          machine's name.  This path is returned to the  client.   The
          client then NFS mounts this directory.  When a spool file is
          ready to print, the start  print  request  is  sent  to  the
          server.   The  server  then  sends  the  file  to  the print
          spooling subsystem.

          If the host handling pcnfsd  service  crashes,  RPC  timeout
          messages  will  be  returned  to  the  user  when  the above
          requests are generated.


     Options
          -d        Turn  on  debugging  mode.   Status  messages  are
                    returned to the console terminal.

          -s spooldir
                    pcnfsd     uses      spooldir      instead      of
                    /usr/spool/lp/pcnfs    as    the   base   spooling
                    directory.  This option  is  only  available  when
                    pcnfsd is run as a daemon.


     See Also
          lp(C), passwd(C), getpwent(S)


     (printed 7/6/90)                                PCNFSD(NADM)