NAME

rfs, RFS − remote file sharing

CONFIGURATION

options   RFS
options   VFSSTATS

AVAILABILITY

Available only with the RFS software installation option.  Refer to OS/MP Release Notes for information on how to install optional software. 

DESCRIPTION

The Remote File Sharing service, or RFS, allows transparent resource sharing among hosts on a network.  A resource can be a directory, the files contained in that directory, subdirectories, devices, and even named pipes.  Resources are advertised as a local directory using the name services.  Hosts can then mount these resources, and use them as they would a local file system.  The host advertising the resource is a file server, the hosts mounting the resource are clients. 

All file servers and clients on a network belong to an RFS domain, and are administered by the same RFS name server.  A domain consists of the following:

• A primary name server

• Possibly one or more secondary name servers

• File servers

• Clients

The name server maintains a list of advertised resources, and passwords in use.  The name server also provides name-to-resource mapping.  This allows a client to mount an advertised resource by the resource name, without needing to know the name of the file server or the pathname of the directory. 

FILES

/usr/nserve/rfmaster
hosts providing domain name service

SEE ALSO

clone(4), nit_buf(4M), nit_pm(4M), tcptli(4P), timod(4), tirdwr(4), rfadmin(8), rfstart(8), rfudaemon(8), rmntstat(8)

System and Network Administration

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  12 Dec 1990