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Standard file system volumes
• Can exist on any native HP-UX partition type including ufs, vxfs, s5, and sfs.
• Are created by specifying a path to a mount point.
• Use a NetWare inodes file (USInodes) to maintain NetWare information.
• Use an extended names file for HP-UX names longer than 28 characters and OS/
2 names longer than 96 characters.
• Use a NetWare database to maintain trustee assignments and modifications to
Inherited Rights Masks.
• Can be mounted on Network File System (NFS). The NFS mount should be a
“hard” mount so that if the other system is not accessible the NFS system will halt
processing until the other system is restored.
• Support symbolic links.
• Are configurably synchronized with the HP-UX file system.
HP-UX Partitions and NetWare Volumes
HP-UX uses a hierarchical file system where root (labeled “/”) is at the top
of the hierarchy. A partition is mounted at a particular HP-UX directory at or
below the root and appears to the user as a directory.
NetWare uses a modified hierarchical file system, with multiple root nodes
called volumes. Each volume has its own tree structure and users must
switch volumes to access the volume’s resources.
Because HP-UX does not recognize the concept of volumes, NetWare
volumes are paths to a particular point, called a mount point, in the HP-UX
file system. NetWare users accessing these volume mount points can, as
rights permit and partitions permit, access everything below the mount
point. Everything above the mount point will be invisible to NetWare users
but visible to HP-UX users.
See also “Directory structure, file system”; “File system, HP-UX”;
“Inherited Rights Filter, file system”; “Rights”;“Volume.”