FTAM/9000 User's Guide

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Terms
The following terms are used in this guide:
Initiator The person, process, or system that requests an
FTAM transaction is called the initiator.
Responder The process or system to which an FTAM request is
directed is called the responder.
Shadow file Every HP FTAM/9000 file has an associated shadow
file, which contains attribute information not stored
by the HP- UX file system.
Local host The system you are logged into is the local host.
Remote host Every system on the network (except the local host)
is a remote host.
Access
control
FTAM provides additional access control
mechanisms over those inherent in HP–UX. FTAM
access control governs the actions that are permitted
on a file, granting different users different subsets of
the available actions.
Concurrenc
y control
Concurrency control governs whether and how
multiple users can access the file. This helps
maintain data integrity.
Connection FTAM transactions between different hosts require a
connection between the hosts. This connection is
analogous to a telephone connection, over which two
people can communicate.
File store Every computer system has a system for storing
information, which is called its file store. Different
systems use different file stores, depending on the
vendor and model.
Virtual File
Store
FTAM defines a generic, abstract file store, which is
shared by all FTAM implementations. This generic
file store is called FTAM's Virtual File Store, or VFS .