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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide

Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares

Network File System (NFS) Overview

11/07/01 -- Revision 2.0.03A

CAUTION

When you use automatic caching for programs, be sure to restrict permissions on the shared folder

files to read-only access.

• Managing Folders.

• Managing Shares.

• Adding a Share

• Removing a Share

• Modifying Share Properties

• Setting Windows (CIFS) Sharing Properties

• Setting NFS Sharing Properties

• Setting FTP Sharing Properties

• Setting Web Sharing Properties

• Setting NetWare Sharing Properties

• Setting AppleTalk Sharing Properties

Network File System (NFS) Overview

With the NFS protocol, a server appliance can act as a Network File System (NFS) server.

Users can then share files in a mixed environment of computers, operating systems, and

networks.

Users on computers running NFS client software can access shares on the server appliance

by connecting, or mounting, those shares to their computers.

UNIX computers follow advisory locking for all lock requests. This means that the OS

does not enforce lock semantics on a file, and applications that check for the existence of

locks can use these locks effectively. However, the NFS Protocol implements mandatory

locks even for those locking requests that are received through NFS. This ensures that locks

acquired through NFS are visible through the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and

to applications accessing the files locally. The OS enforces mandatory locks.

• Adding a Share