0.2. Versions

This book is based on the Solaris 8 implementations of NFS and NIS. When used without a version number, "Solaris" refers to the Solaris 2.x, Solaris 7, and Solaris 8 operating systems and their derivatives (note that the next version of Solaris after Solaris 2.6 was Solaris 7; in the middle of the development process, Sun renamed Solaris 2.7 to Solaris 7). NFS- and NIS-related tools have changed significantly between Solaris 2.0 and Solaris 8, so while it is usually the case that an earlier version of Solaris supports a function we discuss, it is not infrequent that it will not. For example, early releases of Solaris 2.x did not even have true NIS support. For another, Sun has made profound enhancements to NFS with nearly every release of Solaris.

The Linux examples presented throughout the book were run on the Linux 2.2.14-5 kernel. Linux kernels currently implement NFS Version 2, although a patch is available that provides Version 3 support.

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