10.3. Configuring PC/NFS
The steps for installing and using a PC/NFS client will vary
from
vendor to vendor. You can expect that they will offer simple
GUI-based installation that is compatible with Windows and NT norms,
such as Installshield installation technology. The installer will
walk you through most, if not all, of the necessary configuration. At
install time or connect time, you should be asked to state how you
will be authenticated, via NIS or PCNFSD, and you might be asked if
you want to cache your username and password.
10.3.1. Server-side PC/NFS configuration
There should not be any additional configuration
for a PC/NFS client other
than that needed for a Unix-based NFS client, unless the client
requires the use of the PCNFSD protocol (either because you do not
run NIS, or because you want to give your PCs access to
Unix-connected printers). You may find that the PC/NFS client does
not use reserved source ports (IP address port values less than
1024), and if so, you may have to disable "port
monitoring" on the server as we'll discuss in
Section 12.4.6, "Port monitoring".
If you need to run a PCNFSD daemon on the server, you will want to
add it to the rc scripts that get started when the Unix server boots
up. For Solaris, you would add a script to
/etc/init.d:
#!/bin/sh
PCNFSD_NAME=hclnfsd # in /opt/pcnfs/bin
PATH=/opt/pcnfsd/bin:$PATH
export PATH
case "$1" in
start )
# The named directory is used as a temporary area for print spool files.
$PCNFSD -A /var/run
;;
stop )
pkill $PCNFSD
;;
esac
exit 0
and then link this script to a hard or
soft link in
/etc/rc3.d to start
it before the NFS server.
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