Network File Systems (1)
NFS - Network File Systems
- originally created by Sun Microsystems, Inc as a file sharing system for TCP/IP networks; it is widely implemented, contains security features
- Sun's concept : The network is the computer = The computer is the network
- NFS is a distributed, client-server file system: the client requests the information and the NFS server distribute the information
- NFS allows users to access files and printers on other systems as if they were local files
- server: broadcasts (exports) the directories that it is sharing
- client: mounts (automounts) the directories
- specifications: NFSv2 RFC 1094 and NFSv3 RFC 1813