NFS Server Specification

NFS Server

NFS Server lets you export your local Windows drives or printers to users on the UNIX network. This chapter explains how to export your local drives or printers, and explain the difference between the Windows 95/98 version and the Windows NT version of NFS Server. One of the key features of NFSD is its ability to operate with any Winsock-compliant TCP/IP

The NFS Server application is used to view the status of exported paths, define exported paths and exported printer and show printer queue status.

Once you have defined or modified a resource within the NFS Server application, you need to restart the NFS server to activate them.

The status of all exported paths is presented in this window:

Exporting Local Drives To the Network

In Windows 95/98, NFS Server operates as a stand-alone application. NFS Server on Win 98/95 can also be set to start at boot time by checking the "Restart at Boot Time" option with the NFS Server service icon on the system tray. On Windows NT, NFS Server operates as an NT service and automatically starts whenever Windows NT boots up. You can stop and restart the service or change the method of starting service in Control Panel / Services. NFS Server also provides a user interface that allows you to export your file system or printer to the network, and provides means to pause or continue your printer job. If there are any errors while NFS Server service is starting on NT system, it will be logged as a Windows NT event. You can use Windows NT Event Viewer to find out the detail of the NFS Server error.

Technical Specification

NFS Server installed as Windows NT Service, no logon needed.

Works on NT 3.51 and 4.0 either workstations or servers.

Seamlessly integrated with NT security, use NT local or domain accounts.

Supports NFS version 2.0 and 3.0.

Supports pcnfsd version 1.0 and 2.0.

Supports mount version 1 and 3.

Supports FAT, NTFS, CDFS, HPFS file systems.

Supports network locking manager.

Supports up to 2 billion GB(64bit) long file size.

Provides a graphical interface to create and maintain the Export file.

Provides NT accounts and groups to UNIX UID and GID mapping.

Includes pcnfsd functions for handling NFS authentication.

Integrated with Windows Explorer to share a NFS directory from Explorer or Network Neighborhood.

Automatic recovery when Windows NT restarts.

Provides NFS clients access to server exported disks, printer and CD-ROMs.

Provides peer-to-peer networking between PCs.

Includes LPD printer server.

WebNFS support