<article lang="&language;" id="nfs"> <title>nfs</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> </articleinfo> <para> Sun's <acronym>NFS</acronym> protocol provides transparent remote access to shared file systems across networks. The <acronym>NFS</acronym> protocol is designed to be machine, operating system, network architecture, and transport protocol independent. This independence is achieved through the use of Remote Procedure Call (<acronym>RPC</acronym>) primitives built on top of an eXternal Data Representation (<acronym>XDR</acronym>). </para> <para> The supporting MOUNT protocol performs the operating system-specific functions that allow clients to attach remote folder trees to a point within the local file system. The mount process also allows the server to grant remote access privileges to a restricted set of clients via export control.</para> <para> The Lock Manager provides support for file locking when used in the <acronym>NFS</acronym> environment. The Network Lock Manager (<acronym>NLM</acronym>) protocol isolates the inherently stateful aspects of file locking into a separate protocol.</para> <para> Source: <ulink url="http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/nfs.htm"> http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/nfs.htm</ulink> </para> <para> See the manual: <ulink url="man:/nfs">nfs</ulink>. </para> </article>