To get your A/UX system running as an NFS client, follow these steps:
1. You must have already set up bnet (basic network). bnet is a
prerequisite for running NFS. The command is: newconfig bnet nfs.
For details, see "Configuring and Managing a TCP/IP Network" in the
A/UX Network System Administration manual.
2. Make sure a set of network daemons -- "/etc/inetd" -- is installed and
running from the /etc/inittab file. The daemon in the /etc/inittab
entry should state:
net9:2:respawn:/etc/inetd # set to "respawn" for networking
The nfs kernel module is also required and is included if you run the
newconfig bnet nfs command described above.
3. The "/etc/biod 4" and "/etc/mount -at nfs >/dev/syscon 2>&1" daemons
must be installed and running from the /etc/inittab file. Here are the
two daemons in the /etc/inittab entries:
nfs4:2:wait:/etc/biod 4 # set to "wait" for NFS client
nfs8:2:once:/etc/mount -at nfs > /dev/syscon 2>&1 # set to "once" for NFS
For more detail, see "Configuring and Managing the Network File System"
in the A/UX Network System Administration manual.
4. After you have completed these steps, use "ps -ef" to verify that the
above processes are running.
5. Use "showmount -e remote_nfs_server" to see which filesystems of
remote_nfs_server machine have been exported to you.
6. Issue the "mount" command for the exported filesystem(s). If either the
"showmount" or "mount" command fails, chances are that the remote NFS
server might not be up or the permissions are not granted for you to
mount the remote server.
Article Change History:
23 Aug 1994 - Reviewed and updated.
31 Aug 1992 - REVIEWED for technical accuracy
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