............................Contents


1. Solaris NFS Environment	1
..An Introduction to Networking	1
....Protocol Layers	1
....OSI Reference Model	2
....Network Layer	3
....Transport Layer	4
........TCP Protocol	4
........UDP Protocol	4
....Application Layer	4
..About the NFS Environment	5
....NFS Version 2	5
....NFS Version 3	6
....NFS ACL Support	6
....NFS over TCP	7
....Network Lock Manager	7


..NFS Servers and Clients	7
..NFS File Systems	8
..Autofs	8
....Autofs Features	9
2. NFS Administration	11
..NFS Files	12
..NFS Daemons	13
..NFS Commands	14
....`mount`	15
........`mount` Options for NFS File Systems	16
........Additional `mount` Options	18
........Using the `mount` Command	19
....`umount`	20
........Using the `umount` Command	20
....`mountall`	21
........Using the `mountall` Command	21
....`umountall`	21
........Using the `umountall` Command	22
....`share`	22
........`share` Options	23
........`share` Options for NFS File Systems	23
........Using the `share` Command	25
....`unshare`	26
........Using the `unshare` Command	26


....`shareall`	26
........Using the `shareall` Command	27
....`unshareall`	27
........Using the `unshareall` Command	27
....`showmount`	27
........Using the `showmount` Command	28
....`setmnt`	28
..Other Useful Commands	28
....`nfsstat`	29
........Using the `nfsstat` Command	30
....`pstack`	31
........Using the `pstack` Command	31
....`rpcinfo`	32
........Using the `rpcinfo` Command	33
....`snoop`	34
....`truss`	35
........Using the `truss` Command	35
..Automatic File System Sharing	35
..Mounting at Boot Time	36
........Example of a `vfstab` entry	37
..Mounting on the Fly	37
..Mounting with the Automounter	38
3. Setting Up and Maintaining NFS Security	39
..Secure NFS	39


..Secure RPC	40
....DES Authentication	41
....KERB Authentication	42
..AUTH_DES Client-Server Session	42
..Administering Secure NFS	47
....· How to Set Up Secure NFS	47
4. NFS Troubleshooting	51
..Strategies for NFS Troubleshooting	51
..NFS Troubleshooting Procedures	53
....· How to Check Connectivity on a NFS Client	53
....· How to Remotely Check the NFS Server	54
....· How to Verify the NFS Service on the Server	55
....· How to Restart NFS Services	57
....· How to Warm Start `rpcbind`	58
..Common NFS Error Messages	58
5. Using Autofs	61
..How Autofs Works	61
..Autofs Programs	64
....`automount`	64
....`automountd`	64
..Setting Up Autofs Maps	65
....Master Maps	65
....Direct Maps	66
....Indirect Maps	67


....How Autofs Navigates Through the Network (Maps)	69
....How Autofs Starts the Navigation Process (Master Map) .	70
........Mount Point `/-`	70
........Mount Point `/home`	71
........Mount Point `/net`	71
........The Mount Process	71
....Multiple Mounts	73
....How Autofs Selects the Nearest Read-Only Files for Clients
.......(Multiple Locations)	76
....Variables in a Map Entry	78
....Maps That Refer to Other Maps	79
....Modifying How Autofs Navigates the Network (Modifying
.......Maps)	81
....Administrative Tasks Involving Maps	81
....Modifying the Maps	82
....Avoiding Mount-Point Conflicts	84
....Default Autofs Behavior	84
..Autofs Reference	86
....Metacharacters	86
....Special Characters	87
....Accessing Non-NFS File Systems	88
....Accessing NFS File Systems Using CacheFS	89
..Common Tasks and Procedures	89
....How to Set Up Different Architectures to Access a Shared Name
.......Space	90


...Troubleshooting Autofs	97
......Error Messages Generated by `automount -v`	97
......Miscellaneous Error Messages	98
......Other Errors with Autofs	100
A. NFS Tunables	101
......· How to Set the Value of a Kernel Parameter	105
Index	107