Configuring the rpc.pcnfsd daemon

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For the best performance, configure the rpc.pcnfsd daemon using these steps.

To configure the rpc.pcnfsd daemon:

  1. Install PC-NFS program on your personal computer.
  2. Select a location for the spool directory on the NFS server.
    The default spool directory is /var/tmp. The spool directory must have at least 100K bytes of free space.
  3. Export the spool directory. Do not put access restrictions on the exported directory that could cause access problems in your network.
    For details of this procedure, see Exporting an NFS file system.
  4. Start the rpc.pcnfsd daemon by following the instructions in Starting the rpc.pcnfsd daemon.
  5. Verify that the rpc.pcnfsd daemon is accessible by following the instructions in Verifying the rpc.pcnfsd daemon is accessible .
Note: Because printer-redirection requests sometimes cause file listings of zero length to be left in the PC-NFS spool directories, periodically clear spooling directories of these entries.