PC-NFS authentication service

By default, PC-NFS presents itself to NFS servers as the nobody user. With nobody privileges, all personal computer user files appear as owned by nobody, and consequently you cannot distinguish between different personal computer users.

The authentication capability of the rpc.pcnfsd daemon allow you to monitor system resources and security by recognizing individual users and assigning them different privileges.

With the rpc.pcnfsd daemon running, a PC-NFS user can issue the net name command from a personal computer to log in to PC-NFS in the same manner as a user can log in to this operating system. The user name and password are verified by the rpc.pcnfsd daemon. This authentication procedure does not make a server more secure, but it does provide more control over access to files that are available through NFS.