PC-NFS
PC-NFS is a program for personal computers that enables the personal computer to mount file systems exported by a Network File System (NFS) server.
The personal computer can also request network addresses and host names from the NFS server. Additionally, if the NFS server is running the rpc.pcnfsd daemon, the personal computer can access authentication and print-spooling services.
You might want to configure the rpc.pcnfsd daemon on the following:
- Systems that perform user authentication services
- Systems that offer print-spooling
- All Network Information Service (NIS) controller and worker servers.
Note: Because NIS networks are typically configured so that PC-NFS can pick any NIS server as the
default server, it is important that all servers have the rpc.pcnfsd daemon
running. If running this daemon on all NIS servers is not practical, or if you want to limit
requests to a specific server, add a net pcnfsd command to the
autoexec.bat file on each personal computer to force it to use a specific NIS
server.