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<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author>
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Sun's <acronym>NFS</acronym> protocol provides transparent remote access to 
shared file systems across networks. The <acronym>NFS</acronym> protocol is 
designed to be machine, operating system, network architecture, and 
transport protocol independent. This independence is achieved through the 
use of Remote Procedure Call (<acronym>RPC</acronym>) primitives built on 
top of an eXternal Data Representation (<acronym>XDR</acronym>).
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The supporting MOUNT protocol performs the operating system-specific 
functions that allow clients to attach remote folder trees to a point 
within the local file system. The mount process also allows the server to 
grant remote access privileges to a restricted set of clients via export 
control.</para>

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The Lock Manager provides support for file locking when used in the 
<acronym>NFS</acronym> environment. The Network Lock Manager 
(<acronym>NLM</acronym>) protocol isolates the inherently stateful aspects 
of file locking into a separate protocol.</para>

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Source:
<ulink url="http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/nfs.htm"> 
http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/nfs.htm</ulink>
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<para> See the manual: <ulink url="man:/nfs">nfs</ulink>.
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