Second Edition.
Advanced Level Users.
However widespread networks have become, managing a network and getting it to perform well can still be a problem. This book, based on Solaris 8, is a guide to two tools that are absolutely essential to distributed computing environments: the Network Filesystem (NFS) and the Network Information System (NIS), formerly called the 'yellow pages' or YP.
Updated for NFS Version 3, the book offers detailed access to what's inside, including: how to plan, set up and debug an NFS networking; using the NFS automounter; diskless workstations; PC/NFS; a new transport protocol for NFS (TCP/IP); new security options (IPSec and Kerberos V5); diagnostic tools and utilities; and NFS client and server tuning.
If you are managing a network of Unix systems, or are thinking of setting up a Unix network, you can't afford to overlook this book.
