Hello managers!
First of all, let me explain why I want to use RFS (which stands
for 'Remote File Sharing', not 'Remote File System' (according
to Solaris 2.2 'Setting up RFS' manual)):
I have old SVR3.2.1 (on AT&T 3b2 700 computer) and I've got only RFS
for it. Users want to use the same home directiories both on suns
and 3b2. I've heard rumours about NFS implementation for 3b2, which
costs >$1000, but it's not worth it.
Summary is very simple: since SUN claims Solaris 2.x is 'open system',
they removed RFS from 2.3 to make it more open :-( It's because
AT&T removed it from the SVID. Solaris 2.2 was the last release
that supported RFS. Although there is PD implementation
of RFS, it's for BSD. (You can find it on ftp.germany.eu.net
in directory /pub/network/rfs). My solution is NOT to share
files & directories between my sun and 3b2.
Thanks to:
John DiMarco <jdd@db.toronto.edu>
shao@sid01.amil.co.il (Wei Wei Shao)
fan@tammy.cath.upmc.edu (Ningping Fan)
epl@Kodak.COM (Gene Loriot (epl@Kodak.COM.))
stern@sunrise.East.Sun.COM (Hal Stern - NE Area Systems Engineer)
carl@east.meriselapd.com (Carl StolfI)
Roland Kaltefleiter <kaltef@solid.theo-physik.uni-kiel.d400.de>
Harald van Breederode <hbreeder@nl.oracle.com>
bidwell@andrews.edu (Daniel R. Bidwell)
PS: my opinion: I like Solaris VERY VERY much, but this
really SUCKS! I would accept buggy RFS with no techical support,
but it would be RFS!
--greetings, miso.
E-Mail: Andrej.Misik@fmph.uniba.sk
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