Linux Servers cPanel webhosting blog » NFS host/server/machine http://www.theperfectarts.com Basics cPanel tutorials / issue,mysql,php errors etc Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:15:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 How NFS works in Background? http://www.theperfectarts.com/2009/08/how-nfs-works-in-background/ http://www.theperfectarts.com/2009/08/how-nfs-works-in-background/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:34:55 +0000 Gunjan http://www.theperfectarts.com/?p=107 When any Network File System (NFS) client host/server/machine wants to access a remote file/directory then its operating system sends a request to the Network File System (NFS) server. The request basically specifies, among others, a file/directory identifier, the operation (read, write, change permission, etc.), and the identity of the user on whose behalf the operation/process is to be done.

By default, the user identity is detect with the UNIX numeric user and group policy. With this scheme, also called AUTH_UNIX, the server basically believes anything that the client sends it.

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