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Accessing the NetWare File System from NFS Clients
Accessing the NFS Server from the Web
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After exporting the NetWare file system from a NetWare server, you must
mount the exported file system on the UNIX workstation for normal access.
This process is called mounting the file system. Mounting a NetWare file
system from a UNIX workstation consists of the following:
Creating a mount point
A mount point is an empty directory you create. This directory becomes
the access point for the NetWare file system. If you choose an existing
directory as a mount point, the contents of the existing directory become
unavailable until you unmount the remote file system.
Mounting the NetWare directory
Most UNIX systems use the MOUNT command to mount a remote file
system.
After these steps are complete, UNIX users can access the NetWare file
system by accessing the local mount point. Different UNIX systems can use
slightly different commands or user interfaces to mount a remote file system.
The Web-NFS component of the NFS software enables direct Web access to
data on NFS servers. It defines a new NFS URL that complements HTTP. The
format is as follows:
NFS://Hostname or IP Address
Using this URL, browsers with Web-NFS support can access data from any
server.
Web-NFS extends NFS to support operations over a WAN. With Web-NFS,
clients can obtain file handles more easily without going through the
portmapper or the mount protocols. This makes it firewall-friendly and
enables NFS operations across WANs and the Internet. It also improves
performance over a WAN by reducing the number of turnarounds.
For each NFS server, only one of the exported paths can be enabled for Web-
NFS access.