IBM NFS/DFS Secure Gateway manual Preface, Audience, Applicability, Purpose, Document Organization

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Preface

The IBM DFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference contains guide and reference information about the NFS/DFS Secure Gateway for Solaris, which provides authenticated access to the DFS ﬁlespace to clients of the Network File System (NFS) by associating an NFS request with an authenticated DCE principal.

Audience

This guide and reference is intended for DFS users or administrators who need to know how to provide authenticated access to the DFS ﬁlespace for NFS clients. This book assumes that you have a working knowledge of DCE and its requirements.

Applicability

This revision applies to IBM® DFS for Solaris, Version 3.1. See your software license for details.

Purpose

The purpose of this book is to provide information about:

vUnderstanding the relationship of the NFS/DFS Secure Gateway to DCE and DFS

vUsing the NFS/DFS Secure Gateway

Document Organization

The IBM DFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference is divided into the following chapters:

vChapter 1. Overview of the NFS/DFS Secure Gateway

vChapter 2. Conﬁguring Gateway Server Machines

vChapter 3. Conﬁguring NFS Clients to Access DFS

vChapter 4. Accessing DFS from an NFS Client

vChapter 5. Conﬁguration File and Command Reference

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Contents NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference Page NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference First Edition April Contents Page Purpose PrefaceAudience ApplicabilityConstant width Related DocumentsTypographic and Keying Conventions BoldReturn Ctrl- x orPage Overview of the NFS/DFS Secure Gateway DFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference Overview of the NFS/DFS Secure Gateway DFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference Conﬁguring Gateway Server Machines DFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference Conﬁguring the BOS Server Process Add the group subsys/dce/dfs-admin to the admin.bos ﬁle Conﬁguring the Gateway Server Process Invoke the dcecp command $ dcecp Gateway Server process is now fully conﬁgured on the machine DFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference Conﬁguring NFS Clients to Access DFS Conﬁguring a Client and Enabling Remote Authentication Conﬁguring a Client Without Enabling Remote AuthenticationDfslogout DfsloginDfsgw 438/udp dlog Unauthenticated Access to DFS Accessing DFS from an NFS ClientAuthenticated Access to DFS Authenticating to DCE from an NFS Client Hhostname Authenticating to DCE from a Gateway Server Machine Determining Whether a Speciﬁc User Is Authenticated to DCE Accessing DFS from an NFS Client DFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference Conﬁguration File and Command Reference Bos getlog8dfs Dfsgwd8dfs DfsgwLog PurposeDescription Related InformationDfsgw delete Dfsgw PurposeOptions Dfsgw addDfsgw query $ dfsgw help command$ dfsgw command -help Dfsgw listRelated Information Remotehost name Dfsgw add PurposeSynopsis Sysname sysnamePrivileges Required Examples OutputDfsgwdelete8dfs Dfsgwlist8dfs Dfsgwquery8dfs Topic string Dfsgw apropos PurposeDfsgw help8dfs Dfsgw delete Purpose Dfsgwadd8dfs Dfsgwlist8dfs Dfsgwquery8dfs $ dfsgw help list Dfsgw help PurposeDfsgw apropos8dfs Dfsgw list Purpose Dfsgwadd8dfs PrincipalDfsgwdelete8dfs Dfsgwquery8dfs Dfsgw query Purpose Dfsgwadd8dfs Dfsgwdelete8dfs Dfsgwlist8dfs Nodomains Dfsgwd PurposeVerbose Description Bos getlog8dfs Bosserver8dfs Dfsgw8dfs Dcelocal/var/dfs/adm/DfsgwLogDfsgwLog4dfs Special Characters IndexDFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference First Edition April DFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference Trademarks DFS for Solaris NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide and Reference How satisﬁed are you that the information in this book is Readers’ Comments We’d Like to Hear from YouGC09-3993-00 Readers’ Comments We’d Like to Hear from YouPage Program Number NFS/DFS Secure Gateway Guide