Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
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From: beame@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Beame)
Subject: Re: NFS for Macintosh.
Message-ID: <274370F7.2336@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
References: <16367@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <8282@gollum.twg.com> <27430851.6BEB@intercon.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 90 04:54:15 GMT

In article <27430851.6BEB@intercon.com> kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) writes:
>> with most Mac Ethernet cards, as well as most LocalTalk/Ethernet gateways.  
>> Sun's LOCKD is supported, and authentication is done via PCNFSD.
>
>Quick question for you Dave, how do you support LOCKD?  In the manual that
>we have for your product it doesn't say that you do.  Just curious, and if
>you do support LOCKD then you should state so in the manual.  In fact on
>page 1-5 it says "Sun's LOCKD is not supported.", it states above that you
>support this functinality through NFSAD.  I just wanted to know if the manual
>is wrong here.
>
>Also is NFSAD PD software, or something the Wollongong wrote?  Thanks!
>--
>Kurt Baumann                       InterCon Systems Corporation
>703.709.9890                      Creators of fine TCP/IP products
>703.709.9896 FAX               for the Macintosh.

	I beleive (I will be corrected if wrong) that NFSAD is BWNFSD with
one small modification. BWNFSD is a authentication/print/lock daemon created
for BWNFS for DOS (Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd.)

	- Carl Beame
	Beame@McMaster.CA

P.S: We support PCNFSD and rpc.lockd also.