Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!seismo!uwvax!David Parter From: david@rsch.wisc.edu (David Parter) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Extended file system on UNIX 4.2/4.3 BSD Message-ID: <477@uwvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 03:54:43 EST Article-I.D.: uwvax.477 Posted: Fri Dec 20 03:54:43 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Dec-85 01:25:08 EST References: <184@isieng.UUCP> <617@mit-bug.UUCP> Sender: david@uwvax.UUCP Organization: University of Wisconsin Systems Lab Lines: 23 in <184@isieng.UUCP>, Ronald P. Hughes says: > In response to your inquiry regarding extended file systems under 4.2/4.3: > Here at Integrated Solutions I have implemented TRFS (Transparent Remote File > System) which allows access to remote files. ... > ... Anywhere you can specify a filename or pathname, you can now > specify a remote pathname of the form "/@machinename/pathname", where > pathname is any arbitrary pathname on the remote machine. ... > ... In fact, there are NO new system calls associated with TRFS. > All the standard protection mechanisms apply. how do you resolve remote-access permissions? Is root@a also root@b? is david@a also david@b? david -- -------- david parter University of Wisconsin Systems Lab uucp: ...!{allegra,harvard,ihnp4,seismo, topaz}!uwvax!david arpa: david@rsch.wisc.edu