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From: gmf@hpcnoe.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Extended file system on UNIX 4.2/4.3 BSD
Message-ID: <11900002@hpcnoe.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 16:17:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 16:17:00 1986
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Hewlett-Packard has had a Remote File Access (RFA) protocol available on
its HP9000 Series 500 systems on the market since 1983, and it is now available
on the Series 300 (680xx-based systems).  This RFA maps MOST HP-UX file system
calls (section 2) into remote calls if the file specified resides on a remote
file system.  RFA requires the user to "login" to the remote system prior to
using it (this can be done automatically in a ".login" file).  All accesses to
files on the remote system depend on the permissions associated with the login
id used for that machine.

HP-UX RFA is not public domain software.

George Feinberg (hpfcla!g_feinberg@HPLABS)