Administration files

This section describes the administration files.

/
`-- etc
    |-- dfs
    |   |-- dfstab
    |   |-- fstypes
    |   `-- sharetab
    |-- mnttab
    |-- print
    |-- rmtab
    |-- rpc
    `-- vfstab

Figure 7: Administration files

Certain administration files are used for the operation of NFS. They are created automatically either by NFS or by POSIX at startup time. The files are used for the following administration functions:

• The files /etc/print, /etc/rpc, /etc/vfstab, /etc/dfs/dfstab and /etc/dfs/fstypes are used for the automatic management of resources. Default values are entered in these files, values which are interpreted by the commands for the purpose of NFS resource management.

• The files /etc/dfs/sharetab, /etc/mnttab and /etc/rmtab are used for information about resources. The commands entered for managing NFS resources log their actions in these files.

The files can only be modified with root authorization. To do so, call the editor edtu or vi in the POSIX shell. See the "POSIX Commands" manual.

The following overview lists the administration files:

File	Function
/etc/mnttab	Table of mounted file systems
/etc/print	Templates for BS2000 print commands
/etc/rmtab	Table of mounted remote resources
/etc/rpc	RPC program number file
/etc/vfstab	Table of defined file systems
/etc/dfs/dfstab	Table of resources to be shared
/etc/dfs/fstypes	Table of installed utilities for distributed file systems
/etc/dfs/sharetab	Table of shared resources

Table 5: Administration files