Preface, Audience, Applicability – IBM NFS/DFS Secure Gateway User Manual

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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:
v Understanding the relationship of the NFS/DFS Secure Gateway to DCE

and DFS

v Using 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:
v Chapter 1. Overview of the NFS/DFS Secure Gateway
v Chapter 2. Configuring Gateway Server Machines
v Chapter 3. Configuring NFS Clients to Access DFS
v Chapter 4. Accessing DFS from an NFS Client
v Chapter 5. Configuration File and Command Reference