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Advanced Server for UNIX architecture Local communication for UNIX systems
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3.3 Local communication for UNIX systems
If a user is working on the server system as an Advanced Server for UNIX user, e.g.
administrator, then NetBIOS is used for a local session.
The programming interface to Advanced Server for UNIX, the application programming
interface (API), is implemented using local interprocess communication (LIPC). Advanced
Server for UNIX processes use the same interface. The requests are mapped to streams
pipes in the operating system kernel.
The following diagram shows that the Advanced Server for UNIX processes and the appli-
cation processes access the same interface:
Local communication
The named pipes of the operating system are used for data transport.
Advanced Server for UNIX
Application
API
Named pipes of the operating system
LIPC LIPC