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Tropic NFS Server
version 1.0
NFS server
for Microsoft Windows 3.1
November 20, 1994
DISCLAIMER:
THESE PROGRAMS ARE SHAREWARE AND ARE NOT TO BE RESOLD OR
DISTRIBUTED FOR SALE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS WHICH ARE FOR SALE.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS-IS. THE AUTHORS AND
TROPIC SOFTWARE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO LIABILITY IS
ASSUMED FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL, WHICH MAY
RESULT FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
⌐ Copyright 1993-94 by Tropic Software.
All trademarks appearing in this document are the
property of their respective owners.
Introduction
The Network File System (NFS) is a protocol developed by Sun
Microsystem that allows different computers to access each
other's filesystem as if they were local. Initialy designed
to work with UNIX systems, it is now available in many other
other systems including small personal computers like IBM
PCs. NFS is logically composed of two pieces: a server
program that runs on the machine that is exporting (i.e.
making available) its local filesystem and a client program
that runs on the machine that mounts (i.e. uses) the other
machines's exported filesystem. Tropic NFS server is a NFS
server program that runs on Windows 3.1 environment and
exports the local PC filesystem allowing NFS clients running
in other machines to have access to the local PC filesystem.
Features
The Tropic NFS server offers you the following
characteristics:
╖ Uses Winsock 1.1 API: the program is based on this
standard windows socket API. This means that you can use
with any Winsock 1.1 compliant TCP/IP stack.
╖ Selective file export : You may export either a whole
disk or any selected sub-directory
╖ Selective client : you may allow any machine to have
access to the local filesystem or you may specify which
machines have access to which part of your local disks.
Using Tropic NFS server
To use Tropic NFS server you need to install it and
configure it as described in the section that follows.
After the installation and configuration is done, you may
run the Tropic NFS server in the usual Windows way by
clicking in the NFS server program icon. After running the
Tropic NFS server program, you may
mount the exported directories in the client machines. You
need to have the Client program running in the client
machine. The tropic NFS server , as the name suggests,
provides only the server program of the NFS. If you are
mounting from a unix or unix like machine, the client
program is part of the operating system. If your client
machine is a DOS/WINDOWS machine, you need a DOS/WINDOWS
client program.
Installation and Configuration of Tropic NFS server
Before Installing Tropic NFS server , make sure you have the
minimum hardware and software requirements as described
below.
╖ Hardware Requirements
╖ 386 or later IBM PC or compatible computer with 1M of
free hard disk space
╖ Software Requirements
╖ DOS 5.1 or later version
╖ Windows 3.1
╖ Any Winsock 1.1 compliant TCP/IP stack
To install the Topic NFS server, you must copy all files
listed in the Package Contents section to either a temporary
directory or a floppy disk . Then, from windows Program
Manager menu choose RUN and specify the file
"xxx"\setup.exe where "xxx" is the directory (or disk
letter) where you copied the files.
The setup program has further instruction os how to continue
with the instalation.
To configure Tropic NFS server you must do the following:
╖ Edit the file named exports that resides in the
directory where the Tropic NFS server was installed (notice
that this directory is not the same as the temporary
directory you used to initially copy the files. This is the
directory you specified when installing the Tropic NFS
server)
╖ Use each line to specify the exported directories. The
sintax is the following:
╖ <filespec> <client> <client> ... <client>
where:
╖ <filespec> : is a fully specified directory including
disk drive letter, e.g. c:\windows, e:\export
╖ <client> : is a client ip address in dotted notation
like 123.5.6.7 or a host name in internet domain format like
amazon.forest.com. This is optional. Specifiyng a list of
clients limits the access to the directories only to the
clients whose ip address matches one of the list. If you do
not provide any client address, access is granted to any
machine.
╖ If the line contains the symbol `#', anything that
follows is considered a comment
Sample configuration session
Lets consider you want to export (i.e. make available for
remote use) the following directories. Also you want some of
the directories to have access limited to certain machines:
╖ the whole disk C with access limited to machine
123.45.67.3
╖ directory C:\pub with free access
╖ directory C:\other with access limited to machine
123.45.67.8
╖ directory E:\pub with free access
The corresponding exports file would contain the following:
#this is a full line comment
C:\ 123.45.67.3 #notice that only machine 123.45.67.3 has access to disk C
C:\pub #any machine may access c:\pub (no specific client specified)
C:\other 123.45.67.8 #this would be accessed only by machine 123.456.67.8 and 123.45.67.3
E:\pub #free access to directory pub in disk E
Notice: at the client side, you must specify a read size and write size of 1024 or less. If you forget
to set this two values, the server will refuse to work. The following command will work for a unix
(risc/6000) client:
mount -o rsize=1024 -o wsize=1024 amazon.forest.com:/c /tmp/mydirectory
for a pc client running Tsoft's NFS driver:
mount -r 1024 -w 1024 amazon.forest.com:/c auth=none f:
Package Contents
If you downloaded this program in compressed format, the
following list refers to the files after they are
uncompressed. The following files are included in
the distribution package:
TRONFS.EXE the main program.
EXPORTS the nfs configuration file.
README.WRI this file in windows write format.
README.TXT this file in text format
BWCC.DLL Borlandc Custom Control DLL.
ORDER.FRM order form.
Troubleshooting
If you find any problem, please contact Tropic software in
the following e-mail address:
e.jucah@ieee.org
This does not imply that support is being offered for you.
The mainly purpose of this is for reporting bugs. Anybody
whose bug report is found to be pertinent will be notified
of the correction. New releases will always be made
available either trough network repositories or distribution
diskettes.
Please feel free to Tell us everything you like or dislike
about this program in order to let us make it better.
Change Log
╖ V1.0 - shareware version made publicly available
Licensing and Registration
This software is not free. It is shareware. You are granted
the right to test this software for a period of 30 days.
After this you have to register the product (see
registration conditions later in this document) and, if this
applies to you, pay the required registration fee. You may
redistribute this program to other persons as long as you
keep the package complete with all the files that are
listed in the "Package Contents" section in this document.
Registration Fee
Please see the order.frm file for pricing information.
Contact Tropic Software for registration.