Examples

These instructions assume that PCNFSD is available on your NFS server.

• To work with text files that can be used from both CMS and OS/2:
  MOUNT -lvmuserid s: hostname:fpcool:jake.mission,lines=nl,trans=yes,nlvalue=0D0A

• To use an SFS directory as a repository for binary files:
  MOUNT -lvmuserid t: hostname:fpcool:jake.mission,lines=none,trans=no

Hints and Tips

• See MOUNT command, MOUNTPW command, and UMOUNT command, for complete syntax descriptions. Still having trouble? Try Diagnosing Mount Problems.

• You can use any LOGON BY privileges defined for your VM user ID. See the userid= and by= parameters on the MOUNT command for more information.

• When PCNFSD is available on your NFS server, enter the logon password for the VM user ID specified on the -l local OS/2 option at the prompt. Be careful about submitting too many MOUNT requests with an invalid password. The VM system may disable a user ID if too many attempts are made to verify a userid/password combination.

• If PCNFSD is not available on your NFS server, add the userid= option to your mount string, and use the -v option instead of the -l entering the password associated with the user ID at the prompt. Be careful about submitting too many MOUNT requests with an invalid password. The VM system may disable a user ID if too many attempts are made to verify a userid/password combination.

• For hostname:, use the system on which the file pool server resides to avoid unnecessary overhead.

• If you want EBCDIC-ASCII translation and bytestream-to-record translation to be done based on the value of the file extension, use the lines=ext and trans=ext parameters.

• Access to SFS files and directories is not based on UIDs and GIDs, but on the authorities granted to the user ID specified on the -l or userid= parameter.

• Use the SMSG command to obtain more information if you receive an error but don't understand what went wrong when using an SFS directory.

• NFS server support for SFS is available only on NFS servers running at least TCP/IP level 310 for VM/ESA Version 2 Release 3.

Please write to Mary Ellen Carollo, maryelln@us.ibm.com, if you have comments on these instructions.

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