Adding Remote File Access to Berkeley UNIX 4.2BSD Through Remote Mount

Abstract

This report describes the design and implementation of a remote file access mechanism that has been added to Berkeley UNIX 4.2BSD. The mechanism allows for access to remote files in a manner transparent to the user. This is accomplished through the use of remote mounts. A remote mount allows portions of a foreign file system to appear locally accessible to a user. This mechanism allows the user to do any operation on the file as if the file were local to the user's machine. Some of the issues concerning remote file access are presented, and areas for future work are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA611684

Entities

People

  • Edward Hunter

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Debugging
  • Device Drivers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Local Area Networks
  • Multiple Access
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Network Topology
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Production
  • Servers (Computer Hardware)
  • Transport Protocols

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.