SRV(4) SRV(4)
NAME
srv, 9fs - start network file service
SYNOPSIS
srv [ -an ] [ -k keypattern ] address [ srvname ]
9fs system
DESCRIPTION
Srv dials the given address and initializes the connection
to serve the 9P protocol. It then posts the resulting con-
nection in the current name space (see intro(4)) as srvname
(default address).
The -a option causes srv to post a pre-authenticated connec-
tion to the file system aname (by default, the empty string;
see attach(9p)).
The -n option causes srv to reject authentication attempts
by clients, useful if the remote server is known not to
require authentication.
Srv authenticates over the 9P connection to establish a
valid auth fid. Keypattern, if specified, is used to select
the key used for authentication. Client attach requests are
rewritten to use the specified aname and auth fid.
The 9fs command executes the srv necessary to make available
the files of system.
9fs recognizes some special names, such as sources to make
the file server sources.cs.bell-labs.com available as ser-
vice sources. 9fs is an rc(1) script; examine it to see what
local conventions apply.
EXAMPLES
List the root directory on sources:
9fs sources
9p ls sources
Mount a remote file server bootes on Linux using the kernel
9P mount driver, with srv handling authentication:
srv -a sources.cs.bell-labs.com sources
sudo mount -t 9p -o trans=unix,uname=$USER,dfltuid=`id -u`,dfltgid=`id -g`
`namespace`/sources /n/sources
SOURCE
/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/srv.c
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/usr/local/plan9/bin/9fs
SEE ALSO
dial(3), intro(4), netfiles(1)
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