Open System Services NFS Overview

on a UNIX host, the user need only log on to that host. UNIX and NFS take care of authentication
and coordinate requests on behalf of the user. On PCs there is no concept of a logon. The PC must
supply user authentication information to the NFS server. The user authentication information is
validated and obtained through the (PC)NFS Daemon (PCNFSD) server.
Printing Using PCNFSD
PCNFSD also provides printing services. Clients can print to NFS servers by writing a file to a
known directory (published by PCNFSD) and then issuing a PCNFSD request to print the file. These
steps are usually not apparent to you, as a client user.
14 Introduction to NFS for Open System Services