What is the process "rpc.pcnfsd" ?

[Kenn Chen]

What is the purpose of this process ? IN AIX, what is the process with same function ?

[Corthouts Carlo]

try "man pcnfsd"

It is all explained in there in HP-Ux and AIX

[Kenn Chen]

AIX cannot find pcnfsd .....
i cannot man it..........

[Rainer von Bongartz]

from the manual:

pcnfsd is an RPC server that supports ONC clients on PC (DOS, OS/2,Macintosh, and other) systems.

Regards
Rainer
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[Corthouts Carlo · Accepted solution]

On AIX do "man rpc.pcnfsd"


Description

The rpc.pcnfsd daemon handles requests from PC-NFS clients for
authentication services on remote machines. These services
include authentication for mounting and for print spooling. The
PC-NFS program allows personal computers running DOS to be
networked with machines running NFS. The rpc.pcnfsd daemon
supports Versions 1 and 2 of the pcnfsd protocol.

When a PC-NFS client makes a request, the inetd daemon starts the
rpc.pcnfsd daemon (if the inetd.conf file contains the appropriate
entry). The rpc.pcnfsd daemon reads the /etc/pcnfsd.conf
configuration file, if present, then services RPC requests directed
to program number 150001. Once the rpc.pcnfsd daemon is
started, all print requests go to the default print spooling directory
(/var/spool/pcnfs)

[Marcin Wicinski]

Hi,
pcnfsd is an rpc server that supports ONC clients using DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and other system. pcnfsd supports two main functions : servicing authentication and printing requests.
I do not know AIX but suggest to refer to
lwpnfsd and pcnfsd daemons on AIX.
Later,