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Technical Specifications

Reflection NFS Client

Reflection NFS Client lets Windows users access NFS resources as easily as they can access Windows resources. No NFS or UNIX commands are necessary. With Reflection NFS Client, administrators can effectively manage users and network file-sharing environments, without making any NFS infrastructure changes.

Version 14 Highlights

  • New LDAP search capabilities identify PosixGroup objects and auxiliary group IDs for logged-in users. 
  • NFS Client Print Provider can be enabled or disabled upon installation.
  • Logon dialog box now allows “anonymous” as a logon option.

Host Types

  • UNIX platforms, including Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, EWS-UX/V, SCO UNIX, ADPS-UX, News-OS, Tru64, OS/F1, Siemens, Bull, Dynix, OpenBSD, and Linux
  • Other platforms, including OpenVMS1, HP e30001, IBM AS/400 (iSeries)1, and IBM mainframe1

  File Services

  • Multi-user password caching
  • Monitored locks
  • NFS 3.0 support
  • NIS (including Automount) support
  • Dynamic or manual sizing of read/write buffer
  • NFS file and directory caching
  • Case-based file name support
  • Search for server file systems over TCP/IP
  • OLE file-locking support
  • Support for the Windows net use command
  • Symbolic links
  • FTP client
Printing Services
  • new Option to enable/disable NFS Client Print Provider
  • Print to NFS printer
  • Print to file on host
  • Search for server print queues over TCP/IP
Desktop–Access Options
  • new “Anonymous” logon option
  • Automatic reconnection/scripting on startup in non-NIS environments
  • Access from My Computer and My Network Places
  • Access from Windows Printers Control Panel
  • Automatic reconnection/scripting on startup in
  • NIS environments
  • Command-line interface
  • NFS/NIS password change 

Administrative Tools

  • new LDAP search capabilities
  • LDAP support
  • Host-access control list support
  • WNet API support
  • Microsoft Windows Terminal Server support
  • Microsoft Windows Event Viewer for logging and troubleshooting
  • Reflection NFS Utility
  • Export/import settings in XML format
  • Reflection Customization Manager
  • Microsoft Windows Installer
  • Reflection NFS Client API support
  • Graphical PING
  • TimeSync2
International Support
  • English, French, German, and Japanese3
System Requirements
  • Any system that meets the minimum requirements for the Microsoft Windows operating system and is connected to a TCP/IP network
Operating Systems
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
1 Third-party NFSD software must be installed on the host system.
2 Not available on Windows XP.
3 NFS utility in Japanese Reflection NFS Client is available in English only.