1992-12-21 14:32:38 +00:00
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This is a Python interface to Sun RPC, designed and implemented mostly
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by reading the Internet RFCs about the subject.
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1996-08-19 22:24:21 +00:00
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*** NOTE: xdr.py has evolved into the standard module xdrlib.py ***
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1992-12-21 14:32:38 +00:00
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There are two library modules, xdr.py and rpc.py, and several example
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clients: mountclient.py, nfsclient.py, and rnusersclient.py,
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implementing the NFS Mount protocol, (part of) the NFS protocol, and
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the "rnusers" protocol (used by rusers(1)), respectively. The latter
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demonstrates the use of broadcast via the Port mapper's CALLIT
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procedure.
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There is also a way to create servers in Python.
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1992-12-17 17:32:10 +00:00
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To test the nfs client, run it from the shell with something like this:
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1992-12-21 14:32:38 +00:00
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python -c 'import nfsclient; nfsclient.test()' [hostname [filesystemname]]
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1992-12-17 17:32:10 +00:00
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When called without a filesystemname, it lists the filesystems at the
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1992-12-21 14:32:38 +00:00
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host; default host is the local machine.
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Other clients are tested similarly.
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1992-12-17 17:32:10 +00:00
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For hostname, use e.g. wuarchive.wustl.edu or gatekeeper.dec.com (two
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hosts that are known to export NFS filesystems with little restrictions).
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2001-10-11 19:23:28 +00:00
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There are now two different RPC compilers:
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1) Wim Lewis rpcgen.py found on http://www.omnigroup.com/~wiml/soft/stale-index.html#python.
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2) Peter <20>strands rpcgen.py, which is part of "pynfs" (http://www.cendio.se/~peter/pynfs/).
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