RFC - 3530

Network File System (NFS) version 4 Protocol

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3530.txt
Authors:	S. Shepler [Sun Microsystems, Inc.], B. Callaghan [Sun Microsystems, Inc.], D. Robinson [Sun Microsystems, Inc.], R. Thurlow [Sun Microsystems, Inc.], C. Beame [Hummingbird Ltd.], M. Eisler [Network Appliance, Inc.], D. Noveck [Network Appliance, Inc.]
Date:	April 2003
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Obsoletes:
RFC-3010	NFS version 4 Protocol (Obsoleted by RFC-3530prop)

Referred by:	6 RFC
Refers to:	27 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

The Network File System (NFS) version 4 is a distributed filesystem protocol which owes heritage to NFS protocol version 2, RFC 1094, and version 3, RFC 1813. Unlike earlier versions, the NFS version 4 protocol supports traditional file access while integrating support for file locking and the mount protocol. In addition, support for strong security (and its negotiation), compound operations, client caching, and internationalization have been added. Of course, attention has been applied to making NFS version 4 operate well in an Internet environment.

This document replaces RFC 3010(-> 3530^prop) as the definition of the NFS version 4 protocol.

Key Words

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

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