=head1 NAME

NetRestrict - Defines interfaces not to register with AFS servers

=head1 DESCRIPTION

There are two F<NetRestrict> files, one for an AFS client and one for an
AFS File Server or database server.  The AFS client F<NetRestrict> file
specifies the IP addresses that the client should not register with the
File Servers it connects to.  The server F<NetRestrict> file specifies
what interfaces should not be registered with AFS Database Servers or used
to talk to other database servers.

=head2 Client NetRestrict

The F<NetRestrict> file, if present in a client machine's F</usr/vice/etc>
directory, defines the IP addresses of the interfaces that the local Cache
Manager does not register with a File Server when first establishing a
connection to it. For an explanation of how the File Server uses the
registered interfaces, see L<NetInfo(5)>.

As it initializes, the Cache Manager constructs a list of interfaces to
register, from the F</usr/vice/etc/NetInfo> file if it exists, or from the
list of interfaces configured with the operating system otherwise.  The
Cache Manager then removes from the list any addresses that appear in the
F<NetRestrict> file, if it exists. The Cache Manager records the resulting
list in kernel memory.

The F<NetRestrict> file is in ASCII format. One IP address appears on each
line, in dotted decimal format. The order of the addresses is not
significant. The value C<255> is a wildcard that represents all possible
addresses in that field. For example, the value C<192.12.105.255>
indicates that the Cache Manager does not register any of the addresses in
the C<192.12.105> subnet.

To display the addresses the Cache Manager is currently registering with
File Servers, use the B<fs getclientaddrs> command.

=head2 Server NetRestrict

The F<NetRestrict> file, if present in the F</usr/afs/local> directory,
defines the following:

=over 4

=item *

On a file server machine, the local interfaces that the File Server
(B<fileserver> process) does not register in the Volume Location Database
(VLDB) at initialization time.

=item *

On a database server machine, the local interfaces that the Ubik
synchronization library does not use when communicating with the database
server processes running on other database server machines.

=back

As it initializes, the File Server constructs a list of interfaces to
register, from the F</usr/afs/local/NetInfo> file if it exists, or from
the list of interfaces configured with the operating system otherwise. The
File Server then removes from the list any addresses that appear in the
F<NetRestrict> file, if it exists. The File Server records the resulting
list in the F</usr/afs/local/sysid> file and registers the interfaces in
the VLDB. The database server processes use a similar procedure when
initializing, to determine which interfaces to use for communication with
the peer processes on other database machines in the cell.

The F<NetRestrict> file is in ASCII format. One IP address appears on each
line, in dotted decimal format. The order of the addresses is not
significant. 

To display the File Server interface addresses registered in the VLDB, use
the B<vos listaddrs> command.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<NetInfo(5)>,
L<sysid(5)>,
L<vldb.DB0(5)>,
L<fileserver(8)>,
L<fs_getclientaddrs(1)>
L<vos_listaddrs(1)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

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