Setting Up the DFS File Tree

Below /.:/fs are directories that help organize your DFS environment, such as

· The common directory
This directory contains programs and files needed by users working on machines of all system types, such as text editors or online documentation files. The common/etc directory is a logical place to keep the central update sources for files used on all DFS client machines.

· The public directory
This directory contains files that users want to make available to everyone, including foreign and unauthenticated users.

· The sys_type directory
This directory contains binaries for each system type you use as a file server or client machine. If you plan to use the @sys variable in pathnames, you need to use standard names to represent system types.

· The usr directory
This directory contains the home directory of each DFS user in a cell and any foreign users that are granted a local account. Users and system administrators can protect this directory so that only locally authorized users can access it. If your cell is quite large, you can divide user home directories in multiple directory listings to facilitate quicker directory lookups.

· The src directory
This directory contains source filesets, such as those for DFS source files.