File sharing with DFS
File sharing employs a client/server model. A computer that shares file
systems with other computers on a network acts as a server.
Files are physically owned and managed by the server machine. A computer
that accesses file systems shared by the server acts as a client
of the server machine. Acting on behalf of its applications, the client
makes requests to a server to access data in a file or to perform
file manipulations. A single machine may be both a client and a server,
making it possible to share its local file systems and to access remote
file systems.
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