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It’s not that weird, but probably less widely used now; it’s wrapped up with NFS - SunOS had this starting back in the eighties and it’s really handy. You ca
by andylynch 6y ago
It’s not that weird, but probably less widely used now; it’s wrapped up with NFS - SunOS had this starting back in the eighties and it’s really handy.
You can also do much the same including HTTP access with UNC on Windows.
Both will follow normal network file access controls in their respective environments.
As for the why? It’s a really easy way of sharing resources between computers, and also way more efficient and easier to manage than static mounts.