Sharing Software on a Local Area Network

© Digital Equipment Corporation 1996
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Product Version:  Digital UNIX Version 4.0 or higher

March 1996


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This manual describes the Remote Installation Services (RIS) and the Dataless Management Services (DMS). RIS is used for installing software kits across a network instead of using locally mounted distribution media. DMS allows client systems to share the usr file system on a server over a network while maintaining their own root and var file systems.


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