NAME

	attach – messages to establish a connection

SYNOPSIS

	size[4] Tattach tag[2] uname[s] path[s] size[4] Rattach tag[2]

DESCRIPTION

The attach message reports the user responsible for the connection to the file server, and picks a particular subtree of the server's file tree. Future transactions are performed on behalf of that user. In such transactions, the path named / corresponds to the file identified by the path field in this transaction. Usually, / is used to attach to the entire tree. This transaction may be used only once, prior to any further communication through the channel. Servers must refuse to attand any other transaction until receiving this one. Authentication is outside the protocol, and should determine that uname corresponds indeed to the user holding that user name.

ENTRY POINTS

	An attach transaction will be generated exactly once, while mounting an Op file server.

SEE ALSO

	bind(2).

BUGS

	The path field is not implemented by the only server implemented that speaks this protocol.