.TH IMPORT 4
.SH NAME
import \- import a name space from a remote system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B import
[
.B -abcC
] [
.B "-E clear | ssl"
.\" .B "| tls"	.\" Not yet implemented
] [
.B "-e 'enc auth'"
] [
.B -k
.I keypattern
] [
.B -p
] [
.B "-s \f2srvname\fP
]
.I system
.I file
[
.I mountpoint
] 
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Import
allows an arbitrary
.I file
on a remote
.I system
to be imported into the local name space.
Usually
.I file
is a directory, so the complete
file tree under the directory is made available.
.PP
A process is started on the
remote machine, with authority of the user of
.IR import ,
to perform work for the local machine using the
.IR exportfs (4)
service.
If
.I mountpoint
is omitted
.I import
uses the name of the remote
.I file
as the local mount point.
.PP
If
.I file
is a directory,
.I import
allows options exactly as in
.I mount
and
.IR bind (1)
to control the construction of union directories.
.PP
The
.B -E
option causes
.I import
to push an authentication protocol on its network connection.
Currently, the protocols supported are
.B clear
(the default) which pushes no protocol,
and
.BR ssl .
There are plans to make
.B tls
available too.
.PP
The
.B -e
option specifies the encryption and authentication algorithms to use for
encrypting the wire traffic.  The defaults are
.B rc4_256
and
.BR sha1 .
The full list of supported protocols in in
.IR ssl (3).
.PP
The
.B -p
option pushes the
.B aan
filter onto the connection.  This filter will protect the connection from
temporary network outages; see
.IR aan (1).
.PP
The
.B -s
option posts the connection's mountable file descriptor in
.B /srv
under the given name.
.PP
The
.B -k
option specifies a key pattern suffix to be used in the
.B auth_proxy
call that authenticates to the remote side.
.SH EXAMPLE
Assume a machine
.B kremvax
that has IP interfaces for the company intranet and the global
internet mounted on
.I /net
and
.I /net.alt
respectively.
Any machine inside the company can get telnet out to the global
internet using:
.IP
.EX
import -a kremvax /net.alt
telnet /net.alt/tcp!ucbvax
.EE
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/import.c
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR bind (1),
.IR aan (1),
.IR exportfs (4),
.IR ssl (3),
.B cs
in
.IR ndb (8)