Grid-register(1) may be used in conjunction with ns to register it with a registry(4) and to export and serve its namespace across dial(2) network connections. Incoming connections may also be displayed visually using grid-monitor(1). For example:

grid/register [ options ... ] { grid/srv/ns paths... } | grid/srv/monitor 1 'NS resource'

This set of commands is encapsulated within the shell script runns which will automatically register ns with a registry(4) if possible and start up the graphical display to show connections to the resource. There is no need for the user to execute ns outside of runns unless the namespace it provides is required to be accessible in a different way to that provided by grid-register(1).