nwfs(7M)							      nwfs(7M)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     nwfs - NetWare File System

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     nwfs is the NetWare File System which is used to access remote NetWare
     servers.  Since the NetWare protocol depends on IPX, the ipx driver must
     be	loaded before a	user can log into a NetWare server using nwlogin Once
     a user is logged in, the file systems on NetWare servers can be accessed
     according to the NetWare access privilidges for the logged	in user.

     The NetWare system	contains:

	1. IPX/SPX stack
	2. NetWare file	server
	3. NetWare client

     1.	IPX/SPX	features include:

	     1.	Loadable streams drivers (no need to relink the	kernel)
	     2.	TLI/TPI	interface
	     3.	Can work with multiple interfaces
	     4.	Routing	to different networks.

	It is capable of automatically detecting the ethernet framing type
	used on	the network.  It also detects the network number of the
	network. This is possible only if a netware file-server	is available
	on the network.

	The framing types supported are:

	     1.	Ethernet_8023
	     2.	Ethernet_II (Type 8137)
	     3.	Ethernet_802.2
	     4.	Ethernet_Snap


     2.	NetWare	file server features include:

	     1.	Multiple simultaneous users
	     2.	Full support for the bindery
	     3.	NetWare	Q's
	     4.	Printing to the	server printers
	     5.	Netware	4.x server emulation


     3.	NetWare	client features	include:

	     1.	Auto mount capability (file servers are	mounted	as they	are
		used) (no need for explicitly mount - thus users do not
		require	root priveleges)
	     2.	The permission of different users are controlled on the



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		netware	server,	and are	applied	to individual users on the
		client.	Thus different individuals on the client get
		different views	of the same netware file system.
	     3.	Printing to the	netware	server/print queues
	     4.	Mapping	between	unix and netware users.
	     5.	Netware	password encryption fully supported.
	     6.	Loaded as file system type in the kernel.

	This piece gives user the capability of	accessing files	on a netware
	server.	For doing this the user	must first be logged into the netware
	server.	This is	done thru the nwlogin program. Also the	program
	nwmount	must be	run. This effectively makes /netware as	the mount
	point for all servers [or any other specifed directory]. All servers
	can be viewed in the /netware directory.

	     eg.
	     % ls /netware
	     mango telos_nt tardis
	     [The above	are all	netware	servers]

	Once a user is logged into one of these	servers	(using the nwlogin
	command) then the volumes on that server become	visible.

	     eg.
	     % nwlogin mango joe
	     Password: <Enter-password for user	joe on server mango>
	     % cd /netware/mango
	     % ls
	     SYS USER
	     [Two volumes SYS, and USER	are shown]
	     % ls SYS
	     login public system mail err.log
	     [4	directories, and 1 file	are shown]

	The directories	and files can be accessed as though they were local
	much like NFS. However the NetWare server still	controls the access
	to the the files, by applying the priveleges of	the logged in user
	(joe in	this case) for each request.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     ipx(7M) nwmount(1), ml(1M)


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