Introduction to Advanced Server for UNIX
Compatibility
Product Manual
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Administration: The primary administration tool for Advanced Server for UNIX are the
Windows NT Server Tools, which can be used from a Windows NT workstation or a
Windows NT server. They are also available under Windows 3.1, Windows for
Workgroups, and Windows 95/98.
The NT Server Tools replace the graphical user interface
netadmin
.
Administration tasks can still be carried out via the UNIX console.
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Monitoring: The network is monitored with the graphical monitoring tools Event Viewer,
Performance Monitor, and Server Manager which supplement the Alerter service.
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New security concept: Advanced Server for UNIX has a more extensive security
concept, which consists of user identification, user authentication, access control, and
access logging.
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Remote Procedure Calls (RPC): Advanced Server for UNIX supports the Microsoft
Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs).
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Browser service: This service is used by Windows applications like Explorer/File
Manager and Print Manager as well as by the
net view
command.
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Support for UNIX quotas (configurable).
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Name Space Mapping: Mapping of long file names to DOS 8.3 naming conventions.
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Mixed Case Support: Configurable support for uppercase in file and directory names.
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New utilities: accget, accadm, and userget.
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Interoperability with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95/98.
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Configuration of NetBIOS (For further information please refer to the section entitled
section
“Configuring NetBIOS”
).
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Migration tools: Advanced Server for UNIX has migration tools with which existing
user accounts, access lists etc. are converted.
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No licensing with key diskettes; no additional user extensions.
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Manual pages for the API; the
NetAccessEnum
function has been omitted from the API.
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Utilities for generating installation diskettes for clients.
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The
net error
and
net audit
commands are obsolete; the
net access
command as well as
the new
net perms
command can only be invoked with parameters.
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Version 3.0 of MS Network Client
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German language message texts in a separate package
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In the
lanman.ini
file a series of parameters have been omitted. After an upgrade instal-
lation, these parameter entries should be removed manually.
