Installing WPCorp Products On Novell's NetWar

DocumentID: 627830
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:42:20 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: INTRODUCTION This memo is designed to assist you in the installation of WordPerfect products on the Novell NetWare Lite Network. This is a new network from Novell that is peer-to-peer and does not in any way resemble their NetWare network. This is a NETBIOS based network and will be referred to in this memo as NWLite. The terms Client and Server are used by Novell to distinguish between those PCs on the network that cannot share their resources (Client) and those that can share their resources (Server). A Client-Server is a PC that is a server but can also run programs just like a client. This network is Novell's answer to peer-to-peer networks such as LANtastic. FUNCTIONS FOR NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR Prior to the installation of WordPerfect products, a person with supervisory access rights must establish the proper directories on the server disk(s) to accommodate the WordPerfect products' programs and data. This is performed from a Server or Client-Server by creating the desired directories and setting them to network directories. The system is installed with one directory (the root directory) defined as a network directory called CDrive. A drive letter should be mapped to this directory before establishing additional network directories. Users can also add mapped drive letters to the PATH command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. ESTABLISHING NETWORK DIRECTORIES After the proper directories have been created on the Server or Client-Server hard disk, the assigning of network directories procedure is initiated by typing NET and pressing Enter from the DOS prompt. This procedure is menu driven and Figure 1 depicts an example of the main menu displayed on the screen. To assign network resources, highlight the "Supervise The Network" option and press Enter. This will bring up the "Supervise The Network" menu screen (Figure 2) placed to the right of the Main Menu. |============================| |============================| | Main Menu | | Supervise the Network | |============================| |============================| ||Communicate with Users | ||Audit log | ||Display your user account | ||Error log | ||Map drive letters | ||Network directories | ||Print | ||Network printing | ||Set your password | ||Server configuration | ||Supervise the network | ||Server status | |============================| ||Server system files | Figure 1 - Example Main Menu ||Time synchronization | Screen ||Users | |============================| Figure 2 - Supervise the networks menu. SELECTING THE PROPER SERVER By using the cursor arrows, highlight the "Network Directories" option and press Enter. This will bring up the Network Directory Server menu screen (Figure 3). This tells what directories on what servers have been allocated as network directories. To designate a new network directory, press Insert and select the server from the list of servers (Figure 4). Using the cursor arrows to highlight the proper server, press Enter to bring up the directory name box on the screen. |================================| |================| | Network Directory Server | | Servers | |================================| |================| | |CDrive NWLS1 | | |NWLS1 | | |Netlite NWLS1 | | |NWLS2 | | |Office NWLS2 | | |NWLS3 | | |WordPerfect NWLS2 | | | | | |DrawPerfect NWLS2 | | | | | |Miscellaneous NWLS1 | |================| | | | Figure 4 - Servers | | | | | | |================================| Figure 3 - List of Network Directories NAMING THE NEW NETWORK DIRECTORY The system will respond with a request for the name of the new network directory after you have chosen the server. Figure 5 shows the format of that request. |===============================================================| | Type network directory name : | |===============================================================| Figure 5 - Request for new network directory name PROVIDING REQUIRED DIRECTORY INFORMATION After you have supplied the new network directory name, the system will respond with a data table for you to supply the proper information about the directory. Figure 6 shows this data block, where the information entered is the default information, and the xxxxxxxx and XXXX in the title block are the directory and the server respectively that you selected. When you highlight item two a selection list is provided and when you highlight item 3 a block is provided for you to enter a list of users that are exceptions to the default access rights in item 2. The system highlights the items being accessed. It is best if the actual directory path is a network drive letter previously established for CDrive, which is the server hard drive. Thus, if this network directory establishment function is performed from any other PC, the path is established to the server hard drive and not to that PC's hard drive. |===============================================================| | Information on Network Directory xxxxxxxx on Server XXXX | |===============================================================| | |Actual directory path (48 max) : C:\ | | |Default access rights : All | | |Users with non default rights : (Press Enter to select) | |===============================================================| Figure 6 - Network directory information block MAPPING A DRIVE LETTER TO A NETWORK DIRECTORY There are two ways to map a drive letter to a network directory. The easiest is to type NET as you first did and then select "Map drive letters" from the main directory. This will display a table of all the drives and let you select which letter you want to map. If you select one that has not been mapped, a list of network directories will appear and you can select the directory to map to the drive letter. This is the preferred method. The other method is to execute the NET MAP command from the DOS prompt. In either case, you should use the letter drive item as the path for the network directory when establishing the network directory. This is accomplished (the drive mapping) after you have established the network directory. NETWORK SELECTION IN WP PRODUCTS During the WP product installation when it calls for the type of network on which the WordPerfect product is being installed, the selection should be number 4 since that is the NETBIOS type network and will set up the proper parameters to allow such routines as Mail and Scheduler to work across the network. Otherwise, the command SET must be used to set these parameters to their required values.

Answer:

Details:

Product specifications, packaging, technical support and information (*Specifications*) refer to theUnited States retail English version only. Specifications for other versions may vary. All Specifications, claims, features, representations, and/or comparisons provided are correct to the best of our knowledge of the date of publication, but are subject to change without notice.OUR MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU AND THAT OF OUR DEALERS AND SUPPLIERS IS LIMITED. IT SHALL NOTEXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION. SEE LEGAL DISCLAIMER.