Siemens V4.0 manual Username, Sharename, Network name

Introduction to Advanced Server for UNIX Shared resources

2.2.1.3Username

Every user of a client is assigned a username by the administrator, which is unique throughout the network. Users are identified by their usernames in the network.

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The username consists of three to fifteen characters: letters, numbers, spaces and special characters without / \ * ’ " ‘!. Use a maximum of eight characters to achieve unique mapping between UNIX names and Advanced Server for UNIX users. It is not recommended to use umlauts or characters like the euro symbol in usernames.

2.2.1.4Sharename

If a resource on a server is shared, it gets a sharename. The sharename identifies the resource on the server. A sharename for a resource must appear only once on a server, however the same sharename may be used several times on other servers in the network. The sharename is part of the network name.

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The sharename consists of up to twelve characters: letters (no umlauts), numbers, and special characters. For MS-DOS clients, the sharename must comply with the MS-DOS conventions.

Example

The command net share sf1=c:/u1/public is used by the administrator to share the directory /u1/public as a resource for the network, sf1 is the sharename of this resource.

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●The character string c: must always precede the resource pathname when sharing directories.

2.2.1.5Network name

A client user sets up a connection to a shared resource using the network name. The network name of a shared resource consists of the computername of a server and of the sharename of the resource shared on this server.

Example

The command net use j: \\server1\sf1 is used by the client user to set up a connection to the shared resource with the sharename sf1, which is located on the server with the computername server1. The network name of the resource in this case is \\server1\sf1. Using the command dir \\server1\sf1 or dir j: you can then display the contents of the shared directory.

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