Advanced Server Unix
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Preface
Target Group
Target group
Summary of contents
Convention
Changes since the last version of the manual
Notational conventions
Changes since the last version
Introduction to Advanced Server for Unix
Shared resources
Client-server architecture
Shared resources
Names in the network
Name Meaning
Computername server name
System name
Sharename
Username
Network name
Domain name
Mapping of file attributes through Advanced Server for Unix
OS/2
Permissions Owner Group Filename
Share table list of shared resources
Shared directory
Printer spoolers
Shared printer resource
Sharing a printer
Interprocess communication resource, IPC$
Shared client printer
Printer server
LM named pipes
Mailslots
Using the Unix operating system from the PC
Alerter
Services
Services
Service Comments
Server role Task
Replicator
Netlogon
Timesource
Browser
Snmp service
Netrun service
Windows Internet Naming Service
Connection management
Connection management
Sessions
Connection to a resource
Administration
Administration of Advanced Server for Unix
Security concept
Programming interface API
Remote administration
Remote administration under MS-DOS
Remote administration under Windows
Compatibility
Remote Procedure Call RPC
Compatibility
Client software
Server hardware
Role of the server
LAN Manager/X
Important changes to Version
LAN Manager/X
Interoperability with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95/98
Support for Unix quotas configurable
Important changes to
Advanced Server for Unix
Advanced Server for Unix V4.0A
Compatibility
Communication between the processes
Process model
Process model
Overview of the processes
Process Task
Lmx.browser Lmx.ctrl Lmx.dmn Lmx.alerter
Process lmx.ctrl
Lmx.browser process
Process lmx.srv
Process lmx.dmn
Lmx.alerter process
Process lmx.extd
Lmx.netrun process
Lmx.nvalert process
Network communication
Network communication
Local communication for Unix systems
Local communication for Unix systems
Advanced Server for Unix delivery package
Installing Advanced Server for Unix
Main memory
Installing Advanced Server for Unix
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware requirements
File system Min. number in Mbytes Comment
Hard disk storage
Product name Meaning
Software requirements
System
Software version
Installation procedure
Installation procedure
Dependencies
Deinstalling previous versions
Deinstalling previous versions
Deinstalling LAN Manager/X V2.0
Special features of NetBIOS configuration
Deinstalling Advanced Server for Unix
To ignore old name mappings
To manually convert old name mappings
Automatic installation with TransView SAX
Automatic installation with TransView SAX
To automatically convert old name mappings
Readme
Installing from CD-ROM with cdinst
Product Manual
Product Manual
Installing the prerequisited packages
Installing the prerequisited packages
Installing the SIreadmeM package
Installing NetBIOS
Installing the prerequisited packages
Or as an alternative
Example entries in names.cfg
Preparing the installation
Installing server software asxserver package
Installing server software asxserver package
Stop the server
Installation steps
Output language
Interactive or non-interactive installation
Interface name of the spooler used by the server
Server role
Server name
Stances
Name of the administrator
Name of the primary domain controller
Domain language
Administrator’s password
Windows NT-style Printing
Start the server
Enter the interface name of the spooler
Upgrade of the accounts database lmxupgrade
Call /var/opt/lanman/bin/lmxupgrade -YUGA
Enter the password for the administrator twice
Enter the domain language of the primary domain controller
Var/opt/lanman/bin/lmxupgrade -YA
Interactive or non-interactive installation
Enter y yes or n no
Interactive installation
Checking the accounts database
Enter the name of the primary domain controller
New installation of a primary domain controller
Enter the server name
Confirm choices
New installation of a backup domain controller
Is displayed Enter the server role ‘backup’
Contacting the primary domain controller
Environment variable Meaning
After the installation
Automatic Start and Stop
Advanced Server for Unix environment variables
Upgrade of lanman.ini parameters
Asxtools and asxtoolsD
Installing optional packages
Installing optional packages
Msclients
Asxdocs Asxsnmp
Installing the msclients package
Installing the asxtools and asxtoolsD packages
Installing the asxdocs package
Installing the asxman package
Installing with the default configuration
Installation is started implicitly with pkgadd
Stopserver
Rlang
Rpassword
Deinstalling optional packages
Deinstalling Advanced Server for Unix
Deinstalling the server
Enter pkgrm asxserver
Deinstalling NetBIOS
Configuring NetBIOS
Configuring Advanced Server for Unix
Configuring NetBIOS
Introduction to NetBIOS
NetBIOS Names
Broadcast name resolution
Names.cfg file
Windows Internet Name Service Wins
Interfaces.cfg file
Configuring Network Interfaces
Active=
Example of an automatically created interfaces.cfg file
Ipaddr= , brdcastaddr=, netmask=
Usedbywins=
Brdcastlist=
To add or remove network interfaces
To view the current NetBIOS configuration
Syntax
Commands used for configuring network interfaces
Syntax getconfig
Example output of getconfig
Configuring NetBIOS
Configuring NetBIOS Name Resolution
Wins.cfg file
Example of /var/opt/nbrfc/conf/wins.cfg
To view the current Wins client configuration
LeTfkwO LgwyO me s,X8Xpl? uu
At the command prompt type
Commands used for administering name resolution
Options
Example output of a nbtstat -ncommand
Parameters
Example
Guidelines for configuring name resolution
Configuring NetBIOS Tunable Parameters
Nbmaxsess default 256, min 32, max
Nbrfcwinsreg old 0 new
Configuring Advanced Server for Unix Configuring NetBIOS
To change the behavior of the NetBIOS kernel components
Nbrfcstatbcast old 1 new
Configuring NetBIOS Startup Parameters
Parameter Comments
Connecting Advanced Server for Unix to Logging
Guidelines for NFS file systems
Guidelines for NFS file systems
#LOGFILE
Connecting Advanced Server for Unix to Logging
Restricting the user’s disk space
Restricting the user’s disk space
Functionality
Example of configuring Unix quotas
Configuring the disk space restriction
Mapping Advanced Server for Unix users to Unix users
Share the directory
Keyword Spool system
Configuring printers on the Unix system
Configuring AT&T spooler
Configuring printers on the Unix system
Configuring Spool
Setting up the supervisor
Setting up the spool server
Adding the printer to the supervisor
Checking the printer
Setting up the printer group
Large Spool V4.x configurations
Setting the priority for print jobs from Spool
Optimizing performance with Spool
Shared client printer via TSR program
Configuration for shared client printer
Setting up the shared client printer
Configuration for shared client printer
Addclipr Purpose
Examples
Delclipr
Prsrv option guidelines
Start Advanced Server for Unix with NetBIOS
Starting NetBIOS
Activating Advanced Server for Unix
Terminating Advanced Server for Unix
Sharing resources
Etc/init.d/mssrv stop
Terminating NetBIOS
Stopping and starting individual services
Start command Stop command Service
Setting up a Unix development environment
Adapting the configuration
Status display of the Advanced Server for Unix processes
Call Meaning
Call options for compilers and linkers
Changing server attributes
Administration guidelines
Changing server attributes
Sharing a CD-ROM drive
Administration guidelines Sharing a CD-ROM drive
Spool 4.x or Xprint
System data backup
Administration guidelinesProcessing the printer queue
Processing the printer queue
Status messages from Spool via Popup
Processing the printer queue
Changing parameters for a printer queue
Stopping and restarting print jobs
Changing the order of print jobs
Administering using the net admin command
Administering using the net admin command
Displaying the order of print jobs
PC tools
Tools for special tasks
PC tools
Retrieving information on clients lmgetinf.exe
Syntax Output parameters
\WINDOWS
Tools for NetBIOS
Tools for NetBIOS
1 /var/opt/nbrfc/bin/findbrow
SERVER1 Unique
3 /var/opt/nbrfc/bin/names2lm
2 /var/opt/nbrfc/bin/mvnames
Sample names.cfg file
Options and Parameters
System administrator tools
Access permissions in Advanced Server for Unix
System administrator tools
Saving access permissions for resources accget
YP sg
Errors
Editing saved resources and access permissions accadm
Resourcename \ Sbackup file u Mountpoint u
User2/user2.dat
Moving directories with existing access permissions
Saving the user configuration userget
Adding and removing server names addserver/delserver
Syntax of the asxpwexp.usr file
Checking the password expiry with the asxpwexp utility
Compression of the ACL Database
Compression of the ACL Database
Cp /var/opt/lanman/datafiles/acl* /save/datafiles
First option
Observe support
Observe support
Constraints on high availability
Procedure when the failed system is operational again
Procedure when a system fails
Example of how this works
Network Clients
Installing Network and Administrative Client Software
Creating Installation Diskettes
Creating Installation Diskettes
Microsoft Network Client Version 3.0 for MS-DOS
IO ttLy
Using Windows NT Network Client Administrator
Creating Network Installation Startup Disks
Installing Network Client Administrator
Creating Installation Disk Sets
Administrative Clients
Administrative Clients
Installing AS/U Administrator AS/X Administration Tool
Installing Windows NT Administrative Tools
Select Map Network Drive from the Tools menu
Installing Windows NT Server Tools on Windows 95/98
Double-click on Add/Remove Programs
Trust Relationships
Additional Password Prompts
Logging on for Windows NT Server Tools
Click on Event Viewer
Using Event Viewer
Using Server Manager
Using User Manager for Domains
Removing Windows NT Server Tools From Windows 95/98
Editing Security Properties for Resources
Considerations for Down-Level Windows Users
Select the Install/Uninstall tab
Administrative Clients
Getting Online Help
Getting Online Help
Advanced Server Commands
Administering Advanced Server at the Command Prompt
Advanced Server Command Description
Advanced Server Commands
Advanced Server Commands
Advanced Server Commands
Administering a Local Advanced Server
Net Command
Administering Local and Remote Servers
Net Command
Administering a Remote Advanced Server
Paging Through Screens
Using Passwords With Commands
Using Abbreviations
Using Command Confirmation
Typing Path Names With Unix System Net Commands
Using Special Characters With Commands
Typing Path Names at Client Computers
Understanding Command Syntax
Computers
Getting Help on Net Commands
Syntax only for Net commands
Command Descriptions
Net Command
Net Command
Implementing Wins
Name Resolution Services
Name Resolution Services
NetBIOS over TCP/IP NetBT Name Resolution
Node Point-to-Point Node
Node Broadcast Node
Node Hybrid Node
Node Multi-Node
Other Combinations
Wins and Broadcast Name Resolution
Wins in a Routed Environment
Example of an Internetwork with Wins Servers
Client a Non-WINS Client B Wins
Example of Clients and Servers Using Wins
Name Registration
Name Renewal
Name Release
Name Resolution
Name Resolution Services
Corp01 Router Wins Server
Wins Proxy
Wins and Dial-Up TCP/IP Networking Clients
Planning for Wins Server Implementation
Planning issue
Implementing Wins
Wins Client Traffic on Routed Networks
Planning for Wins Client Network Traffic
Roving User
Daily Startup of Wins Clients
Estimating Wins Client Traffic
North America
Planning for Wins Server Performance
Planning for Wins Server Fault Tolerance
Planning for Replication Convergence Time
Planning Replication Partners and Proxies
Setting Up a Wins Server
Nbrfcpreload
Installing Wins Manager
Using the wins command
Using the wins command
To install Wins Manager
Using the winsadm Command
Using the winsadm Command
Viewing Wins Server Status
Using Wins Manager
Configuring Wins Servers and Wins Client Behavior
Using Wins Manager
Configuration option Description
Using Wins Manager
Configuring Replication Partners
Replication partner type Description
Managing Static NetBIOS-to-IP Address Mappings
Type option Description
Importing Static Mappings in Advanced Server Wins
Advanced Configuration Parameters for Wins
Managing the Wins Server Database
Symbol Description
Viewing the Wins Database
Backing Up the Database
To backup the Wins database
File Description
State before scavenging State after scavenging
Scavenging the Database
Compacting the Wins Database
Troubleshooting Wins Servers
Troubleshooting Wins Servers
Verifying Wins Service Status
To ensure that the Wins service is running
Troubleshooting the Wins Server Database
To determine why a Wins backup fails
Troubleshooting
Event Viewer
Advanced Server Troubleshooting Tools
Tools for Assessing the Status of the Server
Advanced Server Tools
Statistic Description
Server Statistics
Current Statistics
Cumulative Statistics
Closing Sessions
Session Information
Print Subsystem Event Logging
Open Resources
Remote Monitoring of Server
Unix System and Advanced Server Features
Alerter Service
Tools Providing Automatic Status on the Server
Lmshell
Tools for Debugging Server Problems
Lmstat
Regcheck
Regconfig
Samcheck
Srvconfig
Acladm
Asxinfo
Troubleshooting Procedures
Troubleshooting Procedures
Asxcheck
Checking the Network
Isolating the Problem
Verify the Status of the Physical Network
Verify the NetBIOS Protocol Status
Verify the Transport Protocol Status
Verify Unix System Functionality
Isolating Problems on the Advanced Server
Is the Server Running?
Are All of the Server Services Running?
Are There Messages in the Error Logs?
Can the Server be Contacted From the Console?
Are All of the Server Resources Properly Shared?
Has the Advanced Server Registry Been Corrupted?
Is the Server Supporting a Maximum Number of Users?
Can the Server be Contacted From a Client?
Troubleshooting a Shared Resource
Differences Between System Access Permissions
Different System Access Permissions
Unix System Access Permissions
Unix System File and Directory Permissions
Unix System Group Permissions and Advanced Server
Unix System Permissions on Directories
Turning Off Unix System Permission Checking
Permission Description
Understanding Unix System Access Permissions
Problem
Solving Browsing Problems
Solving Browsing Problems
Changing Unix System Access Permissions
Solving Printing Problems
Solving Printing Problems
Resolution
Printer name is invalid
Print jobs in the queue are not printing
Solving Problems With Unknown File Systems
Solving Problems With Unknown File Systems
Troubleshooting
File names with umlauts are not visible after an upgrade
Path /etc Comment
Advanced Server for Unix directories and files
Path /usr/bin Comment
Path /opt Comment
Path /usr/include Comment
Path /usr/share Comment
Path /usr/lib Comment
Path Comment Var/opt/lanman/addon
Path /var/opt/lanman Comment
Path Comment Var/opt/lanman/bin
Link to /var/opt/lanman/bin/asx
Path Comment Var/opt/lanman/bin
Directory with Advanced Server for Unix data
Path Comment
Repladm Administration command for the replicator service
Path Comment Var/opt/lanman/lib
Path Comment Var/opt/lanman/init.d
Path Comment Var/opt/lanman/logs
Path Comment Var/opt/lanman/service Directory with services
Path /var/opt/nbrfc/bin Comment
Path /var/opt/nbrfc Comment
Path Comment Var/opt/nbrfc/conf
Advanced Server Registry
Root key name Description
Advanced Server Registry Structure
Value Entries in the Registry Keys
Advanced Server Registry Structure
Data type Description
Connecting to a Remote Registry
Using Registry Editor
Using Registry Editor
Viewing the Registry
Registry Editor Commands
Using AS/U Administrator
Using AS/U Administrator
Procedure Keyboard action
Policy Advanced Server Registry Key
Using AS/U Administrator
Registry Keys and Values
Registry Keys and Values
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters \Pulse
Advanced Server Key Descriptions
AlertAdminOnLicenseOverflow Regdword 0 or
Advanced Server Key Descriptions
Alert Parameters Entries
AclCacheSize Regdword 0
File Service Parameters Entries
ConnectTimeout Regdword 0 infinity
EnableSoftCompat Regdword 0, 1, or
ForceFileFlush Regdword 0 or
EnableSoftFileExtensions Regmultisz List
ForceDirectoryAcl Regdword 0 or
ForceFileAcl Regdword 0 or
MemoryMapFiles Regdword 0 or
MaxEASize Regdword 1 infinity
MaxFileSizeInKB Regdword 100 infinity
MaxZeroFillInKB Regdword 0 infinity
NameSpaceMapping Regdword 0, 1, 2, or
OplockTimeout Regdword 1 infinity
NfsCheck Regdword 0 or
TruncatedExtensions Regdword 0 or
ReportNTFS Regdword
RootOwnsFilesCreatedOnNFS
SyncAclFileOnWrite Regdword 0 or
UnixFilePerms Regdword 0
UnixCloseCount Regdword 1
UnixDirectoryCheck Regdword 0, 1, or
UnixDirectoryPerms Regdword 0
UseNfsLocks Regdword 0 or
UseEAs Regdword 0 or
UseUnixLocks Regdword 0
VolumeLabel Regdword 0 or
WriteBehind Regdword 0 or
NetAdminGroupName Regsz Character string
Net Administration Parameters Entries
NetAdminUserName Regsz Character string
CheckPrintQueueInMinutes Regdword 1 infinity
Parameters Entries
BigEndianLuidCompatibilityMode Regdword 0 or
CallXpstatDev Regdword 0 or
MaxDirectoryBufferSize Regdword 1 infinity
DisableUpLevelPrinting Regdword 0 or
DeletedPrintJobTimeOnQ Regdword 0 infinity
Locale
MaxMessageSize Regdword 1024
MaxServiceWaitTime Regdword 5 seconds infinity
MaxIpcTryCount Regdword 1 infinity
MaxMailslotReadTime Regdword 1 infinity
SpoolinAsUnixUser Regdword 0 or
Time Default Advanced Server 4.0 for Unix Systems NativeOS
SendByeMessage Regdword 0 or
SizeGcBufferPoolInKB Regdword 1 infinity
MaxLockTimeInSeconds Regdword 5 infinity
Process Parameters Entries
KeepSpareServer Regdword 0 or
LockNapInMSec Regdword 1 infinity
NumCLIENTSESSION Regdword 5 infinity
MinSmbWorkerTasks Regdword 0
MinVCPerProc Regdword 0 infinity
NumCIStructs Regdword 0 infinity
StopOnCore Regdword 0 or
NumSERVERSESSION Regdword 5 infinity
NumUStructs Regdword 1 infinity
SpareServerTime Regdword 0 infinity
VCDistribution Regmultisz List
BrowserMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity
RPC Parameters Entries
EventlogMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity
SpoolssMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity
LsarpcMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity
NetlogonMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity
SamrMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity
Share Parameters Entries
User Service Parameters Entries
SyncUnixHomeDirectory Regdword 0 or
GroupUpdateTime Regdword 0 infinity
ForceUniqueUnixUserAccount Regdword 0 or
NewUserShell Regsz Character string
Alerter Service Parameters
Browser Service Parameters
WinsServer
EventLog Service Entries
File Regexpandsz Path and file name
Lanman Server Parameters
Hidden Regdword 0 or
EnableSecuritySignature Regdword 0 or
ErrorAlert Regdword 0 infinity
AutoDisconnect
SrvAnnounce Regdword 1 infinity
MaxMpxCt Regdword 1
NullSessionShares Regmultisz List of shares
RequireSecuritySignature Regdword 0 or
Lanman Server Shares
Net Logon Service Parameters
Net Logon Service Parameters
QueryDelay Regdword 1 infinity
RelogonDelay Regdword 1 infinity
RefusePasswordChange Regdword 0 or
Scripts Regexpandsz
MaxRuns Regdword 1 to
Netrun Service Parameters
Replicator Service Entries
Random Regdword 1 to
Interval Regdword 1 to
MaxFilesInDirectory Regdword 0 to infinity
Pulse Regdword 1 to
UPS Service Parameters Entries
PowerFailAddress Regsz
Wins Service Parameters
PowerMessageInterval Regdword 0 infinity
MemberPrec Regdword 0 or
DoStaticDataInit Regdword
Lanman.ini File
Syntax
Parameters
Values any domain name of 1-15 characters
Country Code
Server looks for these dynamic libraries on startup
Server’s Unix system name
Nethelpfile Location of the help file used by the net help
OS/2 folder shows either no files or one file
See the chapter Configuring NetBIOS
Default /var/opt/lanman/addon/fsaddon
Lanman.ini Parameter Mapping to Registry Keys
Lanman.ini Parameter Mapping to Registry Keys
Domain None lanman.ini file
Lanman.ini Parameter Mapping to Registry Keys
Lanman.ini File
Lanman.ini File
Lanman.ini File
Lanman.ini File
Lanman.ini File
Lanman.ini Parameter Mapping to Registry Keys
Maxspoolers None obsolete Psaddonpath None lanman.ini file
Maxruns NetRun\Parameters MaxRuns Runpath RunPath
Alerter
Administration shell
Administrator
Advanced Server
Client
Backup domain controller
Glossary Auditing
Browser
LM named pipe
Glossary Group
Home directory
Interprocess communication IPC$
Message Popup
NetBIOS
Glossary Member server
Messenger
Primary domain controller
Password
Glossary Netlogon security
Netrun
Share
Glossary Server
Server system
Session
Shared directory
Subcommands
Glossary Sharename
Share table
User account
Glossary Timesource
Timesource server
Trust relationship
Workstation
Glossary Wins Service
Abbreviations
Abbreviations
TSR
LAN Manager/X
Advanced Server for Unix
MS Network Client
Related publications
Related publications MS Network Client
Related publications Other Siemens publications
Related publications Xprint
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