Introduction to Advanced Server for UNIX

Compatibility

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.

Monitoring: The network is monitored with the graphical monitoring tools Event Viewer, Performance Monitor, and Server Manager which supplement the Alerter service.

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.

Remote Procedure Calls (RPC): Advanced Server for UNIX supports the Microsoft Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs).

Browser service: This service is used by Windows applications like Explorer/File Manager and Print Manager as well as by the net view command.

Support for UNIX quotas (configurable).

Name Space Mapping: Mapping of long file names to DOS 8.3 naming conventions.

Mixed Case Support: Configurable support for uppercase in file and directory names.

New utilities: accget, accadm, and userget.

Interoperability with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95/98.

Configuration of NetBIOS (For further information please refer to the section entitled section “Configuring NetBIOS” ).

Migration tools: Advanced Server for UNIX has migration tools with which existing user accounts, access lists etc. are converted.

No licensing with key diskettes; no additional user extensions.

Manual pages for the API; the NetAccessEnum function has been omitted from the API.

Utilities for generating installation diskettes for clients.

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.

Version 3.0 of MS Network Client

German language message texts in a separate package

In the lanman.ini file a series of parameters have been omitted. After an upgrade instal- lation, these parameter entries should be removed manually.

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