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Advanced Server for UNIX V4.0

Concepts and Planning

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System and network administrators

Contents

Introduction to Advanced Server for UNIX. Information on the administration and security concept, domains and trusts administration of shared network files, printing, monitoring network activities, and differences to LAN Manager/X is included.

Changes and extensions to the Siemens version are documented in this manual, “Overview and Installation”.

Advanced Server for UNIX V4.0

API Reference

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Developers

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Brief overview of the API functions. Detailed information is provided in the API manual pages.

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System administrators

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Advanced Server Unix Copyright and Trademarks Comments… Suggestions… Corrections… Preface Target Group Target group Summary of contents Convention Changes since the last version of the manualNotational conventions Changes since the last version Introduction to Advanced Server for Unix Shared resources Client-server architecture Names in the network Shared resourcesName Meaning Computername server name System name Username SharenameNetwork 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 ServicesServices Service Comments Server role Task ReplicatorNetlogon Timesource Browser Snmp serviceNetrun service Windows Internet Naming Service Connection management Connection managementSessions Connection to a resource Administration of Advanced Server for Unix AdministrationSecurity concept Programming interface API Remote administrationRemote administration under MS-DOS Remote administration under Windows Compatibility Remote Procedure Call RPCCompatibility 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 Overview of the processes Process modelProcess Task Lmx.browser Lmx.ctrl Lmx.dmn Lmx.alerter Process lmx.ctrl Lmx.browser process Process lmx.srvProcess lmx.dmn Lmx.alerter process Lmx.netrun process Process lmx.extdLmx.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 UnixHardware and software requirements Hardware requirements File system Min. number in Mbytes Comment Hard disk storage Product name Meaning Software requirementsSystem Software version Installation procedure Installation procedureDependencies Deinstalling previous versions Deinstalling previous versions Deinstalling LAN Manager/X V2.0 Deinstalling Advanced Server for Unix Special features of NetBIOS configurationTo ignore old name mappings To manually convert old name mappings Automatic installation with TransView SAXAutomatic 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 packagesInstalling the SIreadmeM package Installing NetBIOS Installing the prerequisited packages Or as an alternative Example entries in names.cfg Installing server software asxserver package Preparing the installationInstalling server software asxserver package Stop the server Installation steps Interactive or non-interactive installation Output languageInterface name of the spooler used by the server Server role Server name Name of the administrator StancesName 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 installationAutomatic Start and Stop Advanced Server for Unix environment variables Upgrade of lanman.ini parameters Asxtools and asxtoolsD Installing optional packagesInstalling 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 Advanced Server for Unix Deinstalling optional packagesDeinstalling the server Enter pkgrm asxserver Deinstalling NetBIOS Configuring NetBIOS Configuring Advanced Server for Unix Introduction to NetBIOS Configuring NetBIOSNetBIOS 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 Usedbywins= Ipaddr= , brdcastaddr=, netmask=Brdcastlist= To add or remove network interfaces To view the current NetBIOS configuration Syntax Commands used for configuring network interfacesSyntax 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 NetBIOSTo change the behavior of the NetBIOS kernel components Nbrfcstatbcast old 1 new Configuring NetBIOS Startup Parameters Parameter Comments Connecting Advanced Server for Unix to LoggingGuidelines 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 spaceFunctionality Configuring the disk space restriction Example of configuring Unix quotasMapping Advanced Server for Unix users to Unix users Share the directory Keyword Spool system Configuring printers on the Unix systemConfiguring AT&T spooler Configuring printers on the Unix system Configuring Spool Setting up the spool server Setting up the supervisorAdding the printer to the supervisor Checking the printer Setting up the printer group Setting the priority for print jobs from Spool Large Spool V4.x configurationsOptimizing performance with Spool Shared client printer via TSR program Configuration for shared client printerSetting up the shared client printer Configuration for shared client printer Addclipr Purpose Examples Delclipr Prsrv option guidelines Starting NetBIOS Start Advanced Server for Unix with NetBIOSActivating Advanced Server for Unix Terminating Advanced Server for Unix Sharing resources Etc/init.d/mssrv stop Terminating NetBIOSStopping and starting individual services Start command Stop command Service Adapting the configuration Setting up a Unix development environmentStatus 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 backupAdministration guidelinesProcessing the printer queue Processing the printer queue Status messages from Spool via Popup Processing the printer queueChanging parameters for a printer queue Stopping and restarting print jobs Changing the order of print jobs Administering using the net admin commandAdministering using the net admin command Displaying the order of print jobs PC tools Tools for special tasks Retrieving information on clients lmgetinf.exe PC toolsSyntax Output parameters \WINDOWS Tools for NetBIOS Tools for NetBIOS1 /var/opt/nbrfc/bin/findbrow SERVER1 Unique 2 /var/opt/nbrfc/bin/mvnames 3 /var/opt/nbrfc/bin/names2lmSample names.cfg file Options and Parameters System administrator toolsAccess permissions in Advanced Server for Unix System administrator tools Saving access permissions for resources accget YP sg Editing saved resources and access permissions accadm ErrorsResourcename \ 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 utilityCompression 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 a system fails Procedure when the failed system is operational againExample of how this works Network Clients Installing Network and Administrative Client Software Creating Installation Diskettes Creating Installation DiskettesMicrosoft 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 Administrative Clients Creating Installation Disk SetsAdministrative Clients Installing AS/U Administrator AS/X Administration Tool Installing Windows NT Administrative Tools Installing Windows NT Server Tools on Windows 95/98 Select Map Network Drive from the Tools menuDouble-click on Add/Remove Programs Additional Password Prompts Trust RelationshipsLogging on for Windows NT Server Tools Click on Event Viewer Using Event ViewerUsing 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 CommandAdministering 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 CommandsSyntax 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 issue Planning for Wins Server ImplementationImplementing Wins Wins Client Traffic on Routed Networks Planning for Wins Client Network Traffic Daily Startup of Wins Clients Roving UserEstimating Wins Client Traffic North America Planning for Wins Server Fault Tolerance Planning for Wins Server PerformancePlanning 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 commandTo install Wins Manager Using the winsadm Command Using the winsadm Command Viewing Wins Server Status Using Wins ManagerConfiguring 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 Symbol Description Managing the Wins Server DatabaseViewing the Wins Database To backup the Wins database Backing Up the DatabaseFile Description State before scavenging State after scavenging Scavenging the Database Compacting the Wins Database Troubleshooting Wins ServersTroubleshooting 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 ToolsTools for Assessing the Status of the Server Advanced Server Tools Statistic Description Server StatisticsCurrent Statistics Cumulative Statistics Closing Sessions Session Information Open Resources Print Subsystem Event LoggingRemote Monitoring of Server Alerter Service Unix System and Advanced Server FeaturesTools Providing Automatic Status on the Server Tools for Debugging Server Problems LmshellLmstat Regcheck Regconfig Srvconfig SamcheckAcladm Asxinfo Troubleshooting ProceduresTroubleshooting Procedures Asxcheck Checking the Network Isolating the Problem Verify the NetBIOS Protocol Status Verify the Status of the Physical NetworkVerify 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? Is the Server Supporting a Maximum Number of Users? Has the Advanced Server Registry Been Corrupted?Can the Server be Contacted From a Client? Differences Between System Access Permissions Troubleshooting a Shared ResourceDifferent System Access Permissions Unix System Access Permissions Unix System File and Directory Permissions Unix System Group Permissions and Advanced ServerUnix System Permissions on Directories Turning Off Unix System Permission Checking Permission Description Understanding Unix System Access Permissions Problem Solving Browsing ProblemsSolving Browsing Problems Changing Unix System Access Permissions Solving Printing Problems Solving Printing ProblemsResolution 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 /opt Comment Path /usr/bin CommentPath /usr/include Comment Path /usr/share Comment Path /usr/lib Comment Path /var/opt/lanman Comment Path Comment Var/opt/lanman/addonPath 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 StructureValue Entries in the Registry Keys Advanced Server Registry Structure Data type Description Using Registry Editor Connecting to a Remote RegistryUsing Registry Editor Viewing the Registry Registry Editor Commands Using AS/U Administrator Using AS/U AdministratorProcedure 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 orAdvanced Server Key Descriptions Alert Parameters Entries AclCacheSize Regdword 0 File Service Parameters EntriesConnectTimeout Regdword 0 infinity EnableSoftCompat Regdword 0, 1, or ForceFileFlush Regdword 0 or EnableSoftFileExtensions Regmultisz ListForceDirectoryAcl Regdword 0 or ForceFileAcl Regdword 0 or MemoryMapFiles Regdword 0 or MaxEASize Regdword 1 infinityMaxFileSizeInKB Regdword 100 infinity MaxZeroFillInKB Regdword 0 infinity OplockTimeout Regdword 1 infinity NameSpaceMapping Regdword 0, 1, 2, orNfsCheck Regdword 0 or TruncatedExtensions Regdword 0 or ReportNTFS RegdwordRootOwnsFilesCreatedOnNFS SyncAclFileOnWrite Regdword 0 or UnixFilePerms Regdword 0 UnixCloseCount Regdword 1UnixDirectoryCheck Regdword 0, 1, or UnixDirectoryPerms Regdword 0 UseNfsLocks Regdword 0 or UseEAs Regdword 0 or VolumeLabel Regdword 0 or UseUnixLocks Regdword 0WriteBehind Regdword 0 or Net Administration Parameters Entries NetAdminGroupName Regsz Character stringNetAdminUserName Regsz Character string CheckPrintQueueInMinutes Regdword 1 infinity Parameters EntriesBigEndianLuidCompatibilityMode Regdword 0 or CallXpstatDev Regdword 0 or MaxDirectoryBufferSize Regdword 1 infinity DisableUpLevelPrinting Regdword 0 orDeletedPrintJobTimeOnQ Regdword 0 infinity Locale MaxMessageSize Regdword 1024 MaxServiceWaitTime Regdword 5 seconds infinityMaxIpcTryCount Regdword 1 infinity MaxMailslotReadTime Regdword 1 infinity SpoolinAsUnixUser Regdword 0 or Time Default Advanced Server 4.0 for Unix Systems NativeOSSendByeMessage Regdword 0 or SizeGcBufferPoolInKB Regdword 1 infinity MaxLockTimeInSeconds Regdword 5 infinity Process Parameters EntriesKeepSpareServer Regdword 0 or LockNapInMSec Regdword 1 infinity NumCLIENTSESSION Regdword 5 infinity MinSmbWorkerTasks Regdword 0MinVCPerProc Regdword 0 infinity NumCIStructs Regdword 0 infinity StopOnCore Regdword 0 or NumSERVERSESSION Regdword 5 infinityNumUStructs Regdword 1 infinity SpareServerTime Regdword 0 infinity VCDistribution Regmultisz List RPC Parameters Entries BrowserMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinityEventlogMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity SpoolssMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity LsarpcMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinityNetlogonMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity SamrMaxCalls Regdword 5 infinity Share Parameters Entries User Service Parameters Entries SyncUnixHomeDirectory Regdword 0 or GroupUpdateTime Regdword 0 infinityForceUniqueUnixUserAccount Regdword 0 or NewUserShell Regsz Character string Alerter Service Parameters Browser Service Parameters EventLog Service Entries WinsServerFile Regexpandsz Path and file name Lanman Server Parameters Hidden Regdword 0 or EnableSecuritySignature Regdword 0 orErrorAlert Regdword 0 infinity AutoDisconnect SrvAnnounce Regdword 1 infinity MaxMpxCt Regdword 1NullSessionShares Regmultisz List of shares RequireSecuritySignature Regdword 0 or Lanman Server Shares Net Logon Service ParametersNet Logon Service Parameters QueryDelay Regdword 1 infinity RefusePasswordChange Regdword 0 or RelogonDelay Regdword 1 infinityScripts Regexpandsz MaxRuns Regdword 1 to Netrun Service Parameters Replicator Service Entries Random Regdword 1 to Interval Regdword 1 toMaxFilesInDirectory Regdword 0 to infinity Pulse Regdword 1 to UPS Service Parameters Entries Wins Service Parameters PowerFailAddress RegszPowerMessageInterval 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 shellAdministrator Advanced Server Client Backup domain controllerGlossary Auditing Browser LM named pipe Glossary GroupHome directory Interprocess communication IPC$ Message Popup NetBIOSGlossary Member server Messenger Primary domain controller PasswordGlossary Netlogon security Netrun Share Glossary ServerServer system Session Shared directory SubcommandsGlossary Sharename Share table User account Glossary TimesourceTimesource 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 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