Siemens V4.0 manual Names in the network, Shared resources, Name Meaning

Introduction to Advanced Server for UNIX Shared resources

2.2.1 Names in the network

In the network, servers, domains, clients, users, and resources are assigned unique names. The following table describes briefly the various types of names in the network.

Name	Meaning
System name	Name of the UNIX system
Computername, server name	Each server and client in a network must have a unique
	computername.
	A proposed server name is derived from the system
	name when it is being installed first (maximum 15
	characters).
Username	The administrator provides each user in a network with a
	unique username for identification.
			Users from other domains with which there is a
		i
			trust relationship are addressed with <domain
			name>\<username>.
Sharename	The administrator assigns a unique sharename to each
	shared resource on a server.
Network name, UNC name	The network name consists of the server’s computer
	name and the sharename of one of this server’s
	resources. A connection to a resource is established, for
	example, with a network name.
Domain name	The domain gets a domain name when you install the
	primary domain controller. By default, it consists of the
	first eleven characters of the system name plus the suffix
	.dom (maximum 15 characters).

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