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2. Printer Property E xj Fie Foma Auto Deien Banner Paps I Enable Log File UNG to DOS Ceerversion Use Device Contest to Print Text File Enable Line Feed File Format Auto Detect This is the default setting and in general will detect the format of a printing job Post Script Some printers may request post script formatting specifically Select this one in the case Raw Format This selection will keep the files original formatting without any modification Text Format This selection can be used for general text files The Unix to DOS conversion will replace the end of line mark in a unix file with a CR character so that when viewing from windows the file will be properly lined up Omni Series User s Manual 56 LPR Host Click Finish to close the dialog box Now back in the user interface screen again You will see the printer just defined with Status Ready XLink LPD Printer Server Ernte Raus Option View Property tep Sx 70 A Viewing the queue To see if a printing job is received by LPD server you need to first Pause the printer by click on Status Pause from the user interface screen Then you click on View Queue to open up the queue screen as shown in following Upon issuance of an Ip command if all is working properly you should see the job listed in the queue Omni Series User s Manual LPR Hosts 57 Change printer port The standard printe
3. Service mni NFS Server x OK C Manual Cancel C Disabled 5 Help m Log On As System Account T Allow Service to Interact with Desktop This Account pi Password Toni Password 3 Inthe Log On As group box select This Account 4 Ifthe account name is not set to Administrator you will need to click on the list button to get a list of accounts 5 Select Administrators followed by the Add button to set the account name and click OK to validate your changes Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 29 6 Once all the setting is set restart the Omni NFS Server service Note The passwords of the administrator accounts for both local system and the peer workstation from which the network drive is mapped have to be the same Understand Concept Of Mapping Why mapping With more network security concerns better protections are implemented on computer systems While Windows NTFS file system has tighter security checkups than the original FAT file system Omni NFS server the windows application needs to follow suit Mapping is the Omni NFS server s approach in complementing windows NTFS security system Two ways to map There are two ways to set mapping in NFS server universal mapping and one to one mapping The universal mapping is a way to disable NFS server user checkup The user s group however still needs to be defined With this setting all users belong to the group can
4. The one to one mapping 1 Find out the owner account of the exported path You need to use the owner account to set up either UID GID mapping or universal mapping latter on For example if the owner of the exported path is local machine administrators you will provide local machine administrators for user mapping If you provide domain administrator in mapping setup the mapping may fail to work Advanced Security Settings for Temp Permissions Auditing Owner Effective Permissions You can take ownership of an object if you have the appropriate permissions Current owner of this item Change owner to Name Administrator VMM XP SMALL Administrator Administrators Replace owner on subcontainers and objects Omni Series User s Manual 32 NFS Server How to find out the owner of a folder e On Windows 2008 7 2003 1 Highlight the exported folder 2 Right mouse click property gt security gt Advanced gt Owner e OnXP Step 1 goto Control Panel gt Folder Options gt uncheck clear Use simple file sharing Recommended Step 2 Following instructions On Windows 2003 above 2 Decide to use either UID GID mapping or universal mapping Each UNIX account has a GID number and UID number You may login a UNIX account and type id to see the UID and GID of the current login UNIX account The User Mapping is for you to map a windows account to a UNIX account It is us
5. Mapping for Gateway network users While the Authentication set in both HostEditor and Define are for Gateway connecting to the NFS server you need to setup Mapping to give access permission to the Windows network users who want to access files on the NFS server system through the Gateway To setup Mapping you need to first create user accounts on the Gateway system for each Windows user in the subnet and also create user accounts for them on the NFS server system Then map them up For example the five Windows systems in the subnet having the login accounts John Jay Jessica Janet and Joan You will create five user accounts on the Gateway system J1 J2 J3 J4 and J5 and five user accounts on the NFS server system j1 j2 j3 j4 and j5 Omni Series User s Manual 12 NFS Gateway NT to Unix Account Mapping Select NT Accourt Select UNIX Account Macsotoft Domain WORKGROUP Browse UNK Account information via NIS Microsoft Host 1 amp 5 135 UND Server Foe AI UNC Microsoft Account G Show ures fat Show group kat Uo en Secondary GIDs Litt Add Mapping Mapped UID Mapped GID Mapping Lt Secondary GIDs Then from this dialog box the default should show correct domain and host name the Gateway system in Microsoft Domain and Microsoft Host From Microsoft Accounts list you select J1 and enter j l s user id and group id numbers in UID and GID screens You can specify the NFS serv
6. e Buffer size Adjust the buffer size can help to improve file transfer rate and sometimes improve data quality e Cache Off With the box unchecked data can be stored in local cache memory When it is checked the data from NFS drive will be retrieved directly form NFS server e Disable NFS 3 By default NFS 3 is on This means NFS 3 on the NFS server system is required If you are sure that NFS 2 is running on the NFS server system check the box Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 11 e Schedule This feature allows user to specify mount umount time for better service control the military time 0 23 hours is used here e File Conversion File conversion is bi directional It replaces the LF of a DOS file with a space for UNIX viewing and replace the EOL character of a UNIX file with a CR character for Windows viewing The replacements is done to keep the file size unchanged It is not recommanded to turn on this option which might cause corruption with none ASSCII files If not all files with different files extensions are wanted for file conversion the Set Extension button will allow you to select desired files by their extensions e Locking Method With the selection NFS client place the request for the type of service e File attributes All files created in the mounted drive will match the settings here e Directory Attributes All directions created in the mounted drive will match the settings here
7. Menu Press this button to close the FTP application The ASCII Button Check this box while you perform carriage return line feed translation and transfer text files for use on a non Windows system The Binary Button Select binary mode for transferring binary raw files The MkDir Button To make a new directory on a local or a remote system you simply select the parent drive and directory and press the MkDir button After pressing this button the dialog box will prompt you to enter the new directory name Omni Series User s Manual RSH 75 The Delete Button To delete files on a local or a remote system highlight the files you wish to delete then press the Delete button The files you have highlighted will be deleted The Rename Button To rename the file on a local or a remote system highlight the file you wish to rename on the local drive or on the remote system then press the Rename button A dialog box will prompt you to enter the new file name The View Button To view the file on a local or a remote system highlight the file either on the local drive or on the remote system and press the View button The dialog box will show the content of the file you want to view The default viewer editor program is Windows Notepad The L gt R Button amp The L lt R Button To transfer files between local and remote systems highlight the files or directories you
8. using Address A number that identifies a unique location in the computer s memory where information is stored Address Resolution Protocol ARP A protocol that translates Internet addresses into Ethernet addresses ANSI American National Standards Institute Application Clients Application programs that run under the X Window system ARP Address Resolution Protocol ASCII Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange A standard set of characters used in data transmission applications AUI Attachment Unit Interface Interface type for Ethernet Baud Rate The number of binary digits transmitted per second over a serial line Omni Series User s Manual 108 Glossary Bitmap A highly structured file that contains not only an image s picture elements or pixels but also the type sizes and color information Broadcast Address The address used to send information to all equipment on the network Control Characters Characters that send a command to the terminal when you type them rather than sending the character itself to the screen display Data Bits The number of bits in a transmitted or received byte of data usually either 7 or 8 The number of data bits needs to be determined when setting serial communications parameters Default A value or instruction in effect unless explicitly changed Download Transferring data from a host to a terminal Ethernet A local ar
9. 101 APPENDIX E The system settings for cross domain file access with NFS server product For Windows NT server Assume domain A and domain B are set Domain A is the trusted domain and domain B is the trusting domain Install Omni NFS Dual Gateway on domain A system 1 on both domains in User Manager Trust Relationships set the trust to the other domain 2 on domain B in User Manager User Rights Policy add domain A s Domain Admins account to 1 Access this computer from network 2 Back up files and directories 3 Restore files and directories and 4 Take ownership of files or other objects 3 on domain A go to windows services stop service of Omni NFS server click on startup to open up the dialog box in the section of log on as select this account and enter or select from browse local administrator account with its password 4 on domain B share out all drives folders your want the unix system NFS client to see then you will be able to see them in domain A system and export them out from Dual Gateway server gateway Omni Series User s Manual 102 Appendix C For Windows 2000 server Please make sure following settings are set for the test 1 assume domain A and domain B systems and Omni DGW is installed on the domain A 2 domain B is trusted to domain A so that on domain A you have domain B trusted as Tree Root with yes for the transitive property 3 on domain A system go to
10. 2000 server occcccccccccccecececececececececececececececesececececesesesess 102 APPENDIX FP oeste 103 FIREWALL SETUP ON WINDOWS XP AND VISTA SYSTEMS iibi ae qi putet t dn DI M RE 103 vii viii How to Use this Manual 1 CHAPTER 1 How to Use this Manual Introducing Omni Series Software Omni series software is a set of computer software products that utilize NFS protocol for Windows Unix systems connectivity Following topics are illustrated in this chapter gt About Omni Series Software describes the Omni Series software and lists some of the features gt Omni Series Packages lists all the packages available in the Omni Series software family gt Additional Information describes where additional information can be found gt Conventions used in this User s Guide describes the conventions used throughout this Guide along with any other assumptions that should be noted by the Omni Series software users About Omni Series The Omni Series software provides you with easy and efficient tools to operate and manage your network environment A wide variety of applications are designed to make better use of existing resources by implementing file and print sharing within your network Omni Series software works in conjunction with Microsoft s TCP IP It is a combination of comprehensive NFS and network related applications which transform your PC into a fully functional NFS client server
11. Click the Browse button Double click Entire Network The dialog box will prompt you to enter the path and the name of a printer in the Printer field or you can click Browse to select a printer from the Entire Network windows For example Click Browse Double click Entire Network icon Select HP host Double click Dumb1 When the desired printer has been selected click on OK You may be prompted to select a driver for the printer if one is not currently installed on the network The connected printer will appear as the default printer on the Printer Manager Toolbar Omni Series User s Manual FTP Server 65 Setting up and Using LPR Printer In order to add a remote LPR printer to your Windows system you need first to run LPR hosts to define some hosts running the LPD printer servers Please refer to Chapter 8 LPR Hosts for more details To Add LPR Printer to Windows systems Double Click My Computer icon Double Click Printers icon Double Click Add Printer Click Next Follow the steps of Add Printer Wizard and select Network Printer Click Next Click Browse Double click Entire Network to get hosts list Select a host printer with Ipr extension e g hp lpr Continue on to complete the printer adding process until you see a new printer icon showing in the printer group Omni Series User s Manual 66 FTP Server Troubleshooting 9 KSA Why can t I print after I add the printer to my system There is
12. Omni Series User s Manual 2 Howto Use this Manual Omni Series Packages For Windows 2000 NT Package Name Related Application Reference Omni NFS Gateway Chapter 2 6 13 Omni NFS Dual Gateway Chapter 2 3 5 13 For Windows 2003 2000 NT 98 95 XP ME Package Name Related Application Reference Omni NFS Enterprise Chapter 4 13 Omni NFS X Enterprise Chapter 4 13 Omni NFS Server Chapter 5 6 7 10 Omni Print Chapter 6 7 8 9 Omni VT420 Chapter 6 11 12 Omni X Refer to Omni X User Manual Omni Lite Chapter 4 6 7 8 9 For Windows 98 95 ME Package Name Related Application Reference Omni NFS Chapter 4 13 Additional Information The Omni Series software comes with comprehensive and easy to use online help Changes and additions to any of the applications will be announced on XLink s web site and are downloadable Some examples are also provided and accessible from our web FAQ page If you have any technical question or problem that needs to be resolved immediately our support staff can be reached via e mail or by phone for one on one troubleshooting Note The content information in this User Guide may be updated without notice Addendum may be requested Omni Series User s Manual How to Use this Manual 3 You can contact XLink s Technical Support Department Monday to Friday between 9 00a m and 6 00p m Pacific standard time with the exception o
13. Series User s Manual 34 NFS Server e UID GID mapping To map a specific client account to NFS server 1 click button New for next dialog box 2 click Browse to select local account this is the account that creates the exported drive folder 3 enter the client account s user id number the account that is going to access the mounted directory on the UNIX system click OK Define NFS Server User to UID mapping Nx 1 Browse an Windows user account for the mapping Browse Domain Workgroup Host Name User Name Default Group WORKGROUP TEST35 Administr Administrators 2 Specify an UID to be mapped to the selected user Specify UID manually UID 1001 C Through NIS Server Browse NIS Server Full Name Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 35 Select Group Name to GID Mapping 1 Click button New and browse to find local account s group 2 Enter the UNIX account s group id number 3 Click OK 3 NFS Server Credential Mapping ml x Universal Account Tools Exit Brew eae Del Account Name to UID Mapping Group Name to GID Mapping Domain workgroup Host Name Group Name Mapped GID E WORKGROUP TEST35 Administrators 10 Omni Series User s Manual 36 NFS Server Options for NFS server Click on Options from the NFS server interface window to setup server options Three dialog boxes are provided for easy s
14. administrative tools domain controller security policy in security settings select local policies user rights assignment then select a Log on as a service and add accounts Administrator and Domain Admins b Restore files and directories do the same 4 share out the folder needs to be seen by the unix on domain B system and defined it as a network drive on domain A system 5 on domain A system in windows services select Omni NFS Server go to properties log on select this account add Administrator account of domain B with its password With all above settings done you can now do the mapping from Omni DGW where you can see domain B and its accounts Then export the network drive shared from domain B you can mount the exported drive from the unix system and access the files in it which are located in domain B system Omni Series User s Manual Glossary 103 APPENDIX F Firewall Setup on Windows XP and Vista systems When running Omni NFS server on Windows XP or Vista systems that have firewall included it is important to configure the firewall to allow proper establishment of network connection In general if the NFS server and clients are part of an intranet system and firewall is not needed the simplest way to configure it is to disable the Windows Firewall Gereral Exceptions Advanced Windows Firewall helps peotect your computer by peeventing unauthorized users roen gasninig acce
15. always a chance that your print job may not behave as expected You will need to see if TCP IP connection is set up properly PCNFSD is running if you are using NFS printer LPD is running if you are using LPR Printer Spool directory is accessible Correct filtering option is set Correct printer path is defined DOOCCOCCOLUO Why do I get errors if I try to define a network printer under Win NT In Windows 2000 NT even if you browse the printer path it might only show the printer name If this is the case you need to manually add the full path before the printer name For Example If the printer is defined as hp5p on an HP1000 UNIX server name Windows 2000 NT will only show hp5p as the printer location You will need to add the following line NHP1000Nip5p for the printer to be validated properly into your Windows 2000 NT system Omni Series User s Manual FTP Server 67 CHAPTER 10 FTP Server Introduction FTP server utility allows you to configure a Windows system to become an FTP server It provides tools to set up user accounts with assignments to the home directory as well as individual access permissions Starting FTP Server To start the FTP Server double click the FTPD icon in the OMNI NFS series program group An FTP Server dialog box will appear 0 erp server M anis The FTP server Log allows you to check on the connectivity history of the FTP server All user connections w
16. and ME systems please turn to page 35 Omni Series User s Manual 26 NFS Server Using NFS Server software for Windows 2008 7 2003 2000 XP NT Export drives or a folders for NFS sharing Following is the user interface window for Omni NFS server for Windows 2008 7 2003 2000 XP NT systems SU XLink NFS Server x Action Security Advance Help Exit Diwew eT OELETE MAPPING LOCK SoPrTIONS HRESTART QI NFS Exported Director Exported Alias 9 NFS Server is online E From this user interface window click on New to export local or network drive folders for NFS connection Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 27 j Expo Path Loca path to be expoted Expected Ass ies NPS Access Festiction eS Ee NUUPMSENESN Client Access Rights Directory Access Right Bp detect of cents wil be Braak af experted pahe willbe BD G Giertedaccess dB Rosd Orly I SD OC Denied Access 4h C Reste Except the folowing chente Except the following chert acce Click on Browse to select drive or folders to be exported You can assign alias name for the exported path by changing the exported path in exported alias window to the name desired This name can then be used in the mount command line for NFS connection Alias can also be used to avoid the drive letter required by windows in mount command line For example the exported path is c m
17. directory are required for each user connection If no password is assigned user login will fail Click Save after entering a user s information Click New to start creating next account Click Delete to remove an existing account It is convenient to setup all users account that may need to access the FTP server Disable Get will restrict download information by the FTP client from the server Disable Put will restrict the FTP client to upload information to the server Omni Series User s Manual 70 RSH Omni Series User s Manual RSH 71 CHAPTER 11 FTP Client Introduction Omni FTP client is used to provide file transfer services across a wide variety of systems through the use of the File Transfer Protocol FTP It enables users to copy files and directories from one system to another Simple types of files such as an ASCII text or a sequence of binary data records can be transferred through FTP connection This connection also allows users perform remote file system control such as listing files changing directories and switching local drives Using FTP Client Using FTP client to transfer files to and from FTP servers click on the FTP client icon in an XLink program group Connect tom x Session Name New S Host Name x Save Delete User ID Config Password Save Password Anonymous Login Local Path Comment Corcel Start by selecting the session configuration fro
18. double click on any of the existing listing if previously added to Modify settings for any selected host At the Host Name amp Address dialog box see picture in next page enter a name anything you want to call it for the Unix system in Host Name Note The same host IP can be listed multiple times with different Host Omni Series User s Manual 50 Host Editor Names This name will be displayed in the Host Editor host list Then you enter the IP address of the remote host to which you are trying to connect If you are authenticating through the NIS Server and have set up the NIS Server settings in the NIS Setup menu please see next session for details check the Host List Through NIS box and select the host from the drop down list For Host IP if you do not know the IP address of the remote host but know the real host name enter the exact real host name in the Host Name field and check the Resolved by Domain Name Server box to get the Host IP HostEdit Host Name amp Address Host Name X Resolved by Domain Name Server Host IP Next Cancel If you are running NFS client product you will need to do following steps by click on the Next button For all other products Host Editor definition ends here The Next button is now showing Close and by click on it you indicate the finish of Host Editor definition job 2 In next dialog box click on the Test butt
19. have the changes take effect The default setting is everything enabled You can also modify the buffer size at run time from Performance Tips program please refer to Appendix C for more detail information Setup NFS Printer You may setup NFS printer server on your system by clicking on the Export button from the NFS Server main interface On the Exported Printer dialog click on New button to add an NFS printer server entry You may modify or remove any existing entry with the corresponding buttons To view the print job queue for any defined NFS printer server click on the Queue button from the NFS Server main interface You may pause remove resume or modify printer setting on NFS Printer Queue dialog Utility for NFS Server Clicking the Client button will allow you to browse and modify two things current mounts and current locks Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 45 Clients Information Current mounts will show you who is currently connected to the NFS Server Clients Information Current locks will show you the file locks currently held by remote clients Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 47 The mounts are saved in the file mountd list Sometimes if a client does not mount or unmount when it cannot access the NFS server across the network or an unmount request is not sent correctly a stale entry can be left in the mountd list file When you are sure there are no clients connectin
20. systems Remote Printer Name A printer name is a printer queue you have defined and exported on NFS servers or UNIX stations Two important steps are needed on remote UNIX stations or NFS Servers before you are able to add a remote NFS printer to your Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows 2000 NT 2003 First you need to export the spool path e g usr spool from the UNIX system to the network Second you need to define a dumb printer or a printer queue with no filter on the UNIX system Example If HP712 is your NFS server and has a HP Laser Jet III connected to it the first step is to export the spool path usr spool then define a printer name for HP printer on HP712 station Please note that you MUST select a dumb driver for this printer name instead of HP Laser Jet III driver Type the command exportfs a to get the export list and command Ipstat t to get the printer name list Omni Series User s Manual 64 FTP Server Special Note for SCO System If SCO System is your NFS server you may need to set access permissions of the path usr spool so that it is opened to everyone by the command chmod 777 usr spool Adding NFS Printer To a Windows system On the Windows system Double click on My Computer icon Double click Printers icon from My Computer window Click Add Printer icon from the Printers window Select Next Select Network Printer in ADD PRINTER WIZARD box Select Next
21. two networked machines must follow in order to communicate RAM Random Access Memory Memory chips that can be written to or read from Data stored in these chips is lost when the power is turned off Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RARP The protocol that translates an Ethernet address into an Internet address This protocol is needed for your unit to discover its Internet address from the network ROM Read Only Memory Memory chips that cannot be written to after they are manufactured These chips are used to store permanent system information RS232 A type of communication over a serial cable characterized by serial binary data interchange Omni Series User s Manual 112 Glossary Server A station on a network providing a service such as making a files or printers available SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol a protocol that allows IP protocol to be used over an asynchronous RS 232 C port TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The type of communication used by UNIX machines connected to an Ethernet network TCP provides reliable communication among computers once the data link is established IP provides the services necessary to manage the movement of data through a computer network including address resolution routing and switching Telnet An application for remote terminal connection service Using Telnet a terminal can interact with any host on a network to which it is no
22. uses 8 bit graphic characters and 7 bit control characters You can also select this mode for VT200 and VT300 applications This mode is recommended for most applications VT400 mode 8 bit controls Lets the terminal use all available VT420 features The terminal uses 8 bit control characters If your application uses 8 bit control characters you must select this mode Omni Series User s Manual 80 RSH VT100 mode This mode lets the terminal operate as a VT100 terminal Use this mode for applications that require VT100 compatibility VT52 mode Lets the terminal support VT52 applications VT52 mode is not compatible with VT100 and VT400 modes The default terminal mode is VT400 mode 7 bit controls Terminal ID The terminal emulator can report to the remote host as different terminal types If your operating system or application programs on the remote host need or only supports specified types of terminals you may change the Terminal ID parameter to fit the requirement In ANSI modes VT100 or VT400 mode you may set the terminal ID to VT420 VT320 VT220 VT102 VT101 or VT100 ID In VT52 mode the terminal only has VT52 ID The default terminal ID is VT220 ID Users Define Keys Lock The User Denied Keys UDK can be changed or not changed by the remote host If UDK is locked the remote host can not change the definition of UDKs You may change the UDK definitions locally See User Defined Keys Setup The default
23. value of this parameter is UDK unlocked Cursor Keys Mode Cursor keys act in two modes Normal cursor mode and Application cursor mode The cursor keys send different codes to the remote host depending on the cursor mode Normally you don t need to change this parameter It may be changed by control codes of the remote host The default cursor mode is Normal cursor keys Omni Series User s Manual RSH 81 New Line If the parameter of No New Line is selected the terminal will only send the Carriage Return CR code to the remote host when you press ENTER key Otherwise it will send both Line Feed LF and CR code to the remote host in New Line mode The default value of this parameter is No New Line Keypad Mode Keypad mode acts in two ways Numeric mode and Application mode Normally you don t need to change this mode setting It may be changed by control codes of the remote host The default keypad mode is Numeric mode Character Set Mode Allows you to set characters to either 7 bits or 8 bits Answerback The Answerback message Specifies a sequence of characters that are sent to the host when E Control E char is received If Not Conceal is set then the terminal will display the answerback message Omni Series User s Manual 82 RSH Display Setup This Display Setup menu item allows the user to adjust the terminal page width screen background cursor style and scrolling method Here is a list of Disp
24. wish to transfer then press the arrow button The files you have highlighted will be transferred to the other system into the directory currently displayed You can also select this transfer command from the Commands menu bar Omni Series User s Manual 76 RSH Troubleshooting e If you experience difficulties in using the FTP application check the following items Q Verify that installation and setup has been successfully completed Q Make sure the remote system provides an FTP server and that it is running Note that some operating systems do not supply TCP IP services with the standard package for example VMS Q Ifthe FTP application reports a failure to connect error message use the Ping application to verify that the connection to the remote system is working Q Ifthe FTP application reports a failure to login verify that the user name and password were entered correctly Q Make sure the correct transfer type ASCII binary is chosen correctly Transferring a binary file when the transfer type specifies ASCII may cause a failure in transfer Q Make sure you have permission for specific operations for example write access to a directory Omni Series User s Manual RSH 77 CHAPTER 12 VT420 Telnet Introduction Omni VT420 is a terminal emulation program With added features such as keyboard mapping background foreground color selection and personal control of many general system settings O
25. 4 78 82 98 Keyboard Setup 77 Keymap 79 81 Keypad 71 73 74 Locking 10 18 30 37 85 86 LPD Server 45 48 49 50 LPH Hosts 53 56 LPH Printer 53 57 Map Network Drive 12 20 mapping 6 8 10 12 27 29 32 37 70 79 81 94 mount 8 11 16 18 20 22 25 27 35 38 40 44 45 85 86 91 94 96 Multiple Session 70 Omni Series User s Manual Index 115 Network Neighborhood 15 20 44 53 Network Printers 55 57 NFS client 1 5 10 15 16 21 23 27 30 33 36 37 41 42 85 86 87 93 NFS Printer 30 32 37 38 55 57 NFS Server 2 5 10 12 15 19 43 55 56 91 94 NIS Setup 42 43 NLM File Locking 85 Options 5 9 17 29 37 46 66 75 79 PCNFSD 7 19 30 36 37 43 55 57 87 88 permission 7 8 10 19 25 34 37 56 59 69 87 98 Port Mapper 37 Print Spooling 45 88 90 Printer Setup 78 79 89 protocol 1 63 85 87 95 98 100 RW List 34 Read Only 34 86 99 Read Write 34 36 Reconnect At Logon 20 Remote Printer 45 54 55 89 RSH 36 83 84 93 SCO System 56 Security Mapping 34 36 server Gateway 13 14 93 sharing 1 13 24 85 Symbolic Link 21 Omni Series User s Manual 116 Index T Telnet 70 71 82 100 Terminal 70 77 96 97 100 Terminal Emulation 70 Terminal ID 73 Time out 60 66 UID GID 12 36 43 87 UNIX Hosts 3 84 user 1 16 19 20 23 24 27 29 32 34 37 43 45 48 51 59 64 69 73 74 78 87 93 9
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27. CHAPTER 13 RSH REMOTE SHELL Introduction The RSH application allows you to execute commands on the remote host without having to login first To use RSH your machine may need an entry in the rhost file in your home directory on the remote host depending on the UNIX system Using RSH When you run the RSH application you will get a Remote Shell dialog box BET Setting Go Help About Exit C Program Files Omnix Browse m Remote Shell File Name r Connect By ri REXEC RSH Host Save Password User ID Without Message Box Password Auto Close Command Omni Series User s Manual 92 RSH In the dialog box you must specify the Host to which you wish to connect and your User Id and Password for the host The Host name can be selected form the drop down box The Command you wish to execute must be a UNIX command native to the particular UNIX host e g ls Al current directory listing pwd show current path You can save the current settings as default After you have provided all the information that the RSH application needs you can click on the GO button to execute the command Without Message Box Check this box if you wish to disables any message box that informs users the status of the command Auto Close Enables users to terminate RSH application right after the execution of commands Note Only one simple command can be p
28. ER SETUP ssasccscecdisescssacgscccccteasasdanganccassesesdacdscecestoesss3 86 KEYM APz Iusesnduanacecudansnudeend eee 86 COLOR MAPPING SETUP 0000sessecccccceeveccssscecccecessesccsscecees 88 Assigning colors to individual text attributes 88 TROUBLESHOOTING ee cissecvs cevicexu derisorie v een eus a Ve pod eV eun ud 9 CHAPTER Le Idee D tute 91 RSH REMOTE SHEREL erroe tutore eese 91 INTRODUCTION idees eiseeieezececosketteuseg ete oves le ec ec esa T Ue es pat dae 91 USINGIRSH intuentes dea 91 vi APPENDIX A tertie uoto eate epus 93 NETWORK LOCK MANAGER NLM FILE LOCKING 93 FILE Foe REPE 93 INO Eire dito 94 READ ONLY dde eee tene dote editos 94 APPENDIX B 95 PCNFSD e ccticteeectetesecsctetescteseu rdi vettectotett eror Taa Se 95 PCNFSD PROTOCOL DEFINITION e eee ee eee neenon 95 AUTHENTICATION 2 3 iteiitetcerececteiesseeec et ence londuse testes cO OBS 95 PRINT SPOOLING i 4 ieeeeiscco sees esee vu eade coda Ue ape e eo Uode ea Pa o oie e Uo eode 96 APPENDIX OO nennen 97 HOW TO SETUP LPR ON REMOTE UNIX SYSTEMS 97 APPENDIX D tod 99 EXAMPLES ON HOW TO START NFS SERVER ON A UNIX SYSTEM eese tice tesis eoo S o TESES 99 APPENDIX B e teet 101 THE SYSTEM SETTINGS FOR CROSS DOMAIN FILE ACCESS WITH NFS SERVER PRODUCT 101 For Windows NT server cccccccccccccccececccecececececesececesecececesesesesesesesesesees 101 For Windows
29. In this dialog you can designate the output device for your printer setup The Printer Setup dialog contains the following options Normal This option sends no output to the printer This is the default Auto This option sends the current line of text to the printer when the terminal receives a line feed character This mode is most useful when the printer is operating in scrolling mode it does not work well in full screen mode This mode may be toggled on and off by the user as well as by the host software Printer Setup Keymap VT420 also provides keyboard re mapping utilities on the VT420 sub menu which allows you to select XLink predefined keymap files or create your own key definitions VT420 Keymap Setting FJ Omni Series User s Manual RSH 87 Keymap files can be modified by selecting a file from the list followed by clicking Edit Keyboard settings are applied immediately after selection By clicking on the Edit button a keyboard layout will be displayed for the user to modify any key definitions VT420 PC 101 Keyboard Map Jele do ede 7 13 i pepe cerae TAn Su Djem A User can either specify the escape code or selecte from the list by checking the Select from group set box as shown below Clear Screen Color Map Copy Selection Default Setting Follow these steps to define a key 1 Select a key by pressing the key buttons on the keyboard layout Key name will displ
30. NIX UID NT User Default Group 0 Administrator Administrators 100 John User 103 Amy Engineer GID Mapping UNIX GID NT Group 0 Administrators 20 User 50 Engineer NT File Permission C temp owner Administrators Everyone full control Once the drive is mounted anyone who is on the mapping list will have Read Write permission Others will only have read permission since NFS Server cannot determine file permission setting with incomplete user information Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 43 If root on UNIX machine creates a file then the file security structure will be On UNIX OnNT Owner root group root Owner Administrators group Administrators permission depends on UNIX file mask If you would like to have a group of users to access a specific directory you can either assigned one user account for all the members of the group perform mapping for each member and set the group permission accessible or setup universal account for any file transaction eg John creates a Staff directory on the mounted volume and set the group permission to read write execute Since John s default group is set to User the directory will be accessible to members in user group therefore any user with User default group is included If the owner or the group is viewed as Nobody or numbers on the UNIX client then the mapping is either incomplete or failed Please check the correct o
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32. Omni Series User s Manual Copyright 1991 2011 XLink Technology Inc XLink Technology Inc www xlink com Phone 408 263 8201 Fax 408 263 8203 Sales e mail sales xlink com Support e mail support xlink com Copyright Notice All rights reserved Reproduction or use of editorial or pictorial content in any manner without expressed permission is prohibited Use copy and disclosure are restricted by license agreement Trademarks Omni NFS Omni NFS X Omni NFS Enterprise Omni NFS X Enterprise Omni VT420 Omni Tar Omni NFS Gateway Omni NFS Dual Gateway Omni Print Omni Lite and Omni Series related products are registered trademarks of XLink Technology Inc Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks or registered trademarks of respective holders are acknowledged ii Table of Contents CHAPTER E ie oi ee ud 1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL e eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee nnn nnnnn 1 INTRODUCING OMNI SERIES SOFTWARE e ee ee ee eee 1 ABOUT OMNI SERIES eee eee esee eene eese sa sana tete eese sess annon 1 OMNI SERIES PACKAGES e eee eee eee eene enne nnne etes eese sane nn on 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION eee eee eee eene nente etes esa sans non 2 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS USER S GUIDE 3 CHAPTER 2 cc 65 Heredia 5 NES GATE WAY csssssicscccescsscescscscntsescdoscassasdsvasedesvessteeevsoscdeses 5 INTRODUCTI
33. Open compliant systems All NFS remote procedure calls must be made with AUTH UNIX credentials from which a uid and gid can be extracted If a client implementation supports the use of NFS services without any form of authentication it should use the uid gid pair Oxfffffffe Oxfffffffe 1 e 2 2 which is conventionally associated with the identity nobody Client and server support for access as nobody is an implementation or administrative option Operation as nobody while feasible is undesirable since the client can only access file system hierarchies with unlimited other permissions and administrators of server systems have no way of controlling resource usage For this reason it is expected that personal computer NFS implementations will require or encourage users to establish valid access credentials A typical implementations might be to prompt the user to enter a username and password which could then be validated using the PCNFSD_AUTH procedure which will return a uid gid pair The client can then use this information to synthesize the AUTH_UNIX credentials for subsequent RPC requests Since it is undesirable to pass clear text passwords over a network both the username and the password are mildly scrambled using a simple exclusive or operation The intent is not to be secure but to defeat browsers Omni Series User s Manual 96 Appendix B Print Spooling The availability of NFS file operati
34. access the mounted directory The one to one mapping creates a tighter check on access right for NFS client users With this setting each user on the NFS client system must be mapped to one account on the NFS server system Once connected the user on the NFS client system will be able to access files created by the mapped account on the NFS server system Omni Series User s Manual 30 NFS Server Setup Mapping The Universal Account The universal mapping is a way to disable NFS server user checkup The user s group however still needs to be defined With this setting all users belong to the group can access the mounted directory 1 Click button from the mapping box to open his dialog box check the box Enable universal account and then browse for local account 2 Do the group name to GID mapping like you did above 3 The Universal mapping will not show up in the mapping dialog box It is in effect when you click on the Close button Universal mapping will override on to one mapping if both are set NFS Server Universal Account Mapping E V Enable universal account Universal account mapping grants permission and access right of the specified Windows user account to all NFS client users except the ones that are already on the user mapping list BIS Domain w orkaroup Host Name User Name WORKGROUP TEST35 Administrators Administrators EH Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 31
35. amp and GID equal 5 the Authentication dialog will popup for each connection Check Network Logon to have XLink logon popup once for all connections Network Logon NFS Property Authentication C PCNFSD NIS UID and GID Username UID 100 Password GID 1001 Back Cancel See next session in next page for details on NIS setup Omni Series User s Manual 52 Host Editor If Network Logon is checked XLink Logon Window will popup once to prompt for Username and Password when making all NFS connections The NFS Property button allows you to set properties such as file name creation case for drives mounted through Windows Explorer or Network Neighborhood NIS Setup Click NIS Setup button to setup your NIS domain and NIS server address Host Editor allows user to get specific host information from the NIS host list NIS Information Setup Maximum of three NIS Server IPs can be set If you do not know your NIS server information you can click on the Auto Search NIS radio button to start the search Domain Name Manual add NIS Server Auto search NIS Server NIS Server IP Add Remove Remove ai Omni Series User s Manual LPR Hosts 53 CHAPTER 7 LPD Server Introduction LPD server application provides UNIX print spooling services on your Windows operating systems LPD accepts print jobs from many hosts or users on the network queues the jobs and then sends th
36. ansfer files between local and remote systems and view the contents of a file The following is the description of these functions Omni Series User s Manual RSH 73 rtan erp erene RE Connection Config ls Log Exit Help Be 9 y LOCAL LIST C ASCI REMOTE LIST Select All Unselect All Select All Unselect All Connection Menu This menu allows you to connect and disconnect from the remote host you select Config Menu This field allows you to select the Edit program utilized to view the file The default is Notepad FTP Configuation Viewer FTP Session Configuration Prompt Timout jes Bell Remote Port 2 Get Unique UNIX C VAX VMS Others IE Type Cancel Omni Series User s Manual 74 RSH The FTP Configuration includes the following options e Prompt If you select this option you will get a prompt dialog box before you send or receive files e Bell This option enables bell sound if any error occurs e Time Out The maximum time allowed to establish a connection e Remote Port You can set the port number in this field The host type field includes three options you can choose one of them e UNIX e VAX VMS e Others Is I Menu This menu will show the details of the file list on the current directory of the remote host Log Menu This menu shows you the details of login and transfer status Exit
37. arent Secure and User friendly access for users to NFS resources Files remain on the NFS host system so Windows and UNIX users gain access to files without duplicating data Individual Windows user identities are mapped to NFS accounts as they are passed through the Gateway ensuring security and restricting file access privileges In this chapter following subjects will be explained in details e Define the NFS Server systems e Options e Mapping e Licensing Omni Series User s Manual 6 NFS Gateway Define the NFS server systems NFS Gateway functioning as a NFS client needs to define NFS server systems before connections can be established Adin orty Took tp Cut fm Ape rm quur ferm amus Gauna crp Pr From NFS Gateway s user interface window shown above assume you have setup Host Editor select a drive then click on the define button to bring up next dialog box Map Chent Gateway Network Drive Map NFS Network Drive Thes wizaed helps you connect to an NFS exported fie yen Oot Auma Tec av wc www KUINK COM Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 7 Click on Browse to open up next dialog box which lists all NFS server systems defined in Host Editor Server Exported Path rust omes n NFS Server on HoslE ditor Database C NFS Server on Entire Network Cancel Select the one you want to connect to By clicking on the system name you will bring out the exported di
38. ay the key button that is selected for modification Omni Series User s Manual 88 RSH 2 Click on the Remap button and input the key definition in the text box or select from group set followed by pressing the Insert button Remap button is changed to OK button 3 Click OK button to finish the mapping 4 After all the key definitions are completed the user can click on the Save button to save the keymap file all keymap files have the extention kmp otherwise the modification will be discarded upon exiting VT420 or re editing of the current keymap Color Mapping Setup You can simulate host session color schemes or create your own window colors by using the Color Mapping Setup Within this dialog box you can choose preset color schemes make your own or assign specific colors only to specific character attributes A number of preset color schemes are available for you to choose from These color schemes include colors for text attributes and background Assigning colors to individual text attributes You can assign any color shown on the available color palette to any one of the text attributes or to the screen background Color Mapping Setup Text Attributes EE Fore Back POW Coes i SSS SSeS Sse e zc Underline Bold Underline Bold Underline Reverse Map to x Bold Underline Reverse Map to a 2l2 n ETE E il LS LS i G x Underline lt Bol
39. bles users of Microsoft Windows systems to gain access to the NFS file systems on UNIX networks This chapter explains how to access those remote files NFS Client provides you with the following advantages e You can now use all Microsoft Windows operating systems to access data files located on the UNIX platforms Windows applications now can directly work with the file while it is still on the UNIX machines No need to FTP files back and forth e You can save hard drive space by keeping the file on the UNIX server Seamless integration with the Windows platform enables users to access UNIX files easily via Windows Explorer Network Neighborhood and My Computer Setup NFS Client Connection NFS Client enables Windows users to gain access to UNIX drives as any typical Windows network drive This means that there s no need to transfer files residing on the UNIX machines NFS Server to the local computer in order to work with them With Xlink NFS client application installed and Host Editor properly configured a user can access the NFS server system in three ways 1 Run NFS Client s user interface tools for NFS connection 2 Utilize Windows Network Neighborhood 3 Run the net use command line in Windows Command Prompt Omni Series User s Manual 18 NFS Client You can set auto mount when mounted with NFS client s tools With this setting the mounted drives will be listed under my computer of windows explorer every time w
40. d Underline lt Sash L L Reverse Blink Map to x Bele Reverse Blink Map to z Underline Reverse Blink Map to xz Bold Underline Reverse Blink Map to lt z Omni Series User s Manual RSH 89 Troubleshooting e If you are starting up a VT420 and the VT420 window isn t created check the following list 1 Verify the host is up and running 2 Verify the host name or IP address you entered If you specified a host name that didn t work specify its IP address instead Addresses are specified in dot notation as follows value value value value Each value must be in the range of 0 through 225 Values starting with Ox or 0X are treated as hexadecimal Values starting with 0 are treated as octal All other values are treated as decimal If this format works and entering a host name doesn t then somewhere in the network your host name is not being translated to the correct address If your transport resolves the host names with a hosts file you can view and edit this file from the Host Editor If your transport uses a different method to translate host names to addresses consult your transport documentation 3 Ask your network administrator if the Telnet daemon is up on the host Sometimes it is not running 4 Lastly confirm that your host supports Telnet Some hosts do not Omni Series User s Manual 90 RSH Omni Series User s Manual RSH 91
41. dle man that sits between the print requesting system and the printer the easiest way to go is to find out if the problem occurred before XLPD server received the printing job or after it Omni Series User s Manual LPR Hosts 59 Pak UFO Pater Server inis Ernte Reus Qpton yew Property Heb Sx s 70 A So you first Pause the printer click on Status Pause from the user interface screen Then you issue a printing job from the client system Take a look at the queue to see if the printing job is received Analysis If the printing job is listed in queue it means both LPD and LPR are set and functioning correctly Then if you can t get the file printed check the printer driver the printer connection you may try to print a local file from the windows system and see if it will print and other possible complications If the printing job is not listed in queue it means either LPD or LPR or both is not properly configured Or maybe there is a network connection problem between the systems Omni Series User s Manual 60 LPR Host Omni Series User s Manual LPR Hosts 61 CHAPTER 8 LPR Hosts Introduction The LPR Hosts utility is used to define hosts running LPD as LPR printer servers The purpose of this application is the same as the Host Editor In order to add an LPR printer to a Windows operating system it is required to run this utility first to create a list of hosts with remote LPR printe
42. e that is easy for you to remember And you can specify the number of users to be allowed to share the mounted drive on the Gateway Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 9 x Assign Share Name The thee name is used by Microsoft netwodung chert to find the resousce on the Micsosoft network SweName nskero oo Cet How many chents do you wart to slow access to this share icy Moara Adoveed Xxx Tec mew wc Www KLUNKCOMN C Allow p uten Pomission toot ie _ By click on button Permission administrator can configure user access permissions to the re shared NFS drives in addition to the standard NFS permission Administrator can add remove or set specific restrictions and access permissions to the selected drives using standard Microsoft security feature Close this dialog box and click Next to finish up setting define Omni Series User s Manual 10 NFS Gateway Options of NFS Gateway Gateway Drive Options Buffer Size Deta Cache Oif Disable NFS 3 r Schedule C Althe Time Schede Mount J From fs to 2 00 r File Conversion Iv Auto DOS to UNIX Conversion C Ades C Selected Extensions Ext r Locking Method NT File Locking only C With UNIX NLM C Read Only File Altrtutes Owner Group Other vw Ww vw m LEN gs R w x R w x R w x r Directory Attributes Owner Other vw Ww V WwW F MM R w x R w x R WwW x The features of NFS Gateway options are
43. ea network technology that uses Coaxial or Twisted Pair cable to interconnect different computers Ethernet Address An address identifying a module on an Ethernet network Ethernet Driver A program that receives and de multiplexes the various packet types available over the network File Server A computer on the network that provides services to client computers on the network File servers often contain large amounts of storage and many software applications that can be used by multiple users at the same time Omni Series User s Manual Glossary 109 Firmware Software that resides in the computer s read only memory ROM It generally controls the operation of terminals printers and other devices Flow Control A software determined method for controlling the rate at which data is transmitted Flow control is mainly used to avoid network congestion Font A collection of characters and symbols that share a common design Font Directory Path The directory on the host where the fonts are located Gateway Machine The computer that serves as a link between two networks Gateway Address The Internet address of the gateway machine for the network This is important when dealing with multiple networks so that applications know if a machine is on a local network or on a network connected by a gateway machine If networks are connected by a gateway machine the gateway machine s address is included in the routing informati
44. ed to solve the security issue between windows and UNIX systems The individual UID GID mapping is one to one If you want all UNIX accounts to have the windows administrator permission to access the exported path you can turn on universal mapping instead of using individual UID GID mapping 3 The user mapping procedures You need to know the owner account of the exported path before starting to set up the user mapping With following user mapping it allows a mapped UNIX account to access all files created by the owner in the exported path Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 33 The following are instructions XLink NFS Server slc x Action Security Advance Help Exit Ciuew EDIT MOELETE fMaPPING LOCK OPTIONS RESTART Q HELP OaBout NFS Exported Director BK Exported Alias amp Client Access ES C myfolder ImyFolder Export to all clients Read Write amp Directory Access 2l 4 Ready 9 NFS Server is online a Open up NFS server GUI and click the button mapping to open next dialog box You have the choice of mapping a specific UID GID client account OR the universal account NFS Server Credential Mapping Universal Account Tools Exit 4i New Edit X Del Account Name to UID Mapping Group Name to GID Mapping Domain workgroup Host Name Account Name Default Group Ma Bi WORKGROUP TEST35 Administrators Administrators 1001 Omni
45. em to any printer attached to the host running LPD To send a printing job from a Unix system to a remote printer attached to a Windows system with Xlink LPD installed a standard Unix print command will do the job An added feature of virtual printer makes Xlink LPD more versatile A file on the remote LPR client system can be sent to a specified folder on the LPD server system for later printing Configure XLPD server XLink LPD will automatically configure your system after installation It generates a spool directory to store print jobs under your install directory Make sure that there is an adequate amount of free disk space available in the installation drive Printer queue names defined in the LPD are the remote queue names defined in the remote LPR clients XLink LPD Printer Server Bl xj Printer Status Option View Property Help X s FOB Export Name Printer Name Pot Status Commet 0 Omni Series User s Manual 54 LPR Host Setup Click on Printer New to define a printer In next dialog box enter a name in Export Name for the printer you want to share out Click on the drop down menu to select the printer LPD Printer Selection E xi Spool Directoy Export Name od Select printer kom the ist Virtual Printer Paint to File Alps MD 2010 MS Comments Click on Next to set the printer options Omni Series User s Manual LPR Hosts 55
46. er system or leave it default as For All Unix Click on Add Mapping to complete setting If J1 on the Gateway system and j1 on the NFS server system are the accounts assigned to John then with the setting John will be able to access the mounted drive on the Gateway system by login as J1 and work with files on the NFS server system created by j1 The rest of the mapping for all other accounts will follow suit NFS Gateway also allows Group Account Mapping To map a group of users in selected Microsoft Host you will need to bring up the Mapping Dialog You can view the group lists on a selected host by clicking on the Show group list radio button to map the entire group with a unique UID amp GID you need to highlight a group from the list then assign UID amp GID by manually type in or from NIS list Accounts mapped for all users can be viewed by clicking on the View Mapped Log button Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 13 How NFS Gateway license works NFS Gateway provides service of NFS connections to other Windows systems in the subnet With this design a 5 user license of Omni NFS Gateway means one installation on a Windows NT or 2000 server system and five connections from other Windows systems in the subnet The user connection is concurrent Omni Series User s Manual 14 NFS Gateway Omni Series User s Manual NFS Dual Gateway 15 CHAPTER 3 NFS Dual Gateway Introduction Omni NFS Dual Gatewa
47. erformed each time The RSH files can also be run as script files to execute simple commands form your desktop Omni Series User s Manual Appendix A 93 APPENDIX A NETWORK LOCK MANAGER NLM File Locking The Network Lock Manager NLM is an RPC service that provides advisory locking of files across the network There are various versions of the NLM in existence this implementation is version 3 Because the NFS protocol is stateless and has no knowledge of locks that may or may not have been granted clients that wish exclusive access to a particular file must call the Network Lock Manager on the server to request access The server Network Lock Manager is responsible for creating and destroying locks on files as well as mediating requests for shared or exclusive file access This version 3 implementation supports file locking and sharing for DOS machines under Windows 95 98 and Windows 2000 NT on the net File sharing is a mechanism which allows a DOS process to open or create a file and to restrict the way in which subsequent processes may access the file For example a DOS client may request that a file be opened for reading and writing and that subsequence users may only open it for reading File locking is a mechanism that only allows one DOS process to open or create a file using the same name in the same location at the same time For example a DOS client may request that a file be opened for reading and writing and the
48. etup In the General dialog box NFS Server Options x General DOS to UNIX Conversion Filename Character Mapping Maximum Buffer Size V Support NFS 3 Maximam bulfer size V Enable PCNFSD supported by NFS 2 is 8K V Enable Locking Manages wite defaut YIK V Enable XLink Port Mapper k v Enable NFS Printer Service v Support NFS TCP In details Support NFS 3 With this box checked NFS server service is up to NFS 3 When it is unchecked NFS server service is up to NFS 2 only Enable PCNFSD This box is checked to allow NFS client using PCNFS authentication method for security checking Enable Locking Manager When this box is check the NFS client s request of file locking can be serviced Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 37 Enable Xlink Port Mapper Have this box checked to use NFS server s own portmapper Turn it off when there is already a portmapper running on the system NFS server can utilize third party portmapper NFS server service must be restarted every time when there is a changed made on this check box Enable NFS Printer Service With this box checked NFS server will automatically export NFS printer to all clients in the subnet If this is not desired uncheck the box Support NFS TCP With this box checked NFS server can take both TCP and UDP service request Uncheck the box if only UDP connection is needed The default buffer size is automatically set to the maximu
49. f all settings are correct you should see the drive and path listed as in the following picture Now from windows explorer you will see drive H listed under My Computer lo x i ACLEAW do quim AP UTILS amsn wer Drive Drive Currently Mounted Default Path imyhostihome mydir imyhostihome mydir Drive is mounted successfully Set up auto mount Host Editor must be correctly set and its interface window closed In window explorer select Tools Map Network Drive In the dialog box select a drive select from dropdown menu or type in the exported path in unicode ie host exported directory Check the box reconnect at logon and click OK when the dialog box closed up in windows explorer you will see the mounted drive under My Computer Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 23 Access NFS server system from Network Neighborhood Double Click the My Network Neighborhood icon on the desktop Double click Entire Network and then Xlink NFS This window should list all of the NFS Servers you have setup in Host Editor Select the NFS server you wish to mount and double click to bring up the exported directories You can then access the files created by the authenticated user The authenticated user is the user account you used for authentication when setup Host Editor Command line of net use Assume there is an exported directory myexport in the export direct
50. f holidays at XLink Technology Inc Phone 408 263 8201 1677 South Main Street Fax 408 263 8203 Milpitas CA 95035 E mail support xlink com U S A WEB http www xlink com Conventions Used In This User s Guide This guide provides instructional based information The following table provides some conventions used throughout this Guide If you see It means ret Press Enter key on your keyboard tp Xxxx Type the subsequent character with your keyboard pc Indicates commands on your PC ux Indicates commands on your UNIX hosts C DOS command prompt UNIX command prompt Bold Any word in bold type indicates important or specific terminology used in Windows or Omni NFS Series software or dialog button names eg Indicates example Note Side notes or tips Data indicated information needs to be entered Omni Series User s Manual 4 How to Use this Manual Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 5 CHAPTER 2 NFS Gateway Introduction Omni NFS Gateway is a NFS client product with gateway functionalities Installed on a Windows 2000 NT server system it allows NFS connections being re shared to all Windows workstations in the LAN as local drives Ee twn Omni NFS Gateway WIN m WIN 95 WIN li E Clients Administrators can now gain centralized network control It provides Transp
51. g to your NFS server you can click Clear All to remove all the stale entries Clear mount entries will cause the NFS Server to rebuild its internal file caching structure Make sure to disconnect any NFS links prior to clearing mount entries The current locks show all the locks currently held by remote clients These locks will recover themselves after a server crash or restart If the clients crash or restart they can still hold some locks and in this case you must remove the locks manually from this dialog page The removed locks will be removed from the system the next time you start the NFS server service Auto Start NFS Server Service NFS Server on Windows 98 95 ME can be set to start at boot time by checking the Restart at Boot Time option with the NFS Server service icon in the system tray Omni Series User s Manual 42 NFS Server Omni Series User s Manual Host Editor 49 CHAPTER 6 Host Editor Introduction The Host Editor utility is used to create a host table on your local system which is used by many Omni NFS components such as NFS client NFS Server VT420 FTP client etc Setup Host Editor To add a new host to the host table click on the Host Editor icon The Host Editor dialog box will pop up y HostEdit Jol x New Remove Modify NIS Setup About Exit HostName IP Address Please perform the following steps to add a new host entry 1 Click on the New menu to define a new host or
52. hen the system is turned on Using NFS client tool From windows Start menu select Programs Omni Lite NFS Client Following user interface window will come up 101i oen Actenn rounr e 4p utes aes Q EX ME Drive Drive Currently Mounted Default Path Drive is unmounted Assume you have setup Host Editor Select a drive from the user interface window then click on the define button to bring up next dialog box CIT t 9 x Map NFS Network Drive This wizard helps you connect to an NFS exported file system Drive Lotter FF 7 Seever Name Brome J Mouni Path j Options XUNK TECHNOLOGY lnc vow cime One Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 19 Click on Browse to open up next dialog box with all remote system defined in Host Editor listed Select the one you want to connect to By clicking on the system name you bring out the exported directory of the system Select the directory and click OK to close the dialog box n NFS Server on HostE ditor Database C NFS Server on Entire Network o Cani Now you are back to the first dialog box click on options to bring up next dialog box Omni Series User s Manual 20 NFS Client Ci NFS Drive Options Buffer Size Defaut 7 I Cache Off Auto DOS to UNIX File Conversion Disable NFS 3 0 M NLM File Locking No Locking C Locking C Read Only m File Attributes Owner m Gr
53. ill be dropped with exiting of FTP server So before you Exit FTP server make sure there are no users connected at the time Omni Series User s Manual 68 FTP Server Configure FTP server Click Setup button to set the number of users and time out length of time for the FTP server Ftp Server Setup E x General Users Max Login CNN users Time out for login 30 minutes Enable Anonymous Login Disable log Anonymous Login Setting Home Directory F Disable Put Disable Get Cancel Apply Help The default number for Max Login concurrent connection is set to 8 If the number of users logged in exceeds the set number the subsequent connection to the FTP Server will be refused and closed For example with above setting at any time when there are already 8 connections established through the FTP server the 9th connection will be terminated right after login Omni FTP server allows maximum of 16 concurrent connections at any time If a user s idle time exceeds the pre set time out length of time the FTP connection will be terminated Omni Series User s Manual FTP Server 69 Click Users button to enter users information Ftp Server Setup E X General Users Users User Name Password Full Name Home Directory Disable Get Disable Put New Save Delete Cancel Apply Help FTP client s account name password and home
54. lay Setup options available x Page Width Control Representation Auto Wiap 80 columns interpret controls No auto wap C 132 columes C Display controls C Auto wap Scieen Background Page Anangement Cursor Style gprs C 6x24 C 3x48 Block cursor C 5x25 C 2x72 C Undedine cursor C Light screen C 4x36 C 1x1 amp No cursor Scroll Mode Status Line Display Fort Width Smooth saol Status Display C 10Pxe C 8 Pheel C Jump scroll C No Status Display 7 Pres 6 Piel a Cancel Page Width The width of the terminal can be set to 80 columns or 132 columns If you change the width of the page the display of the current terminal screen will be erased The default page width is 80 columns Control Representation The terminal emulator can display interpret and then execute the control code when receiving a control codes from the remote host When you select the display control mode all control codes will be displayed using a special font This is usually used for debugging Auto Wrap Auto Wrap allows to you to select whether or not the text will automatically wrap to the next line when you reach the right margin Omni Series User s Manual RSH 83 No Auto Wrap This feature lets the terminal display each new character in the last column of the line when you reach the margin Each character will overwrite the previous character at that position Auto Wrap This feature lets the terminal display the new character on
55. ll sound when the cursor is eight characters from the right margin By default the margin bell is disabled Backspace Key Allows Backspace key to send a Delete code Some applications require the Backspace key to send a Delete code In such case change this parameter to fit the application you are running By default the Backspace key will send the Delete code Omni Series User s Manual RSH 85 Character Mode Allows the user to select the keyboard operating mode Auto Login Auto Login enables the user to predefine the user name and password to a specific Host listed in the Host Editor Users can now login without having to manually type in his her User Name and Password It is designed to simplify tasks for users with multiple UNIX accounts and different identities VT420 AUTOLOGIN x O_o Usemame Remove Password oo ExT T Enable auto login Host Addr The default host addresses contained in this list are the host addresses defined in the host database using Host Editor User can also manually type in other IP addresses or domain names in the editable area Username Enter user login name for the selected Host Address Password Enter login password for the selected Host Address Enable Auto Login This option enables disables the auto login function for a specific Host Address Omni Series User s Manual 86 RSH Printer Setup Select the Printer button to see the Printer Setup dialog box
56. m available buffer according to your system configuration However default buffer size might not be the best option for all system environments Modifying the buffer size can sometimes increase file transfer rate and even improve data quality Please note the maximum buffer size for NFS2 is 8kb The maximum buffer size for NFS3 is 64kb To adjust buffer size the recommended size is 4kb In DOS to UNIX Conversion dialog box Check the Enable Auto DOS to UNIX file conversion box to enable this feature File extensions need to be added for the file conversion to be effective It is recommended to set this option on text files only because non text file might be corrupted by the conversion Omni Series User s Manual 38 NFS Server General DOS to UNIX Conversion Fiename Character Mapping v Enable Auto DOS to UNIX file conversion Auto DOS to UNIX file conversion Select the type of file for conversion EM d roses In Filename Character Mapping dialog box NFS Server Options General DOS to UNIX Conversion Filename Character Mapping IV Enable filename character mapping M Character Mapping Unix Char windo rpa ENS Lose d Delete All gt Windows character Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 39 Check the box to enable the character mapping feature Enter UNIX and Windows characters you want to map and click on the gt button to complete the setti
57. m the dropdown menu or create a new session name then select or enter a host name or IP address Omni Series User s Manual 72 RSH Enter the user name and password for the remote FTP system You also have the option to save the password for future connections For anonymous login check on the Anonymous Login box You can assign a local directory as the default directory after you successfully connect to the remote FTP server After login user is able to e Transfer files and directories between local and remote systems e Delete files on a local or remote system e Rename the file on a local or remote system e View the file on a local or remote system e Make new directories on a local or remote system There are also commands that enable the user to e Connect and disconnect from the remote system e Configure the viewer functions e Listall the files on a remote system e Display the login status message e Identify whether ASCII text or binary data is to be transferred All transfers are executed in either ASCII text or binary mode ASCII mode performs carriage return line feed translation and is only needed when transferring text files for use on a non Windows system Note Ifan anonymous user is defined connection attempts for anonymous are accepted regardless of the defined password or the password supplied in the pop up windows The FTP Windows allows you to connect and disconnect from the remote host tr
58. mni VT420 has become a useful tool one enjoys using while getting work done Using VT420 Terminal Emulation VT420 is a terminal emulation program that allows you to connect and communicate with hosts that support VT100 VT220 VT320 and VT420 terminal modes Telnet Connection 3 xi VT420 Terminal Emulation HOSTAP Port 23 cae Omni Series User s Manual 78 RSH Multiple Session Capability You can start more than one session at a time and use VT420 to open multiple Telnet windows on a single host or a group of different hosts You can also create custom icons using the Program Manager which allows you to click on the icon to directly start your VT420 session Starting and Terminating VT420 To start a VT420 session follow the steps below 1 setup Host Editor see chapter 6 2 start VT420 by double clicking on the VT420 icon in the Omni NFS Program Group 3 a Connect Host dialog box will appear you select the host from the drop down menu 4 click OK Once you have connected to a host the VT420 window will appear on your display The host name you specified will appear at the top of the VT420 window and the host login prompt will appear in the window Enter the login info required for your host system Once the connection is established the VT420 window will appear active on your display You can interact with the host by choosing commands from the displayed menus or by typing commands i
59. n for access permission to the NFS connection The first two choices require you to enter a user account and its password To use PCNFSD method you need to have the penfs daemon running on the NFS server system To use NIS method you need to have the NFS server in Host Editor setup first xj NFS Authentication id TR NFS authentication is required for connecting to NFS system expoted fie Authenticated by G PENSO CMS C UD edGiD User Name eo UD Pamet Goof XuN TECH NOLOOY ino Save Password Auto Mount rere Wien eos des Tue een The last authentication method is UID and GID UID and GID are the user id and group id numbers of a UNIX account The AutoMount here when checked will do the mounting action for you every time when the NFS client user interface is opened with the NFS server and exported directory path defined Note AutoMount is active only when Save password box is also checked Omni Series User s Manual 22 NFSClient Omni NES Client NFS Authentication NFS authentication is required for connecting to NFS exported fhe system Autherticoted by C Ponso C ws Ub dei UserName UD 5o Password I GID 9 Save Pasoword Kuna TECHNOLOGY hyo Weer cime COne Auto Mount Click Next and Finish to complete the define configuration When you are back to the NFS client user interface window click on mount to make the connection I
60. n the VT420 window To terminate a VT420 session you double click on the close icon of the Control Menu box or by selecting Exit from the Telnet Commands menu In the connected VT420 windows a Setup button is there for you to manipulate the settings of the connection Following are the detailed explanations on items in Setup Omni Series User s Manual RSH 79 General Setup This General Setup menu item allows you to choose the terminal and cursor type UDK or keypad see picture in next page Here is a list of General Setup items available T420 General Setup x r Terminal Mode p Terminal ID VT400 mode 7 bit controls C VT420ID C Vr320ID VT400 mode 8 bit controls VT2201D C VT1001D C VT100 mode C VT101ID C T1021D C VT52 mode m User Defined Keys Lock r Cursor Keys Mode User Defined Keys unlocked Normal cursor keys C User Defined Keys locked C Application cursor keys r New Line p Keypad Mode No New Line Numeric keypad C NewLine C Application keypad m Character Set Mode Answerback B bit characters Eastern Not Concealed C 7 bit NRCS characters Concealed NAC sef z General setup page for VT420 pets Form Feed Printing By XLink Technology Inc Enable form feed printir Cancel Terminal Mode VT400 mode 7 bit controls Lets the terminal uses all available VT420 features The terminal normally
61. ng Share NFS printers From NFS server user interface windows click on Advance button in tool bar then select NFS Printer Printer config to bring up next dialog box xj Spool Path CWINNTVS ystemd2 spoof dn PCNFSD BI Local Prete Nome Pon Click New to add NFS printers The spool path can be changed by click on the button next to it Using NFS Server software for Windows 98 95 ME The NFS Server application is used to view the status of exported paths define exported paths and exported printer and show printer queue status Once you have defined or modified a resource within the NFS Server application you need to restart the NFS server to activate them Omni Series User s Manual 40 NFS Server NFS Server ol x Di mew 53 EDIT Ig DELETE Gaueve EXPORT Q HELP JMAPPING CLIENT options A HOSTS pour Exit Exported Path Please perform the following steps in order to export Windows resources to remote NFS clients 1 Click on the New button to start defining a new exported path NFS Server then uses this information to export the resource you have defined when you restart the NFS Server 2 Inthe NFS Server Export dialog box select the path to be exported including drive and directory NFS Server Export Cancel HEDW BCPro95 ort To Users BCProNT __BwotTouses F Exported to All Clients Directory Access Rights ReadOnly C Read Write C R W List Auth
62. on Graphical User Interface GUI Describes both the appearance and the function of window components such as frames and canvases and control items such as buttons pull down menus and slide bars Host The computer that provides application programs and fonts to the terminal Host Address The unique Internet address of a host machine on the network This address must be different from that of any other machine on the network Internet Address Address of a node on the network using the Internet Omni Series User s Manual 110 Glossary Internet Protocol IP The Internet standard protocol that defines the Internet datagram as the unit of information passed across the network Modem Abbreviation for Modulator Demodulator A device that converts digital data from a device into an analog signal that can be transmitted on a phone line It also converts the analog signal received back into digital for the device Network File System NFS A method of accessing files over a network on a host machine The files look like they are in a directory on your machine and you can use them as though they were your own files if the permissions are set properly Network Two or more computers connected by cable that use communication software to exchange information Network Address A 32 bit wide address divided into four 8 bit fields that uniquely identifies a machine on the network Each field is separated by a
63. on to check if NFS server function is running on the NFS server system If the NFS server function is active the Yes radio button will be selected for you and you may proceed by clicking the Next button Otherwise the radio button will stay at No You will then need to manually start the NFS server function to run NFS client program Examples on how to start NFS server on some Unix systems are listed in Appendix D Omni Series User s Manual Host Editor 51 HostEdit NFS Server Does this host have NFS server running Check one here if you know C Yes No If you are not sure click Test then Test the system will do test for you Back Cancel In the Explorer Information dialog box the file access authen tication is assigned The default authentication method is PCNFSD With this radio button checked enter the User Name and Password of your account on the NFS server system If your NFS server system doesn t have PCNFSD installed you will get an error message later One way to get around it is to use UID GID method Select this radio button and enter the UID and GID numbers of your account on the NFS server system will get you though this part of the setting Note To get UID GID numbers you login the NFS server system with your account then type id at the prompt HostEdit Explorer Information Following information will be used by Windows Explorer for NFS connection If UID equal
64. ons Omni Series User s Manual Glossary 105 Add a Port Use these settings to open a port through Windows Firewall To find the port number and protocol consult the documentation for the program or service you want to use Name nfs daemon Port number 2049 What are the risks of opening a port Add a Port Use these settings to open a port through Windows Firewall To find the port number and protocol consult the documentation for the program or service you want to use Name nfs daemon Port number 2049 O ICP What are the risks of opening a port Omni Series User s Manual 106 Glossary The two other ports to be added are 1 mount daemon 1058 both TCP and UDP 2 port mapper 111 both TCP and UDP If the firewall is still blocking the NFS connection with the above three ports open additional ports may be opened 1 For TCP connections e ports 1030 1031 746 747 2 ForUDP connections e Besides all listed above port 8 is also needed to be open Omni Series User s Manual Glossary 107 GLOSSARY Active Window Also known as the focus window This is the window currently accepting input The mouse cursor must be in the window to make it active and you may need to click on the window to make it active If you can not see the cursor you can generally tell which window is active because its border is highlighted However this depends on what window manager you are
65. ons simplifies the print spooling mechanism The PCNFSD returns the name of a directory on the server which is exported via NFS and in which the client may create spool files It also accepts start print request from the client Omni Series User s Manual Glossary 97 APPENDIX C How to setup LPR on remote Unix systems Listed below are examples of how to setup LPR on remote Unix system on four kinds of Unix systems 1 Sco UnixWare Open Sco Admin dialog box select Printer Setup Manager Select printer gt Add TCP IP printer a name give a name you want to call the printer b Portocol Type Ipd c Make model select the matching one d Printer connection type select on remote server e Remote system select or type the remote server system f Remote Printer the name defined in XLPD 2 HPUX sam select Printer Plotters gt actions gt add remote printer plotter a b c printer name give a name you want to call the printer remote system name can be either the remote system name or its IP address remote printer name the printer name defined in XLPD Omni Series User s Manual 98 Appendix C 3 Linux From KDE drop down menu select KDE menus gt system gt KDE control panel gt Printer Click on New in the Printer dialog box a Queue name give a name you want to call the printer b Queue Type select windows printer
66. or Novell Printer c Select the match printer model 4 IBM smit Select Print Spooling gt Add a Printer Queue gt Remote gt Standard Processing a name of queue to add give a name you want to call the printer b Host name of remote server type in the remote windows system where XLPD is defined c Name of queue on Remote server type in the printer name defined in XLPD Omni Series User s Manual AppendixD 99 APPENDIX D Examples on how to start NFS server on a Unix system Five examples on four kinds of Unix operating systems are listed below First login as root then follow the steps to get NFS server service started 1 HPUX a b c d e sam open up System Admin Manager lt RT gt select Networking Communications select Networked File System FNS select Local Directories Exported click on Actions then select Enable NFS Server 2 IBM AIX a b c d e 3 Linux a b c OR smit lt RT gt select Communications Applications amp Services select NFS select Network File System NFS select Start NFS cd usr sbin lt RT gt rpc mountd amp RT firpc nfsd amp RT etc rc d init d nfs start stop RT Omni Series User s Manual 100 Appendix C 4 Solaris a fcd usr lib nfs b f nfsd amp c mountd amp 5 Sco UnixWare a fcd usr lib nfs b nfsd amp c mountd amp Omni Series User s Manual AppendixD
67. orized Clients ges By default the Export to All Clients box is checked If this path is restricted to certain remote hosts for access uncheck the Export to All Clients and enter the host names or IP which you have previously defined in the Host Editor to be Authorized Clients If you want to export your file system to specific users use Export to Users this option is only available for Win95 98 ME version of NFS Server Please refer to the Security Mapping section Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 41 The Directory Access Rights privilege setting defaults to Read Only for all authorized clients You can grant read write privilege to all authorized clients by selecting Read Write radio button In case you would like to grant read write privilege to any of the authorized clients simply check the R W List radio button and double click on the client in the list below Any authorized client not selected in the R W List setting will have Read Only privilege Notice that each authorized client granted the Read and Write privilege is separated by a comma When all the parameters are correctly entered press OK to save all definitions The NFS Server window will then show the parameters that you have defined The changes to the export function will not be operational until NFS Server restarts You can repeat the procedure to define as many export paths as you require You may modify existing resource definitions that y
68. ory of the NFS server system named mynfs To establish NFS server connection type net use mynfs myexport Once the connection is established you can use Command Prompt s commands to access files in the NFS server system Symbolic Links NFS Client will automatically get the final target file for a symbolic link if the paths for the symbolic link and those target files are both exported Example File usrI test is pointed to usr2 test Linked usr2 test will only be seen on mounted drive only if both usr1 and usr2 directories are exported on the remote system Omni Series User s Manual 24 NFSClient Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 25 CHAPTER 5 NFS Server Introduction Omni NFS Server software turns your Microsoft Windows system into a NFS server system so that remote UNIX and other NFS client systems can share files and printers on your system On Windows 2008 7 2003 XP 2000 NT 9x systems NFS server service is started automatically with the system Except in one occasion when server option Enable Xlink Portmapper is changed changes made in server configuration require no restart of NFS server service With the same basic functionalities NFS server for Windows 2008 7 2003 2000 XP NT has a different user interface tool than that for Windows 98 95 and ME systems The first part of this chapter will be focusing on NFS server for 2008 7 2003 2000 XP NT systems If you need help for NFS server for 98 95
69. ou need to change by clicking on the Edit button Setup Mapping You may specify each user s read and write permission to your exported path To add users with specific read write permission click on the Mapping button from the main NFS Server interface or click on Export to Users button on the NFS Server Export dialog A user s authorization always takes precedence over a host s authorization For example if a user can read and write to a directory then both read and write permission are authorized to this user regardless of the permission authorized to the host from which the user is connected Users username password userID group ID New Save Delete ca Omni Series User s Manual 42 NFS Server Working with Security In order to keep the security structure of both the NFS Server and UNIX based system on the same ground the security mapping structure is designed as UNIX file and security permission eg Assuming c temp has been mounted to mnt on UNIX machine with Read Write permission UNIX Information Table User UID Groups GID Root 0 Sys 2 root 0 bin 3 user 20 staff 50 John 100 user 20 Mary 103 user 20 staff 50 NT Information Table User Groups Administrator Administrators Power User User Operator Engineer John User Amy User Engineer UID Mapping U
70. oup Other Vv rv WIV Nr IN sf R Ww x R w X R Ww X Directory Attributes Owner m Group Other Vv VW wiv Ww FT EU R Ww x R Ww X R WwW X Cox coa The option selections Buffer size adjust buffer size can help to improve file transfer rate and sometimes improve data quality Cache Off turn off cache to enable real time data updates but might decrease performance Disable NFS 3 by default NFS 3 is on File Conversion File conversion is bi directional It replaces the LF of a DOS file with a space for UNIX viewing and replace the EOL character of a UNIX file with a CR character for Windows viewing The replacements is done to keep the file size unchanged It is not recommanded to turn on this option which might cause corruption with none ASCII files If not all files with different files extensions are wanted for file conversion the Set Extension button will allow you to select desired files by their extensions Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 21 Locking Method record locking to be supported only when application used supports the function File attributes all files created in the mounted drive will match the settings here Directory Attributes all directions created in the mounted drive will match the settings here Click OK to close the dialog box From the first box again click next to setup the authentication There are three ways to setup the authenticatio
71. period For example 192 2 1 24 The three basic types of address Class A Class B and Class C are characterized as follows Class A Used for large networks A value from 0 to 127 in the first 8 bit field identifies the network as Class A The remaining 3 fields establish the host address Class B Used for medium sized networks A value from 128 to 191 in the first 8 bit field identifies the network as Class B The first two 8 bit fields indicate the network address the last two 8 bit fields establish the host address Class C Used for small networks A value from 192 to 255 in the first 8 bit field identifies the network as Class C The first three 8 bit fields address the network the last 8 bit field establishes the host address Omni Series User s Manual Glossary 111 Packet A set of information of a certain size sent between on a network Packets have specific destinations as opposed to datagrams which have no specific destination Path A location of a directory on a computer usually shown as a list of directories and subdirectories separated by a delimiter A relative path is a list of directories that stand between your directory and the file you want An absolute path is the path starting from the root directory Note that the path does not include file names For example Absolute path home xlink usrl misc Relative path if you are in xlink usrl misc Protocol The set of language rules that
72. r port is 515 It is set as default for XLPD server In case you need to change the port number click on View Setting from XLPD user interface screen to bring up next dialog box The port number can be changed by typing in the new number directly in the screen XLPD General Setting xi Set Spool Directory ENWINNTNSystem32 spool v nk ipd Browse LPO Port Number 515 Default Edit a printer setting If there is anything you need to change in the settings of an already defined printer from XLPD user interface click on the printer s name then click on Property to bring out the dialog box for making the changes LPD Printer Selection i x Spool Directory ENVINNTVS ete S spoof dni ipd Export Name spanel Select printes trom the kst Vitual Printer Paint to Fie Jap MD 2010 MS Comments Omni Series User s Manual 58 LPR Host Print to a file There are times that you want to save a printing job for later print This is the situation we refer to as print to a file To print to a file you click Printer New from XLPD user interface screen to open up the dialog box Type in a name for the printer then check the box Virtual Printer and select the drive and folder where you want to save the file LPD Printer Selection E xj General Trouble Shooting The general trouble shooting method is to help you narrow down the possible source of problem Because XLPD server is like the mid
73. rectory of the system Select the exported path and click OK to close the box and Authentication dialog box should appear There are three ways to setup the authentication for access permission to the NFS connection The first two choices require you to enter a NFS server s user account and its password To use PCNFSD method you need to have the pcnfs daemon running on the NFS server system To use NIS method you need to have the NFS server in Host Editor setup first Omni Series User s Manual 8 NFS Gateway x NFS Authentication pee NFS authentication is soquired for connecting to NFS exported He system Authenticated by C PONFSD C NIS UD and GIO UeNme UW Pawot fo Gif sfc MUNK TECHNOLOGY ING Www KLINK COM Les TE _ coe o The last authentication method is UID and GID They are the user id and group id numbers of an account on the NFS server system The user account used to mount the NFS drive on the NFS Gateway will be referred to as the default user account Any user accessing NFS based files or data through Gateway 2000 NT Server without proper user identification mapping will have the default user access right This is an advantage for administrators to better manage unknown or unauthorized user access to the NFS resources It is advisable to use a low privilege default user account Click Next to bring up next dialog box Here you can change the mounted drive letter to a nam
74. rs for Network Neighborhood on Windows systems Starting LPR Hosts Click on the LPR hosts icon the LPR hosts dialog box will show as following LPR Printer Host E Exit Mew Remove Modify Help About Host Name IP Address Printer Name windows2 Ipr 123 123 123 123 myprinter Omni Series User s Manual 62 LPR Host Click the New button to open up Printer Editor dialog box Printer Editor ed LPR Attributes Host Name IP Address Printer Name Cancel In this box you enter remote Host Name its IP Address and the Printer Name You will see an entry like the one shown in above GUI when you finish define a new remote printer Now an LPR printer server is inserted into an LPR host list You will then be able to add the LPR printer to your local system and set it as the default printer as if it is local to your system For details on how to add an LPR printer to your local system go to next chapter Omni Series User s Manual FTP Server 63 CHAPTER 9 Adding Network Printers Introduction Omni Print functions are seamlessly integrated with the Printer Manager on Windows platforms and supports both NFS and LPR printers This chapter explains how to set up remote printers Setting Up and Using NFS Printer To setup NFS printer the remote UNIX stations or printer servers must have PCNFSD or RPC PCNFSD running Following are the details on how to add a NFS printer to your Windows
75. ss to your computer through the Intemet ok a network Q Oc recommended This setting blocks all outside sources from connecting to thes computer with the exception of those selected on the Exceptions tab llow exce ion Select the when you connect to public networks in less secure locations such as asports Y ou vell not be notified when Windows Firewall blocks programs Selections on the Exceptions tab wil be yed J O0 inot recommended Avoid usng the setting Turing off Windows Firewall may make the Computer more vulnerable to viruses and intruders Omni Series User s Manual 104 Glossary If the firewall is needed some TCP and UDP ports must be open to allow proper NFS connection From Windows Firewall dialog box select Exceptions and click Add Port Windows Firewall General Exceptions Advanced Windows Firewall is blocking incoming network connections except for the programs and services selected below Adding exceptions allows some programs to work better but might increase your security risk Programs and Services Name M File and Printer Sharing M Intemet Explorer mount daemon nfs daemon M nfs daemon A Prodkey for Omni and Web Essential Series packages Prodkey for Omni and Web Essential Series packages M Remote Assistance O Remote Desktop CO UPnP Framework A vunn an _ v Display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program What are the risks of allowing excepti
76. subsequence users can not open it File Locking All the files in this mounted drive will follow File Locking mechanism while File Locking is selected For example if a DOS NFS client with File Locking has already opened a certain file then another NFS client with File Locking can not open the same file simultaneously Omni Series User s Manual 94 Appendix A No Locking All the files in this mounted drive will not follow the File Locking mechanism while No Locking is selected For example a DOS NFS client with No Locking can open any files for reading and writing no matter which file is opened whether it is dedicated to be locking or no locking Read Only All the files in this mounted drive can only be opened for reading and not for writing when Read Only is selected For example a DOS NFS client with Read Only can only open files for reading no matter which file is opened by locking or no locking Omni Series User s Manual Appendix B 95 APPENDIX B PCNFSD PCNFSD Protocol Definition The purpose of the PCNFSD protocol is to provide a personal computer NFS client with the authentication and network printing services that are usually available in larger and more capable systems It use while not necessary is highly desirable The source code for the server implementation of PCNFSD is freely available from Sun Microsystems Authentication The NFS file access control model is based upon the uid gid mechanism used in X
77. t directly connected Telnet is accessed through the terminal s remote login window TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol One of the ways to transfer files between machines connected to an Ethernet network Transceiver A device that connects devices to a Thick Ethernet network A transceiver contains anti collision firmware It is needed on a Thick Ethernet network because of the volume of data on such a network Thick Ethernet A network using thick coaxial cable Thin Ethernet A network using thin coaxial cable User Datagram Protocol UDP A simple datagram protocol layered above the Internet protocol Omni Series User s Manual Index 113 INDEX A Add Printer 56 57 ASCII 63 64 66 69 95 attributes 10 18 81 Authentication 7 8 10 19 20 30 43 87 Auto Mount 16 20 Binary 63 64 66 69 95 99 BROWSE 6 17 25 28 29 38 56 57 87 93 Buffer Size 9 18 31 37 cache 9 18 Cache Off 9 18 Color Mapping 81 Character Mapping 32 default user 8 Disable NFS 3 0 9 18 Domain Name Server 42 DOS to UNIX File Conversion 37 File Attribute 10 18 File locking 30 85 86 File Permission 36 FTP Client 41 61 63 FTP Server 59 60 61 63 64 69 GID 8 12 19 29 35 36 43 87 71 78 Omni Series User s Manual 114 Index H Host Editor 6 7 15 17 19 20 34 41 42 44 53 82 Host Name 12 34 41 42 54 64 71 82 83 90 IP address 42 54 6
78. te eee eae eren esae Nea eee ge Ue oa oda ke eeu uo 63 SETTING UP AND USING NFS PRINTER eere 63 Remote Printer Name sse 63 Adding NFS Printer To a Windows system ssss 64 SETTING UP AND USING LPR PRINTER eere 65 TROUBLESHOOTING 4 tese tedine ze sesoses isase ssai Ran Pu 66 CHAPTER 10 totes 67 FTP SERVER ertet eren eth ee aka eo nn hc viven ere enne 67 INTRODUCTION iieicva dicet aee XA ALO RR RU DeL POKER bia ep agen 67 CONFIGURE FTP SERVER eee e esee esee eese tenen ttnn atn 68 CHAPITER PE oraaa 71 FTP CLIENT aeiae e aE AEETIS eee 71 INTRODUCTION ssscssssssrrrssscssossvesssorsissessssvsssers assesovssssess siso 71 USING EIP CLIENT neen A N cre tp ed uobs 71 TROUBLESHOOTING eee eee eene eene nennt eese Sni na 76 CHAPTER I2 a ees 77 VT420 TELNET eiie ceterae th ade etras eset eec avg ee 77 INTRODUCTION 5 ui eseezesevvucus ve eo soe casas es Ve vendo vae dos ee e en vo o 77 USING VT420 TERMINAL EMULATION eee eene nn 77 MULTIPLE SESSION CAPABILITY eese eee eee eene nnne nnne en 78 STARTING AND TERMINATING VT420 eene 78 GENERAL SETUP ossis sesesvsve ssi se nl ciones Veo dene oa SE Go ee P VES ades 79 DISPEAY SETUP d eee es cssceieerdeeetecse re se dosesestsesasestcosseess 82 KEYBOARD SETUP 3 e eeeces cete eese esee eso teo ensi e Ua aa So eoe e cob Vs 84 AUTO LOGIN p 85 PRINT
79. the next line when you reach the margin By default the terminal does not invoke the auto wrapping mode Screen Background This feature allows you to select light text on a dark background or dark text on a light background The default screen background is the Dark Background Page Arrangement This feature allows you to select the number of lines per page The following modes are supported 6x24 5x25 4x36 3x48 2x72 or 1x144 The default page arrangement is 6x24 lines Cursor Style This feature allows you to enable or disable the cursor You can also select block or underline cursor when the cursor is enabled Scroll Mode Smooth Scroll Selection of this mode sets the screen scroll whenever it detects a scroll request This is the default scroll mode Jump Scroll Selection of this mode prevents the terminal from scrolling until there are no longer any characters received This mode makes the terminal scroll at a faster rate Omni Series User s Manual 84 RSH Keyboard Setup VT420 Keyboard Setup Keyboard Layout PC Layout Allows you to use the PC keyboard definition for sending key codes to the remote host ANSI Layout Allows you to use ANSI keyboard definition when sending key codes to the remote host This layout is convenient for you if you are familiar with the ANSI keyboard layout Margin Bell Allows you to enable or disable the margin bell If the margin bell is enabled the speaker wi
80. wnership of the file or directory for proper access permission Even if you are a super user account on the UNIX machine you have to perform the security mapping to gain the proper permission Note If you want to connect to the NFS server using PCNFSD from the remote NFS Client you must know both the user name and password of your NT account to do a successful mount Since UNIX operating systems use UID and GID as user identity and UID GID are not supported by Windows 2000 NT XP you must map UID and GID into NT user accounts By doing so NFS server can determine the access permissions for each request from the NFS client Mapping for users who are members of Administrators group will fail except Administrator account Options for NFS Server By pressing the Option button the following dialog box appears Omni Series User s Manual 44 NFS Server ferver opens x Support NFS 3 Maximum Buffer Size IV Enable PCNFSD read defau v K write defau v K IV Enable Locking Manager IV Enable XLink Port Mapper M Enable auto DOS to UNIX file conversion r Auto DOS to UNIX file conversion Select the extension files example txt Add Remove Cancel This dialog allows you to enable or disable NFS version 3 0 PCNFSD Network Locking Manager Xlink Port Mapper or Auto DOS to UNIX file conversion You can specify the buffer size as well After you have changed these options you must restart the NFS Server service to
81. y is an extended package from Omni NFS Gateway By including a NFS server in the product Omni NFS Dual Gateway allows file sharing for both directions It provides Transparent Secure and User friendly access for users to NFS resources Files remain on the NFS host system so Windows and UNIX users gain access to files without duplicating data Individual Windows user identities are mapped to NFS accounts as they are passed through the Gateway ensuring security and restricting file access privileges Client Gateway Service Provides re sharing services for Windows Clients to access NFS resources from 2000 NT Gateway Server Export NFS RESOURCES NFS RESOURCES NFS RESOURCES Mount amp Re share NT Server w Omni NFS Duel Gateway v F Map NT drives Win Win Win 95 3 x NT Server Gateway Service Administrators can also export any 2000 NT drives to the authorized UNIX or PC Clients through NFS using Server Gateway Omni Series User s Manual 16 NFS Dual Gateway Mount NT exported drives NFS Client PC NFS Client UNIX Export native network or NFS drives NT Server w Omni NFS Duel Gateway Starting NFS Dual Gateway Please refer to Chapter 2 NFS Gateway for the Client Gateway configuration and Chapter 5 NFS Server for the Server Gateway configuration Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 17 CHAPTER 4 NFS Client Introduction NFS Client ena
82. yfolder mytest and alias mypath is assigned The mount command line can then be mount myserver mypath mountpoint In NFS Access Restriction area select the radio buttons for desired settings on both client Access rights and Directory Access Rights With no specific client systems listed all clients have the same permission as set Click on button to add client systems Please note the settings are in exception formatting For example if myclient is added to the client list with radio button Granted Access selected the server is set not to allow connection request from myclient Omni Series User s Manual 28 NFS Server Exporting Network Drives Special setting is needed if Windows network drives are to be exported through NFS Server Service Before exporting a network drive please perform the following steps 1 Goto Control Panel Services and select Omni NFS Server Service Network DDE Network DDE DSDM Status Startup Manual Manual NT LM Security Support Provider Started Manual mni NFS Server Started Automatic Plug and Play Started Automatic Protected Storage Started Automatic Remote Access Autodial Manager Disabled p Remote Access Connection Manager Started Manual Remote Access Server Automatic Startup Remote Procedure Call RPC Locator Manual zl m HW Profiles Startup Parameters Help 2 Click on the Startup to modify the settings

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