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1. Omni Series User s Manual Glossary 97 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 usr1 misc Relative path if you are in xlink usrl misc Protocol The set of language rules that 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 98 Glossary Server A station on a netw
2. e About xlpd About XLPD server e XLPD Help Access to On line help file Omni Series User s Manual LPD Server 53 Note the printer name assigned in New must match that set in remote LPR client system In following example myprinter is defined in LPD and LPR client system this is a HPUX command eg lp dmyprinter myfile 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 1l Sco UnixWare Open Sco Admin dialog box select Printer Setup Manager Select printer 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 54 LPD Server 3 Linux From KDE drop down menu select KDE menus gt system gt KDE control panel Printer Click on New in the Printer dialog box a Queue name give a name you want to call
3. 2000 NT server system it allows NFS connections being re shared to all Windows workstations in the LAN as local drives EA NT Omni NFS Gateway Clients Administrators can now gain centralized network control 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 Starting NFS Gateway To start NFS Gateway From Windows Start menu select Programs Omni NFS Gateway 2 Click the NFS Gateway icon 3 The NFS Gateway main screen appears Interface Status Drive Indicates available and used drive letters Omni Series User s Manual 6 NFS Gateway The small boxes beside the drive letters show the status of each drive Green boxes indicate started services and the yellow ones are for unused drives Max Uses Maximum client seats indicated in the license agreement Current Uses Current number of clients access Gateway mounted drives The Gateway interface appears as following GEEET EN Lini Poerme Aerea dstanr G sror anernesn Eunrrrne deuwrR Quar Saour AS HOSTEDIT Mount Path ooo Define an Gateway Drive Step by step procedure for defining an NFS drive 1 Click
4. 6 10 24 26 30 81 Authentication 6 12 22 26 27 30 47 49 87 AutoMount 20 22 23 Binary 65 66 68 70 93 97 BROWSE 6 7 12 15 21 22 40 49 58 59 Buffer Size 6 10 24 25 30 40 89 cache 6 9 25 Cache Off 9 25 Color Mapping 81 default user 7 8 12 13 Disable NFS 3 0 10 25 Domain Name Server 36 46 DOS to UNIX File Conversion 25 40 File Attribute 6 10 11 24 26 30 File Format Convert 28 File locking 6 10 25 85 File Permission 38 FTP 20 45 61 70 98 FTP Client 45 65 70 Troubleshooting 70 FTP Server 61 62 63 65 66 70 Omni Series User s Manual 100 Index G GID 6 7 12 16 27 30 31 35 39 47 87 Host Editor 6 8 12 20 21 27 30 33 45 50 55 72 78 82 Troubleshooting 30 Host Name 7 33 45 46 54 55 66 72 82 84 IP address 7 21 46 49 53 55 66 78 82 Keyboard Setup 77 Keymap 79 80 81 Keypad 72 75 Locking 6 10 25 26 30 31 40 41 74 76 85 86 LPD Server 51 52 54 configuration 51 LPD Troubleshooting 54 LPR 51 53 55 59 LPR Hosts 55 58 LPR Printer 55 57 58 59 Add 59 Map Network Drive 20 mapping 12 16 28 31 33 39 71 79 81 mount 6 8 11 12 19 23 27 28 31 39 43 49 Mount Wizard 11 20 21 27 Multiple Session 72 Omni Series User s Manual Index 101 Network Neighborhood 19 20 24 31 48 49 55 Network Printers 57 NFS client 1 5 8 19 28 31 32 35 39 4
5. 87 PCNFSD PROTOCOL DEFINITION eee eese sesse ee ee oe oe ee oe ee 87 AUTHENTICATION as sesse 5 e Gees se sd ek SEG ee Ele be sb dd Ge Ge oe CETT Ge add dee dee dd 87 PRINT SPOOLING esse se sees boedei eee save eed Loo ee die dd eene ge 88 APPENDIX C PERFORMANCE TIPS ecce 89 APPENDIX D EXAMPLES ON STARTING NFS SERVER ON UNIX cA 9 GLOSSARY eee ee ee estet ee ee setenta 93 INDEN se es EE EE GE ED Ge GE ere 99 vi 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 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 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 imple
6. Client Troubleshooting e Ifyou 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 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 VT420 71 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 Omni VT420 has become a useful tool one enjoys using while getting work done Using VT420 Terminal Emulation V T420 is a terminal emulation program that allows you to connect and communicate with hosts that support VT 100 VT220 VT320 and VT420 termin
7. Connect By M REXEC C RSH Host SavePassword User ID without Message Box Password Auto Close Command Omni Series User s Manual 84 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 l 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 performed 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 85 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
8. Correct filtering option is set Correct printer path is defined Oooooo 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 HP1000 hpSp for the printer to be validated properly into your Windows 2000 NT system Omni Series User s Manual 60 Adding Network Printers Omni Series User s Manual FTP Server 61 CHAPTER 10 FTP Server Introduction Omni FTPD 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 Anonymous account is not supported in this FTP server Starting FTP Server 1 To start the FTP Server double click the FTPD icon in the XLink OMNI NFS series software program group An FTP Server dialog box will appear ETP Server ol x amp 3 TY login name from when NUM 4 2 Click on the Setup button to configure your FTPD First go to General Setup to assign the maximum number of users and time out You may also disable or enable log files in General Setup Om
9. Network Logon to have Link logon popup once for all connections Network Logon NFS Property Authentication C PCNFSD NIS UID and GID Username J UID 100 Password GID 1001 ek tee See next session in next page for details on NIS setup Omni Series User s Manual 48 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 vou 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 All Cancel Domain Name Enter the NIS domain name in this field eg MyNetwork com Manual Input NIS Server IP Click on this radio button to manually input NIS Server IP e g manually type in 192 11 1 1 Omni Series User s Manual Host Editor 49 Auto Search NIS Server IP Click on this radio button to start auto searching your entire network fo
10. Next button to the Summary dialog Summary dialog allows user to have a final review on the settings before the completion of the NFS drive define Click on the Finish button to complete definition or Back for modification Example Predefined Host Information in host editor database Host Name IP Address Host Type HP UX 192 1 2 3 NFS Server LINUX 192 3 5 6 NFS Server Assuming the host information shown above has been created in the Host Editor program Drv Server Mnt Auth Share Comment User Pass UID amp Addr Path Name GID E HP UX home PCNFSD NFSI NFS Drive tom iN F LINUX usr UID amp GID NFS2 NFS Drive 100 20 Once all the configurations are correctly set starting the Gateway service will mount the NFS resources with the information provided and perform auto sharing Browse Exported NFS Drive User may browse the exported NFS volumes on the remote NFS Server during the drive define process all the fields in the Browsing dialog are described as following Server Box Display a list of NFS servers Omni Series User s Manual 8 NFS Gateway Exported Path Box Display a list of directories exported by specified NFS server NFS Server on HostEdit Database By clicking on this radio button a list of NFS Servers will be retrieved from the Host Editor program database NFS Server on Entire Network By clicking on this radio
11. on the Define button The NFS Drive Define screen appears 2 Enter the valid NFS Server name configured in the Host Editor program for mounting in the text box 3 Enter the mount path exported from NFS server in the Mount Path box Mount Path list can be found by click on the Browse button and the Browse screen appears for the desired path please refer to Browse Exported NFS Drive section 4 Options for the NFS drive can be configured by clicking on the Option button and the Drive Option screen appears see picture in page 9 Here is the place where file attributes file locking control file conversion DOS Unix buffer size and cache are set 5 Click on the Next button to the Authentication dialog Authentication method can be set by choosing PCNFSD NIS or UID amp GID Enter Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 7 the User Name and Password or UID and GID for the default account to mount the NFS Drive please refer to the Default User Account section for more information Click on the Next button to the Sharing dialog Enter a share name for the NFS resource The default name will be the drive letter If none is specified the drive will be mounted as a regular NFS drive sharing can be modified from Windows Explorer Any comments for the sharing directory can be added in the Comment text box If any specific permission should be set for NT access right click on the Permission button for further setting Click on the
12. or Windows 2000 NT 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 58 Adding Network Printers 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 1 Double click on My Computer icon 2 Double click Printers icon from My Computer window 3 Click Add Printer icon from the Printers window 4 Select Next 5 Select Network Printer in ADD PRINTER WIZARD box 6 Select Next 7 Click the Browse button 8 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 1 Click Browse
13. process and they are described as following Cache Off If this option is checked the data from NFS drive will be retrieved directly from NFS server If it is unchecked data will be stored in local cache memory C2 Example ssuming the Cache Off option is not checked cache on When Tom has the NFS drive mounted on his system any changes made by Marry from any client stations or console terminal with the same NFS resources will not be updated immediately Omni Series User s Manual 10 NFS Gateway Auto DOS to UNIX Conversion By checking on this option you can activate the DOS to UNIX bi directional text file conversion This option will remove the CR character and transform the text file to UNIX format It is not recommended to turn this option on which might cause corruption with none ASCII files If not all files with different file extensions are wanted for file conversion the Set Extension button will allow you to select desired files by their extensions Disable NFS 3 0 By checking on this option you can enable the use of NFS 2 0 instead of NFS 3 0 Buffer Size Buffer size is initially set to default and its value is automatically adjusted for each operating system You can adjust different buffer sizes for the mounted drive Note Gateway Services can be optimized by adjusting buffer to the appropriate size If an unstable Gateway Service is observed please reduce the buffer size or disable NFS 3 0 f
14. setting 1s needed 1f Windows network drives are to be exported through NFS Server Service Before exporting an NT network drive please perform the following steps 1l Goto Control Panel Services and select Omni NFS Server Omni Series User s Manual 42 NFS Server 2 6 ses Sas sae Network DDE Manual Network DDE DSDM Manual Start NT LM Security Support Provider Started Manual mni NFS Server Started Automatic Stop Plug and Play Started Automatic Protected Storage Started Automatic za Remote Access Autodial Manager Disabled DUE Remote Access Connection Manager Started Manual Remote Access Server Automatic IUE Remote Procedure Call RPC Locator Manual xl Lasai Hw Profiles Startup Parameters Help Click on the Startup to modify the settings Service mni NFS Server gt Startup Type 34 6 Rad C Manual Cancel C Disabled Help r Log On As System Account Allow Service to Interact with Desktop This Account RI Password arti D Password In the Log On As group box select This Account If the account name is not set to Administrator you will need to click on the list button to get a list of accounts Select Administrators followed by the Add button to set the account name and click OK to validate your changes Once all the setting is set restart the Omni NFS Server service Note The passwords of the administr
15. 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 VT100 mode This mode lets the terminal operate as a VT100 terminal Use this mode for applications that require VT100 compatibility Omni Series User s Manual 74 VT420 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 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
16. 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 88 Appendix B Print Spooling The availability of NFS file operations 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 Appendix C 89 APPENDIX C Performance Tips Performance Tips is a stand alone program that allows users to modify the buffer size read write for NFS Server The default buffer size is automatically set to the maximum available buffe
17. 2 Double click Entire Network icon 3 Select HP host 4 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 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 Omni Series User s Manual To VO oo NOM PULP Adding Network Printers 59 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 Troubleshooting 9 Rood Why can t I print after I add the printer to my system There is 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 1f you are using LPR Printer Spool directory is accessible
18. 5 46 85 87 Troubleshooting 30 NFS Drive Option 9 20 24 NFS Drive Property 11 26 NFS Printer 39 57 59 Add 58 NFS Server 2 6 9 12 13 17 20 24 26 27 30 34 37 42 45 49 57 56 89 91 Troubleshooting 43 NIS Setup 46 48 NLM File Locking 10 25 85 Options 6 9 12 20 22 24 39 40 68 75 79 PCNFSD 6 7 12 22 26 27 30 31 39 40 47 57 59 87 88 Performance Tips 40 89 permission 8 11 12 22 26 30 34 37 39 58 61 62 70 87 98 Port Mapper 40 Print Spooling 51 54 88 Printer Setup 53 79 protocol 5 25 31 65 87 93 96 98 R W List 33 Read Only 10 26 33 86 97 Read Write 11 24 26 33 34 37 38 89 Reconnect At Logon 20 28 Remote Printer 51 53 55 57 RSH 83 84 Omni Series User s Manual 102 Index Save Password 22 SCO System 58 Security Mapping 33 34 37 39 server Gateway 17 18 sharing 1 7 12 17 85 Symbolic Link 28 Telnet 71 72 82 98 Terminal 9 71 773 77 79 94 95 98 Terminal Emulation 71 Terminal ID 74 Time out 68 UID amp GID 6 7 12 16 UNIX Hosts 4 user 5 7 10 19 25 26 31 38 48 51 62 66 74 75 78 81 84 89 94 User Denied Keys UDK 74 VT420 2 4 5 71 73 79 81 Troubleshooting 82 Windows Explorer 7 11 12 19 20 24 31 48 49 Windows Service 31 41 Omni Series User s Manual
19. Administrator can add remove or set specific restrictions and access permissions to the selected drives using standard Microsoft security feature This configuration 1s available during the drive define process and in the properties of the ready mounted drive NFS Gateway Permissions x NFS Gateway 1 Owner Name Full Control Type ofAccess Ful Contro H Cancel Add Remove Help Use Gateway Mount Wizard Step by step procedure for defining an NFS drive Omni Series User s Manual 12 NFS Gateway 1 Click on the Define button The NFS Drive Define screen appears figure 3 2 Enter the valid NFS Server name configured in the Host Editor program for mounting in the text box 3 Enter the mount path exported from NFS server in the Mount Path box Mount Path list can be found by click on the Browse button and the Browse screen appears for the desired path figure 7 4 Options for the NFS drive can be configured by clicking on the Option button and the Drive Option screen appears figure 8 5 Click on the Next button to the Authentication dialog finger 4 Authentication method can be set by choosing PCNFSD NIS or UID amp GID Enter the User Name and Password or UID and GID for the default account to mount the NFS Drive please refer to the Default User Account section for more information 6 Click on the Next button to the Sharing dialog finger 5 Enter a share name for the NFS resource Th
20. C LINK SUPPORT eee esee ee eee ese ee ee Ge Ge Ge ee se ee ee ee 28 iii NFS CLIENT TROUBLESHOOTING eeeeesess esee eese ee ee ee ee se ee se ee 30 CHAPTER 5 NES SERVER uwesssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssseeeees 31 INTRODUCTION ss seed ss dee ss dee dose se dd Ee ie ed oo do gee 31 FEATURES SESSE GES eee Fe es seei e Ee Gee sedes Ge Ee Ee ese ge Gee be Ge ede pun 31 SETUP NES SERVER 5 vece a cete eds sees einde ede od vue e UU Ge es ke ee ee de de 32 SECURITY MAPPING id es ecuees sesde dee ed ese die ee ee se ee a E dee 34 SETUP NES PRBINTER ea cess eres eu seo cea c eae ge ee euo cea cesse o Ve ee een 39 OPTIONS FOR NES SERVER ee eeeeeeee esee ss ee sese nasse tese ee 39 UTILITY FOR NES SERVER eeeessss esse ee ee ee ee e tete eese sess santos 40 AUTO START NES SERVER SERVICE e eene sees esse ee ee ee nne 41 How TO EXPORT NETWORK DRIVES NT ONLY 41 TROUBLESHOOTING ie ses se bede Se ee se See be oe eie sd ed sede be Gee gee de 43 CHAPTER 6 HOST EDITOR erereeecerenentntntne 45 INTRODUGTION i asses ess oc se eee seco oe ide ee ee ua eee a d beds fu NE Ge aae ged 45 SETUP HOST EDITOR 1 sai ss es ode sede de Ee Se vod eere be Feo rua ed EDU ee UH EUR 45 NIS SETUP EE GO ehe eeeo do ee ES te dee eas se lae van eT 48 TROUBLESHOOTING eeeeeeessssenseeeseee sess Ge sns eese eese sess sesso eee ee 49 CHAPTER 7 LPD SERVER eececece tet ees es ee ee
21. NFS Duel Gateway Starting NFS Dual Gateway Please refer to Chapter 1 NFS Gateway for the Client Gateway configuration and Chapter 5 NFS Server for the Server Gateway configuration Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 19 CHAPTER 4 NFS Client Introduction NFS Client enables 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 Youcan 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 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 Before being able to setup NFS connection you have to setup the host table on your system Please refer to Chapter 9 Host Edit for detailed instructions There are three ways to mount remote UNIX dri
22. NFS connection click on UTILS button then select File Attributes and Filename Case 3 To set read and write buffer size for the NFS connection click on UTILS button then select Read Write Buffer Size Note Any changes on the option settings are only effective before the NFS drive is mounted 2 From NFS Client GUI NFS Drive Options Buffer Size Default Auto DOS to UNIX File Conversion Disable NFS 3 0 gt NLM File Locking No Locking Locking C Read Only r File Attributes Owner r Group q Other Bw Bie e rirrr R wi x R wW x R w X m Directory Attributes wner Ww iw iN R WwW X TOUp wir R WO Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 25 If you are mounting from NFS Client GUI you can modify the following advanced options Cache Off If this option is checked the data from NFS drive will be retrieved directly from the NFS server If it is unchecked data will be stored in the local cache memory to improve performance Example Assuming that the Cache Off option is not checked When a user has the NFS drive mounted on his system Any changes made to this NFS resources by anyone else on the network will not be updated immediately Disable NFS 3 0 Enables the user to select NFS 2 0 protocol as the connection protocol It is recommended however to leave the setting unchanged as the NFS driver automatically negotiates for t
23. NT TROUBLESHOOTING eeeeeeeesessen eese esse ee ee ee ee ee 70 CHAPTER 12 VT420 TELNET esse se sees see 71 INTRODUGTION SEA se eed GE ee OD ee ed e DU Ee 71 USING VT420 TERMINAL EMULATION eeeeeee sees ee ss esse ee see ee 71 MULTIPLE SESSION CAPABILITY eeeeeeeese esent ee sese ee ntes 71 STARTING AND TERMINATING V T420 ee ee ee eee eee nere nu 72 GENERAL SETUP iic ee eere eee one e oaa on so oe od eg oe de be de ae og aee oe be ans 72 DISPLAY SETUP ecce co eesves ee ees ca bee De seek ee de bed pn Ceu ee Ee de ed De oe 75 KEYBOARD SETUP esse se so oc dees ed sesse ede de ed se dese ge dd ee ee 77 AUTO LOGIN ee Ge IE EG De Se ee ceo ce eaae Ge goe 78 PRINTER SETUP sasies besin dee doe ede ede bee ode ee doe se esi 79 KEYMAP3 SS Ge Ee Se ee so Ce nuo ced ee aee ge Ge Gede Rede De ed bes pU epa ede 79 COLOR MAPPING SETUP ccccssssssssssscssssscscscssscsssssssscscsssssssssees 81 TROUBLESHOOTING iisis cecelesecestacecctacccsasdeledtocesecessecsvebeoseaseceuss 82 CHAPTER 13 RSH REMOTE SHELL 83 INTRODUCTION SE Ee Ge ee eed ee N Ge oe Ge E Ea 83 USING RS Hiss arises N Cro eda euo Hd aan 83 APPENDIX A NETWORK LOCK MANAGER NLM FILE LOCKING siese sesse sedes sesse sees esse dek see sg doe di 85 FILE LOCKING 2a pese sesse oes bee de iese be ode de ede eb oe N Gee dd de de Un ee dd 85 Ned Pele die EE EE EE EE EE 85 READ OINI EESTE A T RERE S EREE ORREN 86 APPENDIX B PCNESD esse sees esse ese ee ese ee ee ee
24. Omni Series User s Manual Copyright 1991 2002 XLink Technology Inc XLink Technology Inc 1546 Centre Pointe Dr Milpitas CA 95035 U S A 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 1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL 1 INTRODUCTION TO OMNI SERIES SOFTWARE eee eeee escenas 1 ABOUT OMNI SERIES eene eene heh ee sess ee ee ee er ee 1 OMNI SERIES PACKAGES iese ees ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION esse see se ee ee ehem eene nennen eres 2 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS USER S GUIDE eese e eere 3 CHAPTER 2 NFSGATEWAV esse sees esse ese ee ee 5 INTRODUCTION sessie oee gees dees boe se sevo se dee Ee oe ooo ed ee ge goe g
25. VIEW s RENAME REFRESH DELETE Le R Le R Select All Unselect an E 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 FTP Session Configuration Prompt Timout 65 Bell Remote Port A Get Unique Host Type UNIX C VAR 4 VMS C Others Goed Omni Series User s Manual 68 FTP Client 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 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 transferrin
26. al modes Telnet Connection E v TA20 Terminal Emulation 32 XLink Technology Inc c 1995 1996 HosTP Port 23 cancer 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 Omni Series User s Manual 72 VT420 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 NES 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 in 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 b
27. anual NFS Server 39 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 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 Options for NFS Server By pressing the Option button the following dialog box appears Server Options E xi Support NFS 3 Maximum Buffer Size a IV Enable PCNFSD read defau v K write defau v K IV Enable Locking Manager IV Enable XLi
28. ap 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 area 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 95 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 s
29. ator accounts for both local system and the peer workstation from which the network drive is mapped have to be the same Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 43 Troubleshooting How do I mount the Windows exported resources from UNIX You may issue the following commands on your UNIX client to mount the exported drive Mounting entire drive a mount HostNameOrIPAddress DriveLetter MountPoint eg mount 204 1 1 1 c mnt b mount HostNameOrIPAddress DriveLetter MountPoint eg mount 204 1 1 1 c mnt Mounting directory a mount HostNameOrIPAddress DriveLetter Dir MountPoint eg mount 204 1 1 1 c temp mnt b mount HostNameOrIPAddress DriveLetter Dir MountPoint eg mount 204 1 1 1 c temp mnt Omni Series User s Manual 44 NFS Server Omni Series User s Manual Host Editor 45 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 HostE dit 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 double click on any of the existing listing if previously added to Modify setti
30. button Gateway will search for all existing NFS Servers on the entire network Browse Lx m Server Exported Path 3 Exported Path Permission NFS Server on HostEditor Database NFS Server on Entire Network Note If none of the exported file systems is listed for the selected server the followings may be the cause Q 2000 NT Gateway Server information is not in the UNIX host database Incorrect host information entered in the Host Editor eg IP Corresponding daemons for NFS mounting are not initialized The default user account used to mount NFS resources does not have permission to the exported drive Q Desired NFS resources are not being exported to NFS clients O Incorrect Network Configuration on the local 2000 NT Server Ooo Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 9 Set NFS Drive Options Gateway Drive Options Buffer Size Dean gt Auto DOS to UNIX File Conversion Disable NFS 3 0 m File Conversion AllFiles C Selected Extension Set Extension m Locking Method NT File Locking only C With UNIX NLM Read Only m File Attributes m Owner m Group r Other MMM MMT IE EN RF W X R W X R WwW X m Directory Attributes m Owner Group Other iv iw MM iv f IE EN A WwW X R WwW X R wW X Cancel Advanced NFS drive options are available during the drive define
31. croll 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 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 Omni Series User s Manual 78 VT420 Margin Bell Allows you to enable or disable the margin bell If the margin bell is enabled the speaker will 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 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 Nam
32. d usr sbin lt RT gt rpc mountd amp lt RT gt rpc nfsd amp lt RT gt etc rc d init d nfs start stop lt RT gt Omni Series User s Manual 92 Appendix D 4 Solaris a cd usr lib nfs b J nfsd amp c mountd amp 5 Sco UnixWare a fcd usr lib nfs b nfsd amp c mountd amp Omni Series User s Manual Glossary 93 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 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 94 Glossary Bitm
33. ditor is correct a Your user account has permission to access the NFS host a Your user account has permission to access the exported files a Linked path is included in the export file on the NFS host Do I have to unmount NFS drives if I want to change the buffer size or file attributes If your operating system is Windows 95 98 then you will need to go through all the definition described in setting up a NFS drive If your operating system is Windows 2000 NT you can modify these settings by right clicking on the NFS drive icon from explorer and select properties to edit the setting sie Why am I getting Authentication failed Please check if PCNFSD is running message You will get this message when the remote NFS Server you are mounting does not have PCNFSD program running If this program is not available on your NFS Server then you have to start the PCNFSD on the remote system or change the authentication type to either NIS or UID amp GID e Why does the Authentication Dialog keep poping up after I have filled in all the information The authentication dialog will appear if the authentication failed Authentication failure may be caused by a Your remote NFS Server does not have your host information in the host table for access permission a NFS program has detected a license violation or expiration demo version only Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 31 CHAPTER 5 NFS Server Introduct
34. e file winnt system32 drivers etc group assuming winnt is the Windows NT directory The mappings in passwd file list box shows the contents in the current passwd file The same applies to the group file You may import UNIX password or group file into the mapping list by copying them to your local system and clicking on the Import button to load the file content The password field in the password file is not used in the NFS Server because it uses the NT internal account information to authorize the user for access rights Default Group is assigned to the file directory object if group information does not exist or a new object is created 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 1s 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 Omni Series User s Manual 38 NFS Server John User Amy User Engineer UID Mapping UNIX UID NT User Default Group 0 Administrator Adm
35. e and Password It is designed to simplify tasks for users with multiple UNIX accounts and different identities Hostader sae Usememe Remove Password Oo ea 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 Omni Series User s Manual VT420 79 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 Printer Setup Select the Printer button to see the Printer Setup dialog box 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 1s 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 Current Printer Mode HP LaserJet 5P on Bbs hp5p Normal Iv Use Default Printer SelectPrinter C Auto Cancel Keymap V T420 a
36. e de 5 STARTING NES GATEWAY eesssssses sees esse sesse ee sesso Ge eese eese ee noun 5 DEFINE AN GATEWAY DRIVE ee eee eese eee eese oe se ese oe eese oe se eee 6 BROWSE EXPORTED NES DRIVE eee ee eee eee esee ee ee ee ee ee ee 7 SET NFS DRIVE OPTIONS eee eeeeee esee e eese eese naso esee stesse sese Geo 9 SET USER PERMISSION eee ee eee eene ee ee ee Ge ee ee ee Ge Ge Ge eese eee ee ee Il USE GATEWAY MOUNT WIZARD ccccccscssssssssscccccscessesescccccees Il WHAT IS AN DEFAULT USER ACCOUNT iccccccssceccccssccccccsscccceees 12 USER ACCOUNT MAPPING cccsssssssscscccccccccscsssccsccsccssesecsscocces 13 CHAPTER 3 NFS DUAL GATEWAY eere 17 INTRODUCTION seed ese de see eeu eoo re ede va eua Peso Ge eas va OU eese Or bra UE Ue de 17 STARTING NES DUAL GATEWAY sesse sees eeeessss ss ese ee ee ee ee ee esee ee ee 18 CHAPTER 4 NES CLIENT esse es ee ee ee 19 INTRODUCTION SS de eec oe se ve se Ge Ve ee eU vn oe sd eed UNS 19 SETUP NES CLIENT CONNECTION eee ee ee eese ese ee ee ee es se ee ee 19 SETTING NES DRIVE OPTION eese eee eee eee ee Ge nnt ttes eee ee 24 NES AUTHENTICATION ccccoccssssssssccssccccscesessscssccccescesescssssosees 26 MOUNT WIZARD icc sestadeacedalecescelatecesed Go ve Ge de da Go Ged do 27 AUTO MOUNTING NES DRIVES ees sees esse esse sees esse ee ee ee ee esse ee ee ee 28 OTHER UTILITY FOR NFS CLIENT eee eee ees ee ee ee ee ee oe ee es 28 SYMBOLI
37. e default name will be the drive letter If none is specified the drive will be mounted as a regular NFS drive sharing can be modified from Windows Explorer Any comments for the sharing directory can be added in the Comment text box If any specific permission should be set for 2000 NT access right click on the Permission button for further setting 7 Click on the Next button to the Summary dialog finger 6 Summary dialog allows user to have a final review on the settings before the completion of the NFS drive define 8 Click on the Finish button to complete definition and mount the NFS drive or Back for modification What is an Default User Account 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 1s 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 Example Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 13 Exported File System from UNIX home Directory Tree of home Steven Bob Marry Guest uid 100 uid 102 uid 101 uid 300 gid 100 gid 100 gid 100 gid 200 Access Control in NFS Server Access Granted Users UID GID Steven 100 100 Marry 101 100 Bob 102 200 Gateway Mounted NFS Dr
38. e 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 Ea Text Attributes mE Fore Back HX LI Map to lt Bold sesse gt SSS T Map to SOS tie SSeS LI Map to lt Bold Undartlina Ese r Map to lt EE ao Reverse Map to lt HOD EE Reverse I Map to lt Underline Reverse r Map to lt Bold Underline Reverse r Map to lt ses Blink Map to lt Bold Blink Map to lt co dar ia Se Blink Map to lt Bold Underline Blink Map to EERS Soe oe Reverse Blink Li Map to Lid ER tct Reverse Blink Li Map to lt Underline Reverse Blink Map to lt Bold Underline Reverse Blink Map to x Omni Series User s Manual 82 VT420 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 nam
39. e 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 0x 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 1s not running 4 Lastly confirm that your host supports Telnet Some hosts do not Omni Series User s Manual RSH 83 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 wen M s unis Setting Go Help About Exit C Program Files Omn s Browse m Remote Shell File Name
40. ecific 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 Add Users x Users user name password user ID group ID New Save Delete oos With Windows 2000 NT XP If you have FAT system security mapping is not applied If your system is NTFS formatted you need to setup the security mapping before any file transaction takes place The security mapping between your Windows 2000 NT XP and UNIX file systems can be configured by pressing the Mapping button in NFS Server program Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 35 UID amp GID Mapping N xj User name to UID mapping Group name to GID mapping Enable uriversal account Select Windows local account Select Windows local delauk group Windows NT domain Mappings in passwd file wwz6 Windows NT Accounts Administrator 0 Adrrinist Guest 1002 Guests Admrystalor Administrators IUSR W26 IWAM_W26 on xi UserID 7 Enable NIS 1002 User Name to UID Mapping In this dialog you see two tabs User name to UID mapping and Group name t
41. ee 51 INTRODUGTION i 22s ee reso ese vob ee oes ssec ee desee de be Ge sev esae ec ee siga oun 51 CONFIGURING THE LPD APPLICATION e ee ee ee eese ee ae norton 51 How TO SET UP LPR ON REMOTE UNIX SYSTEMS 53 LPD TROUBLESHOOTING eeeeeeeeessssen teet eese sese soto Ge se ee ee 54 CHAPTER 8 LPRHOSTS sesse esse see sesse ees ese 55 INTRODUCTION 25 5 552 6 5559 eversa os ea besk Ged Ee Ge OE aa Ged ER de Ge SE de de 55 STARTING LPR HOSTS eee etse esse se et oe ves eto eae eso o sro seges 55 CHAPTER 9 ADDING NETWORK PRINTERS 57 INTRODUCTION cce esos eo Goa sa soes dolosse es dee bede ei e dado ossa ud 57 SETTING UP AND USING NES PRINTER e ecce eee eene ones 57 SETTING UP AND USING LPR PRINTER eee eese eee eene oe se ee 56 TROUBLESHOOTING eeeeeeesescsnso tee eee te ee Ge se tees eese es Ge Ge see tees ee 59 CHAPTER 10 FTP SERVER visesessssssssssssesssssscsscesesesecees 61 INTRODUCTION sissscsshssccvedsiesesssccaccsbisessocsc essdecdstesesscccesasdaseseece 61 STARTING FTP SERVER eee eee e se se so patei eo Gede be sb dd de ee e aU ge de ei 61 TROUBLESHOOTING bees basin i ee aao cereo de ero a ees oy oae eoe eaae ies ridi 63 CHAPTER 11 FTP CLIENT esse sesse esse ee ee ee 65 INTRODUCTION esse dese ss ed Fase va erus be rase ka sees e Ue eda sees gee be ig 65 USING FPP CLIENT see kes gees ae een eaa eae curvas ee Se Nee ees oe ie ee oe ee ie 65 FTP CLIE
42. ent File Format Convert This utility allows you to convert DOS created text files to UNIX format or UNIX text files to DOS format Simply mark the type of transfer you wish to make then highlight or fill in the appropriate entries and press the Convert button It is advised to apply this function to text files only Unix DOS File Convert c program filestnfslite c program files nfslite Close HostE dit exe HostE dit exe licensee exe licensee exe Transfer Type Lpd exe Lpd exe Unix to DOS Iprhosts exe Iprhosts exe Morelnfo htm Morelnfo htm C DOS to Unix OMNINFS CNT OMNINFS CNT OMNINFSHLP OMNINFSHLP Symbolic Link Support NFS Client will automatically get the final target file for a symbolic link 1f the paths for the symbolic link and those target files are both exported Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 29 Example File usrl 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 30 NFS Client Troubleshooting Why can t I see the exported file systems on the NFS host If you can not see any exported file systems you will need to check to see if a TCP IP connection is set up properly a NFS Server and other daemons are running on the host ie nfsd mountd lockd etc a Host information in Host E
43. ew Remove Modify Help About Host Name IP Address Printer Name windows2 Ipr 123 123 123 123 myprinter Click the New button to open up Printer Editor dialog box 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 56 LPR Host Omni Series User s Manual Adding Network Printers 57 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 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
44. ext box 5 Once the mapping 1s complete click on the close button for the Gateway Service to update the mapping information Note The mapping is based on one to one mapping for a single user name If a user has different UID amp GIDs for different UNIX Servers specific UID amp GID mapping can be performed by selecting specific UNIX Server defined in Host Table from the drop down box This enables user to connect to different NFS resources with predefined UID amp GIDs All users belonging to Administrators group will have only the mapping of administrator account not individual account However users with same user login name will use only one set of configuration to access the resources Example John can access HP with UID amp GID of 100 and 200 and access SPARC with UID amp GID of 300 and 600 Omni Series User s Manual 16 NFS Gateway O Example John from 2000 NTIhas the same access right as John from 2000 NT2 Since browsing only searches the 2000 NT platform Windows 95 and 98 clients will need to have login names created in the 2000 NT Gateway Server How to do Group Account Mapping The NFS Gateway 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
45. 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 Dual Gateway 17 CHAPTER 3 NFS Dual Gateway Introduction Omni NFS Dual Gateway 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 ERE EE 4 Mount amp Re share NT Server w Omni NFS Duel Gateway l 4 d Map NT drives Win Win Win 95 3x 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 18 NFS Dual Gateway Mount NT exported drives NFS Client PC NFS Client UNIX Export native network or NFS drives NT Server w Omni
46. g 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 FTP Client 69 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 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 70 FTP
47. he best protocol automatically Buffer Size Buffer size is initially set to default and its value is automatically adjusted by the NFS Client You can also manually adjust the buffer sizes for the mounted drive If connection to the NFS resource is not stable you may want to reduce the Buffer Size setting Auto DOS to UNIX File Conversion Convert files from DOS to UNIX or UNIX to DOS format within the connection It is recommended to set this option with text only connection otherwise non text files might be corrupted by the conversion NLM File Locking Box Enable user to select file locking option Locking amp No Locking The file locking option is application dependent When the Locking option is set File locking will be supported only when user uses an application that supports such function to access the resources on the mounted drive Omni Series User s Manual 26 NFS Client Example Assuming Locking is set If a user opens a file on the NFS resources with a text editor the access permission for the same file by another user will be determined by the text editor s built in locking function Read Only This option will set all the resources in the mounted drive to read only mode File Attributes Sets the default file attributes for any new file created through NFS Client The file format under the File Attributes is defined according to the standard UNIX file format Each group has three bo
48. ies User s Manual How to Use this Manual 3 Note The content information in this User Guide may be updated without notice Addendum may be requested 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 of holidays at XLink Technology Inc Phone 408 263 8201 1546 Centre Point Dr 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 lt pe gt Indicates commands on your PC lt ux gt 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 lt Data gt lt gt 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
49. inistrators 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 If root on UNIX machine creates a file then the file security structure will be On UNIX On NT 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 therefor 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 ownership of the file or directory for proper access permission Omni Series User s M
50. ion NFS Server turns your windows system into a NFS server system so that you can export your local Windows drives or printers to remote NFS Clients This chapter explains how to export your local drives or printers and explain the difference between the Windows 95 98 ME version and the Windows 2000 NT XP version of NFS Server One of the key features of NFSD is its ability to operate with any Winsock compliant TCP IP Features The NFS Server incorporate the following features Use Windows 98 95 ME NT 2000 XP native TCP IP Run as an Windows service no logon needed Support FAT NTFS CDFS HPFS file systems Support NFS version 2 0 and 3 0 Support PCNFSD version 1 0 and 2 0 Support mount version 1 and version 3 Support Network Locking Manager NLM Seamlessly integrate with NT security uses NT local or domain accounts For this feature all NFS users must also be NT users e Works on Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 Workstations or Servers Windows 2000 and Windows XP Centralized configuration program Support NFS printing through PCNFSD Include portmapper on both TCP and UDP protocols Provide NT 2000 XP accounts and groups to UNIX UID and GID mapping e Integrate with Windows Explorer Enable users to share NFS directories from Windows Explorer or Network Neighborhood e Provide asynchronous fast write access for NFS 3 0 e Automatically recovers when windows 2000 NT XP restarts Omni Series User s Man
51. ive Default User Information User Name Guest Password xxxxxx UID 300 GID 200 If Steven accesses the NFS based 2000 NT Server drive he will be given access right to home john It applies to all the users that are granted with the relative UID amp GID If Katy who has no UID amp GID accesses the NFS based 2000 NT Server drive she will be connected to lhome Guest with restricted privileges defined for the Guest account User Account Mapping Administrators can now map each user with a unique UID amp GID to be used when a user tries to access any Gateway mounted drives The mapping utility can be found on the NFS Gateway interface The following information describes the function of each field on the mapping dialog Microsoft Domain Lists all the domains that are within the network of the 2000 NT Gateway Server Microsoft Host Lists all the 2000 NT hosts that are under the selected Microsoft Domain Omni Series User s Manual 14 NFS Gateway Microsoft Account Lists all the login names users local and Global Groups and general information for the selected Microsoft Host UNIX Server s Name Allows one to one dedicated UNIX server UID amp GID mapping UNIX Account For assigning an unique UID and GID for the selected user Mapped UID amp GID Shows the current UID amp GID mapping for a selected user GIDs amp Secondary GID For assigning and displaying any other GIDs for a selected user Add Map
52. l 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 If an 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 transfer 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 FTP Client 67 XLINK FTP Client liz xd Connection Config ls Log Exit Help ml 9 I LOCAL LIST C ASCII REMOTE LIST CPROGRA 10mniX Binary MKDIR ce Eg
53. lation Please refer to Appendix B for details NIS Authentication NIS stands for Network Information Service This authentication use NIS to translate the UID and GID from username and password You will need to set up the NIS server entry before applying this option Please refer to Chapter 6 Host Editor for how to setup references to NIS Servers UID and GID Authentication Authenticate directly by using UID User ID and GID Group ID on the remote NFS Server machine If the remote NFS Server is an UNIX machine you can find your UID and GID by logging into your account and typing id at the command prompt Mount Wizard Please refer to Mounting with NFS Client GUI Mount Wizard section for detailed information on the mounting procedure Once you have completed the Mount Wizard drive definition process the NFS drive will be mounted and can now be accessed as a normal Windows network drive Omni Series User s Manual 28 NFS Client Auto Mounting NFS Drives There are two ways to automatically mount NFS drives 1 Map drives through Windows Explorer with Reconnect At Logon option checked and shut down the system without unmapping them Windows will always try to reconnect previous network drives once you logon to the system again 2 Selected the AutoMnt option in the NFS Drive Definition dialog box NFS drives will only be mounted when the main NFS Client interface is initialized Other Utility for NFS Cli
54. lator 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 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
55. like the one following xi r Server m Exported Path he Exported Path Permission fust2 Everyone Zusr spool pcnis Everyone NFS Server on HostE ditor Database NFS Server on Entire Network Cancel In this example the Server Name is hp which has two directories exported with permission to everyone You can select the directory you want to connect to and click OK to go back to the NFS client GUI Here you can either click on OPTIONS to modify system settings or leaving the settings as default and move on to setup NFS connection Click on the Option button to modify system settings For details please see following section Setting NFS Options Click on the Next button to the authentication dialog Type the user name and password and select either PCNFSD or NIS as the authentication method see NFS Authentication section You may also check Save Password box if you do not want to enter password each time NFS Client restarts only for PCNFSD and NIS authentication Select the AutoMount check box if you want the drive to be mounted automatically every time you run the XLink NFS Client application see Auto Mounting NFS Drives section Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 23 NES Authentication NFS authentication is required for connecting to NFS exported file system C PCNFSD C NiS C UID and GID User Name UID Password GID Save Password Auto Moun
56. lso 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 Omni Series User s Manual 80 VT420 VT420 Keymap Setting ew 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 EGTE PC 101 Keyboard Map 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 Omni Series User s Manual VT420 81 Follow these steps to define a key 1 Select a key by pressing the key buttons on the keyboard layout Key name will display the key button that is selected for modification 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 simulat
57. menting 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 Omni Series User s Manual 2 How to 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 Omni Lite Chapter 4 6 7 8 9 For Windows 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 For Windows 98 95 ME Package Name Related Application Reference Omni NFS Chapter 4 13 Omni Lite Chapter 4 6 7 8 9 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 Omni Ser
58. 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 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 Omni Series User s Manual VT420 75 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 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 Display Setup options available VT420 Display Setup EHE Im 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 defa
59. nfigure 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 t XLink LPD Printer Server B x Printer Status Option View Property Help BR SKORT Export Name Printer Name Port status commet Omni Series User s Manual 52 LPD Server The functionality of button selections in this GUI are explained following Printer Menu e New Define the printer information e Delete Highlight the export name then delete the specific printer information e Exit Exit the LPD program Status Menu e Pause Temporarily stops LPD from sending print jobs to the specified printer e Start Resumes the printing being sent to the printer usually used after Pause button has been pressed Option Menu e Toolbar Show hide toolbar icons e Status Bar Show hide status bar e Refresh Refresh the current connecting information View Menu e Queue View the print job queue It is also capable of deleting aborting or resuming print jobs e Setting Set and modify the spool directory and LPD port number Property Menu Highlight the export name then press this option it will pop up a dialog box with the information of the printer Help Menu
60. ngs 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 46 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 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 Innext dialog box click on the Test button to check if NFS server function is running on the NFS server system If the NFS ser
61. ni Series User s Manual 62 FTP Server Ftp Server Setup Maximum number of users The default number of users is set to 8 If the number of users logged in exceeds the maximum value assigned then the subsequent connection to the FTP Server will be refused and closed e g If the max is set to 1 and user2 tries to log in through the FTP service while userl is on the connection will be terminated by the FTP Server Time out for login If a user s idle time exceeds the assigned timing in this field the FTP connection will also be terminated 3 You can set up new user accounts for the FTPD in the Users tab In order to create new users you need to assign their user name password full name home directory and access permission Omni Series User s Manual FTP Server 63 Ftp Server Setup Note Og Ifno password is assigned user login will fail Q Current version of FTPD does not support anonymous login 4 Click Save button to save new configuration 5 After creating all the users you need click OK button to go to the FTP Server dialog box 6 Byclicking the Log button it will show you a history of FTPD operations 7 Exitbutton allows you to shutdown the FTP Server Make sure that there are no users connected at the time as their connection will be dropped Troubleshooting Why did my login failed Failure to login may be caused by Number of login users exceeds the maximum assigned M
62. nk Port Mapper I Enable auto DOS to UNIX file conversion Auto DOS to UNIX file conversion Select the extension files example txt Add htm Remove html Cancel Omni Series User s Manual 40 NFS Server 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 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 Utility for NFS Server Clicking the Client button will allow you to browse and modify two things current mounts and current locks Clients Information x Mounted Clients Current Locks l Remotely mounted clients and directories are EE EE Current mounts will show you who is currently connected to the NFS Server Clients Information x Mounted Clients Current Locks Remotely held Locks OK Cancel EPpy Help Current locks will show you the file locks currently held by remote clients Omni Series User s Manual NES Server 41 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 unm
63. 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 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 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 Omni Series User
64. o GID mapping Under User name to UID mapping screen you can perform one to one mapping between your local user or domain user accounts and remote NFS client accounts For each account mapped you have to specify a default group that corresponds to each mapped entry You may also setup a universal mapping to a specific local domain user account by checking the Enable universal account box and select the desired account Enabling this option will allow any user on the remote NFS client machine without one to one mapping to access exported NFS resources with the security subscribed for the selected universal mapping entry Follow the steps to perform the User ID mapping 1 Highlight the desired user account from the Windows NT Accounts list box 2 Setthe UNIX corresponding user id number to be mapped in the User ID edit box Omni Series User s Manual 36 NFS Server 3 Click on Add button to add the selected pair to the mapping database The Mapping in Password File box will now have the entry you entered Please note that each NT 2000 XP account can only be mapped to one unique UID number and vis versa Highligh the entry you have just added in the Mapping in Password File box and click on the Default Group button to setup a default group for the selected user account In the Default Group dialog highlight the desired entry from the list then the box below lists all the groups that the user is a member of Choose a group from the lis
65. oftware 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 information 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 96 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 Modu
66. or better performance NLM File LockingBox Enable user to select file locking option NT File Locking Uses NT File locking mechanism With UNIX NLM Applies UNIX file locking along with 2000 NT standard file locking method Read Only This option will set all the resources under the mounted drive to read only Note This is an advantage for the administrator to prevent any accidental modification to the NFS resources File and Directory Attributes Set the default file attribute for any new file diretory created through Gateway Service The file directory format under the File Attributes Directory Attribute is defined according to standard UNIX file format Each group has three boxes representing Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 11 R Read W Write and X Execute OG Example Assuming the file attribute is set to be Owner Group Others RW R 00 Any file created in the mounted drive by Tom can be read write by Tom read by anyone in the same group and no access to others File attribute can also be modified after the drive is being mapped Please refer to NFS Drive Property for more information Note File name case setting can be modified after the drive is mounted from the property tab of the drive in the Windows Explorer Set User Permission Administrator can configure user access permissions to the re shared NFS drives in addition to the standard NFS permission
67. ork 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 not 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 99 INDEX A Add Printer 58 59 ASCII 10 65 66 68 70 93 attributes
68. ost 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 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 1s 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 Omni Series User s Manual 34 NFS Server 6 Youcan repeat the procedure to define as many export paths as you require You may modify existing resource definitions that you need to change by clicking on the Edit button Security Mapping With Windows 98 95 ME You may specify each user s read and write permission to your exported path To add users with sp
69. ount request is not sent correctly a stale entry can be left in the mountd list file When you are sure there are no clients connecting 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 On Windows 2000 NT XP NFS Server operates as an Windows Service and automatically starts whenever Windows 2000 NT XP boots up You can stop and restart the service or change the method of starting service in Control Panel Services If there are any errors while NFS Server service is starting on NT 2000 XP system it will be logged as a Windows 2000 NT event You can use Windows 2000 NT XP Event Viewer to find out the detail of the NFS Server error How to Export Network Drives NT 2000 XP Only Special
70. ping Adds user mapping information to the mapping list Mapping List Shows all users mapping information and allows removal of mapping list NT to Unix Account Mapping RWORKGROUP TERMINAL E OF Administrator eric Guest K pem Omni Series User s Manual NFS Gateway 15 How To Map A User with a Unique UID amp GID All users who needs to will have the access to the NFS resources will need to have exact login names created in the local 2000 NT Gateway Server Perform the following steps to map UID amp GID for a user 1 Select a login name from the Microsoft Account List You must select a Microsoft domain and a Microsoft host before you can select a login name from the list 2 If your network has NIS set up check on Browse UNIX Account Information via NIS to browse the existing UID amp GID in the UNIX system then select one account for mapping Otherwise select a specific UNIX server default is set to For All UNIXs manually enter the UID and GID in the blank text box 3 If a secondary or more GIDs are desired for a selected user please enter the GID in the text box under GIDs then click Add To remove the secondary mapping click on Remove Secondary GIDs can only be modified if there 1s no mapping defined for the selected user 4 Click on Add Mapping to map the UID amp GID To remove mapping click on Remove Mapping The mapped UID and GID should appear in the Mapped UID and Mapped GID t
71. r according to your system configuration However default buffer size may at times not be the best setting for some system environments Modifying the buffer size to fit your system could minimize the package delay time and maximize the NFS Server performance A Performance Tips De The performance of NFS server depends on your system configuration you may modify current buffer size especially write buffer to maximize the server performance The default setting is designed to use the largest available buffer If it causes the serverto perform poorly ty to decrease buffer size to retain stability r Maximum Buffer Size read defaut K write default ar Cancel Omni Series User s Manual 90 Appendix C Omni Series User s Manual Appendix D 91 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 c
72. r the NIS Servers Note Only three NIS Server entries are allowed in the browse list Troubleshooting e What is the main purpose of filling out the user authentication information at the end of the Host setup The purpose of filling out the authentication method in the Host Editor is for users who wish to mount drives through Windows Explorer or Network Neighborhood Why can t I detect my NFS Server from the automatic detecting mechanism in the Host Editor If you can not detect the NFS Server running on your host system you may want to verify Q Ifthe NFS services are running on the remote system O If the IP address is entered correctly Omni Series User s Manual 50 Host Editor Omni Series User s Manual LPD Server 51 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 them 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 co
73. s or mount and un mount drives Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 21 ZEE ACLERN dou eov Ap UILE angsten y EXIT quur emor ry Currently Mounted Default Path AutoMnt Before you can mount an NFS drive you must first define the NFS server systems you want to connect to in HOST EDITOR see Chapter 6 for details Highlight the drive letter you wish to use for NFS connection then click on the DEFINE button to bring up the Mount Wizard mni NFS Client Map NFS Network Drive This wizard helps you connect to an NFS exported file system Drive Letter F Server Name I Browse J Mount Path Options XLINK TECHNOLOGY INC WWW XLINK COM VERB Cancel From this dialog box you can define NFS server name and mount path You can either type in the information or simply click on button BROWSE and let Omni NFS client program do the work for you If you decide to type the Server Name can be either the name of the NFS server system or its IP address Server Name can be up to 260 characters When entering the path use the syntax native to the server on which the resource resides For example if you are entering a UNIX path name begin the path name with a slash and separate each successive directory name with a slash The path can be a maximum of 260 characters Omni Series User s Manual 22 NFS Client If you click on BROWSE you will open up the dialog box looks
74. s Manual 86 Appendix A 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 87 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 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
75. t XLINK TECHNOLOGY INC WWW XLINK COM cio Carcel Note The AutoMount check box is active only when Save Password check box is selected The next screen will bring you the summary of your definition If the settings are correct click on Finish to complete the drive definition Now you are back to the NFS client GUI again To establish the NFS connection you click on MOUNT button The LED on the drive icon will turn green if the drive is mounted successfully otherwise the light turns red Any drive definition can be deleted by highlighting the defined entry then click the CLEAR button Summary Click Finish to create this NFS drive NFS Network Drive rive E E Remote Path WUNIXMhome Authentication PCNFSD User Name support Save Password NO Auto Mount NO To unmount a network drive you simply highlight the defined entry then click the UNMNT button The LED will turn yellow Repeat the above procedures to define more drives or to modify existing drives which have already been defined Omni Series User s Manual 24 NFS Client Setting NFS Drive Option 1 From Netwok Neighborhood Windows Explorer If you are mounting from Network Neighborhood or Windows Explorer do the following steps to configure the advanced options 1 Click on the NFS Client icon to bring up the NFS Client main interface 2 Tosetthe file attributes and filename case for any new file created through
76. t as the default group for the mapping followed by OK button to return to the Username to UID mapping dialog Follow the above steps to do mappings for other users Uid amp GID Mapping E x User name to UID mapping Group name to GID mapping Windows NT domain Mappings in group file Windows NT Groups Administrators Backup perators DHCP Administrators DHCP Users Add gt Guests s NetShow Administrators x Import Group ID Enable NIS o ES Remove Cancel Help Group Name to GID Mapping The Group name to GID mapping needs to be done for both types of UID mappings universal and limited In this dialog you can list the user accounts on your domain name server or on local machine Follow the steps to perform the Group ID mapping 1 Highlight the desired user account from the Windows NT Groups list box Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 37 2 Set the UNIX corresponding group id number to be mapped in the Group ID edit box 3 Click on Add button to add the selected pair to the mapping database 4 The Mapping in Group File box will now have the entry you entered Please note that each NT 2000 XP account can only be mapped to one unique UID number and vis versa 5 You may repeat the above steps to map other groups to the corresponding GID number The result of UID mappings are saved in the file winnt system32 drivers etc passwd and GID mappings is saved in th
77. the printer b Queue Type select windows printer or Novell Printer c Select the match printer model 4 IBM smit Select Print Spooling Add a Printer Queue 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 Troubleshooting e KS Is LPD a service Yes LPD server is running as a service Why can t I get a print out from LPD The possibilities for the failure to receive or send print jobs are Oooooo Unrecognized option defined in the control file File content is corrupted Invalid remote printer name set Unstable network connection Critical timing issue when connecting through modem More than one LPD process running at the same time Omni Series User s Manual LPR Hosts 55 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 printers 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 M
78. ual 32 NFS Server e Support up to two billion GB 64bit long file size e Show clients connections that are active showmount a IP addr Setup NFS Server 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 The status of all exported paths is presented in this window ox Dew Eer gone de geer tMaPPing CLIENT fom gue esr Exported Path Authorized Clients Under Windows 2000 NT XP Exported Path Under Windows 98 95 ME Please perform the following steps in order to export Windows resources to remote NFS clients Omni Series User s Manual NFS Server 33 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 In the NFS Server Export dialog box select the path to be exported including drive and directory NFS Server Export x w EER ea ma CPro95 CProNT z Export To Users F Exported to All Chants Directory Access Rights Ces G ReadOnly Read Write C R WList 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 h
79. ult page width is 80 columns Omni Series User s Manual 76 VT420 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 1s 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 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 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 Omni Series User s Manual VT420 77 S
80. ultiple FTPD s are running at the same time User does not have password assigned Anonymous login not supported Oooo Omni Series User s Manual 64 FTP Server Omni Series User s Manual FTP Client 65 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 x Session Name x New 5 Host Name x Swe Delete User ID Contig Password i yO Save Password Anonymous Login Local Path Comment Cancel Omni Series User s Manual 66 FTP Client Start by selecting the session configuration from the dropdown menu or create a new session name then select or enter a host name or IP address 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 loca
81. utton is there for you to manipulate the settings of the connection Following are the detailed explanations on items in Setup 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 Omni Series User s Manual r Terminal Mode m Terminal ID WT400 mode 7 bit controls C VT4OO mode 8 bit controls C VT100 mode C VT52 mode C vr420ID C VT320ID amp vr220ID C VT100ID C vriot iD C VT102ID r User Defined Keys Lock User Defined Keys unlocked C User Defined Keys locked r Cursor Keys Mode Normal cursor keys C Application cursor keys r New Line No New Line C New Line Keypad Mode Numeric keypad C Application keypad m Character Set Mode 8 bit characters Eastem P bit NRCS characters NAC set E General setup page for VT420 By XLink Technology Inc Answerback C Not Concealed Concealed m m Auto Form Feed Printing Enable form feed printir VT420 73 Cancel Terminal Mode VT400 mode 7 bit controls Lets the terminal uses all available VT420 features The terminal normally 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
82. ver 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 47 HostE dit 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 6 and GID equal 5 the Authentication dialog will popup for each connection Check
83. ves Omni Series User s Manual 20 NFS Client 1 Mounting through Network Neighborhood l 2 Double Click the Network Neighborhood icon on the desktop Double click the Entire Network XLink NFS icon NT Only This window should list all of the NFS Servers you have entered in the Host Editor application Double click on the specific NFS server you wish to mount and a list of exported file systems will be displayed If you do not see the list of exported file systems please refer to the troubleshooting section Double Click on the file systems that you wish to mount Double click the exported file system to bring up the window displaying the contents of that file system You may also right click on the icon to choose to mount the network resource as a network drive To configure detailed NFS drive options please refer to Setting NFS Drive Option section 2 Mounting with Windows Explorer SD SNe oe Run Windows Explorer Select Tools menu Select Map Network Drive Select the drive to be mapped mounted Enter the remote path to be mounted or select from the history list Press the OK button To enable the automount function the Reconnect at logon option needs to be checked To configure detailed NFS drive options please refer to Setting NFS Drive Option section 3 Mounting with NFS Client GUI Mount Wizard The NFS Client Window is used to see the status of drives define modify network drive resource definition
84. xes representing R Read W Write and X Execute Example Assuming the file attribute is set to be Owner gt RW Group gt R Others gt Any file created in the mounted drive by Owner Owner can be read write by Owner and read by any other user in the same group Group as the owner No other user will have access to it Others File attributes can also be modified after the drive is mapped Please refer to NFS Drive Property for more information NFS Authentication There are three types of authentication with NFS client 1 PCNFSD Authentication An authentication daemon runs on remote NFS Server You can specify a PCNFSD authentication server by clicking on UTILS button from the NFS Client interface and select Authentication Server If the UNIX station to which you will be Omni Series User s Manual NFS Client 27 connecting is not running PCNFSD enter none or leave it empty otherwise enter the name of a UNIX station running PCNFSD as the authentication server Omni NFS Client 1 Ed Authentication Server none Cancel Note If the server to which you will be connecting is running pcnfsd enter none If the server is not running pcnfsd another server on the network must provide the authentication Select the host name of another server running penfsd This type of authentication requires username and password to be entered for UID and GID trans

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