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Bindery overview __ Serial # Unregistered ____
This is the Main program screen you see whenever you enter ANT. The top information box shows your actual login name, the file server your commands are routed to and the connection ID you use on that server. Actual date and time is shown at the right.
At the left bottom there is a help line telling you about the command you selected at the menu. It is used for special output in several parts of the program.
Use the cursor keys to move in the menu. Press Enter to select a menu command. (left mouse button). Press ESC to go back one level or leave a window. (right mouse button)
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View all User Objects __ Serial # Unregistered ____
You will get a selection of predefined Object types (Users, Groups etc.) and All (all Objects accessible)
Now you can select the Object type of your choice by pressing ENTER or print all Objects of one type (or all) by pressing F9 after you moved the scroll bar to the desired entry.
(an example of the print dialog box is shown later in this section.)
After selecting one of the shown Objects (this example type is a User) the information window at the right will show something like this :
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Another picklist will pop up and in the first part the Object's trustee rights appear [RWCEAFMS] including the directory or file they belong to.
Netware 3.xx rights : R Read
W Write
C Create
E Erase
A Access Control
F File Scan
M Modify
S Supervisory
The second part belongs to the disk usage and restriction area. It shows the Volumes name and the occupied disk space as well as any restriction. (if restriction is 0 there may be no restriction as well as space limited to 0KB !)
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L: 1 C: 1 F: LOGIN __ Serial # Unregistered ____
The print dialog box pops up and waits for your selection.
To switch between the areas use your mouse or the TAB key. The actual field is highlighted.
Select your printer port using cursor up/down keys first.
If you selected "Queue" the color of the queue list will change and the field is accessible. Use up/down keys to select the desired queue across all servers you are attached to.
Mark the banner field by pressing SPACE if you want a banner page to be printed.
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... press your favourite key ... __ Serial # Unregistered ____
Volume Information is equivalent to the utility provided by Novell but shows all kind of disk usage.
Left handed you see the Volume's name, the block-character shows you the used disk space, the dot-character represents disk space used by deleted files.
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Logg program usage __ Serial # Unregistered ____
To get an idea how many licenses are in use on your system or if you want to monitor program usage just select Logg usage.
You will get a list of up to 15 files you may want to monitor.
Insert the filename and the number of licenses you already own for all the files you want to logg.
Then select OK and logging will start immediately.
Every 5 Minutes a record is written to the file LICENSE.LOG in your current directory. It is TAB delimited, so you can get in into EXCEL or whatever your favourite program may be.
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-- LOGGING -- ANY KEY TO STOP ---- __ Serial # Unregistered ____
During the monitor process you will get a screen like above.
You can see the filename, the number of licenses you own, the number currently in use and the maximum usage.
Sometimes it is not easy to find out the right filename to get the correct number of users. In the example above VGA.DRV is used to monitor WINDOWS 3.1. It is only possible to do so if all users use standard VGA driver on their system. Use the Scan for file function to find out the right filenames.
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Attach to server __ Serial # Unregistered ____
If you're not attached to a server or you want to change your login ID use the Attach dialog box.
Upon entering you are in the list of available servers. Use up/down keys to select the right one. Press Tab and provide your user ID and Password for that server. Press return and the Utility will try to establich the connection. There is no reaction if it was successful otherwise there will be an error message telling you what went wrong.
7.0 Command Line parameters
Usage :
ANT [ S I M ?]
S Screen size / switches to 43/50 line mode if
supported
I Shows workstation information without
starting ANT itself.
M show memory usage
(not really interesting for you)
? showing a help screen
8.0 Troubleshooting
Make sure IPX and NETX is loaded on your Workstation.
There may be problems with Packet-Drivers that are not supplied by Novell.
Make sure you have enough memory to run SYSCON, PCONSOLE and so on as child-process.
Try DOS 5.0 in combination with QEMM 386 (Quarterdeck) to get up to 620 KB free.
Make sure PCONSOLE, SYSCON, NCOPY are in their default-directory where they were placed during installation of Netware.
9.0 Limitations
There are some limitations to keep memory usage of the program as small as possible:
- max. 1000 Objects in Pick-List
- max. 255 Trustee's
- max. 255 Connections
- max. 60 Print queues
XMENU
Menu System
1.0 Features
XMENU gives access to most of Netware an ANT Utilities from a little menu-shell.
2.0 Description
To run the desired program, select the corresponding Menu-Entry and press RETURN.
Use EXIT to leave the Menu.
CLEANUP
Bindery-Manipulation
1.0 Features
CLEANUP is for professional Administrators only. It enables you to get rid of Objects and Properties you do not want in your bindery.
ATTENTION : If you are not familiar with the Bindery and what it represents stay away from CLEANUP.
2.0 Description
Run CLEANUP from the Command-Line or with XMENU.
Choose the operation you want to process.
Delete Object will scratch the whole Object.
Delete one Property deletes a single Property owned by an object.
At first enter the Object-Type in Hex ($3F56)
Then you will be asked for the Object-Name and if you have chosen Property you will be asked for it's name too.
To abort every Function type ESC.
After you have pressed RETURN in the last Edit-Field, Operation is processed immediately. You will get a readable message for the Return-Code. (Result : xxxxxxx).
COLSET
Color-Setup-Utility
1.0 Features
Use Colset to change colors for all ANT programs.
2.0 Description
Run COLSET from the Command line or choose Color from XMENU.
Select one of the shown colors. Type EXIT to leave the Menu.
If you run COLSET from XMENU, the colors of XMENU will not change immediately. To have the colors changed, re-run XMENU.
bindlist.exe
Use bindlist.exe to get a list of all Objects and their Properties.
Additionally the Objects and Properties are counted. The sum is shown at the end of the listing.
Due to Netware-Security Password-Properties are not shown.
Use DOS-redirection to print data or write it to a file.
Printing:
BINDLIST > lpt1:
Write to File:
BINDLIST > liste.dat
logger.exe
Use logger.exe to get a listing who is using a single program.
Very useful utility to find out if Network-Programs are used.
The easiest way to run logger is putting it into a batch-file.
Usage :
logger param1 param2....paramn
param1 : Program to run with extention
(z.B. SYSCON.EXE)
param2-n : Program - Parameters ( /k /b)
old Batch file :
@echo off
syscon
new Batch file :
@echo off
logger syscon.exe
Logger will place the Log file in SYS:PUBLIC, named after the executable program with the extension .LOG.
(SYSCON.LOG)
disable.exe
disable.exe is similar to the Console-Command disable login and inhibits User-Login.
enable.exe
enable.exe is similar to the Console-Command enable login and allows User-Login.
time_set.exe
Use time_set.exe to set File server Date- and Time according to Workstation date and time.
(remember to switch off Time-Synchronisation during Login.)
down_fs.exe
down_fs.exe is similar to the Console-Command Down.
ATTENTION : The File server is shut down immediately without any possibility to stop it !
APPENDIX
Example usage of ANTBATCH.BAT using Call DOS Batch.
Three parameters are given to ANTBATCH upon call.
%1 = Object ID of the marked user
%2 = Username
%3 = User HomeDir Path
Example 1 : Copy File to Userdir.
COPY x.y %3\%2\*.*
Example 2 : Copy Loginscript to User.
COPY login.os2 SYS:MAIL\%1\*.*
Using ANT in Windows Environment.
Use ANT.PIF provided with Advanced Netware Tools to run ANT in Windows 3.1 environment.
ANT.PIF is designed to run 50% background and 50% foreground priority.
This allows you to open several copies of ANT in their own DOS emulation in 386 enhanced mode.
For example it is possible to open ANT running Queue Logging, minimize it to an icon and do your standard Windows application in the foreground.
You must run MOUSE.COM before you start Windows if you wish to use your mouse in ANT's DOS screen.
Make sure to have enough memory and a fast PC to open more than 4 ANT windows in Windows.
The basic configuration is :
386 dx/sx -20, 4MB RAM - 3 ANT windows.
486 - 33, 8MB RAM - 6 ANT windows.
Therefore it is not possible to open all windows running
Console Information (Open Files By Connection) because of it's update interval of 1 sec.
Copyright Protection
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ANT is copyrighted material. It is protected by international rights and rights of the European community. You may not make any changes or modifications to ANT or the manual. You may not decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse-engineer the software in any way.
Limited Warranty
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EDV Service Hofmann does not warrant that the licensed software will meet your requirements or that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or error free.
The warranty does not cover any media or documentation which has been subjected to damage or abuse by you or others.
The software warranty does not cover any copy of the licensed software which has been altered or changed in any way.
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE LIMITED TO THE TERM OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES.
Some States do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to you.
