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`MA Main Help for LANtastic (R) NET Connection Manager
|Network Disk Drives and Printers
Use to make a connection between your computer system's disks or
printers and a network server's disks or printers.
~01 |Printer and Queue Management
Use to look for print jobs that have been placed on the server's queue.
Users with the "Q" privilege can control any items in the queue.
~02 |Mail Services
Use to send or receive mail (Including voice mail, if you have an
Artisoft Sounding Board (R) installed). Users with the "M" privilege
can control any item in the mail queue.
~03 |Chat With Another User
Use this option to establish a text dialogue with another user on the
network. If you have an Artisoft Sounding Board (R) installed, you can
also hold a real-time voice dialogue with another user.
~04 |Login and Logout
Use to log in and out of one or more servers at a time. Screens for
logging in and out of servers are also available when you make
connections to resources, select a server's printer or mail queue and
other options in the NET program where you select a server.
~05 |User Account Management
Use to change your password on a server, disable your account or check
the access rights and privileges of your account.
~06 |Monitor and Manage Server Activity
Use to see which users are logged in to a server, monitor their
activity. You can also view a remote server's screen, issue commands to
be executed by the server, and control server functions.
`AC User Account Management Help
The options provided in this menu allow you to manipulate the account
you used to log in to a server.
|Switch to New Username
Effectively logs you into the server under a new username. All your
drive and printer redirections remain in effect, but your account is
switched and you take on all the characteristics of the new user.
~01 |Change Password
When this option is selected, you will be asked for the old password (to
prevent unauthorized changing of your password) then you will be asked
for a new password. Once a password is entered there is no way to find
out what was typed.
~02 |Disable Account
Disables your account from all future log ins, regardless of the password
used. Access to your account can be restored only by the system manager
using NET_MGR. (Note: Your account cannot be disabled in this way unless
the maximum concurrent log-ins for your account have been set to 1 with
the NET_MGR program.)
~03 |Show Account Status
Displays the status of your account including the date your account
expires, date last logged in, maximum concurrent log ins allowed and time
of day log in restrictions.
`LI Selecting a Server Help
Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the desired server and
press |Enter|. If the server that you want to access is not in the list of
available servers, press the |Ins| key, type in the name of the server and
press |Enter|.
The names of servers you are logged in to begin with "\\" and the servers
you are not logged in to are surrounded by parentheses. Only those
servers with "Send Server ID" enabled will be on this list.
An "A#" in the title block of the window and numbers appearing on the
right side of the list, indicate you have multiple adapters in your
computer. You will receive server ID's from each network you are
connected to. It is possible to have servers with the same name, but with
different adapter numbers, appear on the list.
|Setting a Default Username and Password
You can set up a default username and password by pressing |F2| and
answering the questions. When defaults are present, they will
automatically be used for all subsequent logins, unless they are not
valid for that server. When REDIR is first started, the default
username is the same as your machine name, with no password. To disable
default logins, set the username to blank.
|Logging In
You must log in to a server before you are able to use its disks and
devices. To do this, you must have a valid username and password on the
server. To log in, select a server from the list and press Enter,
or press the Ins key and enter the information requested. If you have
a valid default username and password set, you are logged in using the
defaults; otherwise, you are prompted for a valid username and password.
After you have successfully logged in, you are asked if you want to set
the clock on your computer to the server's clock. This is convenient
for those systems that do not have a clock with a battery backup, or if
you want all workstations to synchronize their clocks.
|Logging Out
Logging out breaks all connections with a server. To log out, use the
arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the appropriate server, then
press the Del key.
`DR Redirecting Disk Drives or Printers Help
You can use this window to redirect local disk drives or printers on your
computer. This window can also be used to cancel redirections.
You may redirect a physical disk drive (such as A:). This allows programs
that only work on a set drive, such as A: or C: to work across the network.
When you break the network connection, by pressing Del, your drive will
function as a physical drive again.
The printer devices, physical disk drives (usually A:, B: and C:) and the
logical disk drives (usually D: through Z:) are shown in this window.
Resources mapped by Netware are also displayed, tagged with an "N." To
attach your disk drive or printer to a network resource, use the arrow
keys to select the device or drive you want to use and press Enter. You
will then be asked to select the server to which your drive will be
attached.
When you have logged in to a server, the available printer or disk
resources will be displayed in a window. Select the appropriate resource
by highlighting it and pressing Enter.
`SD Disk Redirection Help
This window allows you to select a resource on the server to complete the
redirection of your local disk.
Each line contains three fields:
1. Shared directory name.
2. The access you have to the resource. Each letter corresponds to an
access control list (ACL) privilege.
3. A description of the resource.
If you select the "." entry, the disk redirection will be made to the
server's root directory. To use files on that server you can then use the
DOS Change Directory command (CD) to move into subdirectories on the
server as you would on your own computer.
`SP Device Redirection Help
This window allows you to select a resource on the server to connect to
your local device.
Each line contains three fields:
1. Shared resource name.
2. The access you have to the resource. Each letter corresponds to
an access control list (ACL) privilege.
3. A description of the resource.
When you select an @DEVICE such as @PRINTER or @MAIL, then all output from
your printer will be sent to the server's queue and be printed on that
output device.
When you copy a file to the server's @DEVICE it will automatically be
spooled to disk, placed in the queue and then sent to the printer.
For example:
COPY PFILE \\MAIN-AT\@PRINTER
COPY PFILE LPT1
If LPT1 had been redirected to \\MAIN-AT\@PRINTER, both of the commands
above would perform the same function. The commands would send the file
called PFILE to the remote printer on the server named MAIN-AT.
`QM Printer and Queue Management Help
The printer queue is an area on the server where print jobs are stored
prior to being printed by the server.
When you send output data to a printer device that has been redirected to
the network, LANtastic (R) stores the information in a file on the
server's disk. This file is added to the servers list of pending print
jobs.
LANtastic (R) then prints the data, one job at a time, until the queue is
empty or it has been paused or halted by a network manager. To control a
queue entry, use the arrow keys to select the item and press Enter. If
you have the "Q" privilege, you can control any entry in queue, otherwise
you can only control your own print jobs.
A queue entry shows you the sequence number, destination, status, the user
that created the entry, and the comment the user may have placed on the
job. Queue status can be one of the following:
DESPOOLING Data from the entry is currently being sent to the printer.
IMMEDIATE The device has immediate despooling enabled and has begun
to print even though all of the data has not finished
spooling to the server's disk.
WAITING Entry is waiting to be despooled. Entries remain waiting
until the printer is available.
HELD Entry has been held. A held entry won't be despooled until it
is released.
DELETED Entry is in the process of being deleted. An entry is marked
as deleted only if it was in the process of being printed. It
will remain in deleted status, until a (*CANCELED*) message is
printed.
*RUSH* Entry has been rushed by a user with the "Q" privilege.
Rushed entries are printed before any other entries.
To change the status of a queue entry, select the queue entry on the
screen by highlighting it then press Enter. You will see a list of
options for changing the status of the queue entry.
If you have the "Q" privilege and want to control which printer devices
are active use the tab key to go to the "Logical Streams" window.
To control specific printers (LPT1, COM1, etc.), use the tab key to move
the cursor to the "Device Status" window.
To control the type of information displayed use the F2 key to toggle
between sequence, absolute time and relative time. The sequence display
shows the unique number which every queue entry is assigned. The absolute
time display shows the amount of time a job will take to complete. The
relative time display shows when a job will be completed.
`QD Detailed Queue Entry Help
A detailed queue entry shows you the information that a specific queue
entry contains, such as:
Sequence Number - A unique number for each queue entry. Printer entries
with the lowest sequence number are printed first.
Comment - Comment attached by the person that created the entry.
Sent by - The username of the person that created the entry.
Machine - Machine name that the user was logged in to when the
file was created.
Destination - The output device.
Spooled Time - Date/Time when the entry was created.
Despool Time - Date/Time when the entry will despool.
Size - The size of the entry in bytes.
Copies - The number of copies of the file that will be printed.
Status - The current status of the entry.
DESPOOLING Entry is currently being despooled.
IMMEDIATE Entry is currently printing and spooling.
WAITING Entry is waiting to be despooled.
HELD Entry has been held, and cannot be despooled.
DELETING Entry is in the process of being deleted.
*RUSH* This entry is a priority job and will be printed next.
Delete? - Whether or not the file will be deleted after
despooling.
`LS Logical Streams Help
Logical streams are a way of controlling which @devices the server is
allowed to despool.
Before a print job is despooled, the server checks this list to see if
the intended printer resource is enabled or disabled. It scans the list
starting with entry 0. As soon as the server finds a match on the list
it either despools the job (if the printer resource is enabled) or goes
to the next job in the queue.
For example, if the logical stream list is as follows:
0: @NORMAL?.??? Enabled
1: @LABELS?.??? Disabled
All jobs sent to @NORMAL?.??? (such as @NORMAL1, @NORMAL2, etc.) would be
printed. All jobs sent to @LABELS?.??? would not be printed.
If @NORMAL?.??? jobs used 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper and @LABELS?.??? jobs
used label paper, you could use streams to simplify switching paper in the
printer. To make the paper switch, you would disable the @NORMAL?.???
stream using the F5 key, switch the paper, then enable the @LABELS?.???
stream.
Enabling and disabling a stream has NO effect on the job currently being
despooled. Before you disable a stream, make sure that all current print
jobs are finished.
`DS Device Status Help
You are currently viewing the status for the server's physical printers.
If you want to control any of the printers, select it and press Enter.
Printers may be in one of the following states:
DISABLED Despooling is disabled for the printer.
MULTIPLE JOBS The printer has been enabled to despool more than one job.
HALT AT EOJ The printer will print one job and then stop.
PAUSED The printer has been paused.
The CPS column displays the rate of printing in characters per second.
If the CPS rate is 0 then the printer is not accepting any characters or
is off-line. If the text "(NOT DESPOOLING)" is displayed then no queue
entries are available for despooling.
`IQ Make Queue Entry Options Help
~00 |Use Screen Editor
Inserts text into the queue from your keyboard.
~01 |Use Text Editor
Use your favorite text editor to edit a file and then place the file
in the queue.
~02 |Copy Text File to Queue
Requests a text file name and path to be placed into the print queue.
`CQ Copy Text File to Queue
Enter a path to a DOS file name to be copied to the requested queue
resource.
`QK Copy Queue Entry Help
Enter a path to a DOS file name. The selected queue entry will be copied
into the given file.
`QC Queue Control Help
You can manipulate any entry you see in the printer queue by performing
one of the following commands:
|Show
Displays additional information about a queue entry.
~01 |Delete
Removes the selected entry from the queue. If the selected entry is
currently despooling it will remain in the queue with a "DELETED" status
until a "*CANCELED*" message is displayed.
~02 |Hold
Suspends despooling of selected entry. The entry is held in the queue
until you issue a "RELEASE" command.
~03 |Release
Releases a "HOLD" entry for despooling.
~04 |View
Displays the first 4K of a queue entry. You can use this function to
determine the contents of a print file.
~05 |Copy
Copies a queue entry into a file. Copies to files in binary mode.
Copies to devices in ASCII mode.
~06 |Print
Print a queue entry. Prints in binary mode.
~07 |Rush
Despools an entry before others in the queue. You must have "Q" privilege
to use this function.
`ML Mail Services Help
LANtastic (R) stores the mail in an area of the server's disk. The sender
or the recipient can delete the mail item at any time.
If you have "M" privilege you will see all the mail stored in the mail
queue, otherwise you will only see the items you have sent or received.
`VW Selecting Voice or Text Mail Help
An Artisoft Sounding Board (R) has been detected. You may send a DOS
file or create a text message with the mail editor, or you may record a
voice message.
`VV Recording a Voice Mail Message
This window allows you to record a voice mail message to be sent to
another user. You must have an Artisoft Sounding Board (R) to record a
message. The display shows the length of the message (in bytes, minutes
and seconds) and a visual scale. The current record mode and whether or
not compression is enabled are also displayed. These function keys are
available to help you record your message:
Space Toggles between PAUSED and RECORD modes. Since the mode is
initially PAUSED, you must press this key to begin recording.
Del Clears any message recorded so far, so you may start over.
Esc Deletes any message recorded so far, and returns to the previous
window. No mail entry is created.
Enter Terminates recording, saves the new mail entry, sends the message,
and returns you to the previous window.
F2 Allows you to toggle between uncompressed and compressed voice
data storage, You can only enable compression at the beginning of
a recording, since it applies to the whole message. Uncompressed
voice data is stored at 8000 bytes per second. Compressed voice
data is stored at 4000 bytes per second with a slight reduction in
sound quality.
`VR Playing a Voice Mail Message Help
This window allows you to listen to voice messages that have previously
been recorded with an Artisoft Sounding Board (R). The display shows
the
length of the message (in minutes, seconds, and bytes) and indicates the
current position within the message, both in numerical form and with a
visual scale. The current play mode and whether or not the voice file was
recorded with compression is also displayed. Several commands are
available to allow you to control playing back the message:
Space Toggles between PAUSED and PLAY modes. Since the mode is initially
PAUSED, you must press this key to hear the message.
Esc Terminates playback and returns you to the previous window.
Home Rewinds the message to the beginning.
Advances the message by two seconds.
Backs up (rewinds) the message by two seconds.
Advances the message by one small increment on the pointer scale.
Backs up the message by one small increment on the pointer scale.
PgDn Advances the message by one large increment on the pointer scale.
PgUp Backs up the message by one large increment on the pointer scale.
`RD Reading a Queue Entry Help
When viewing a queue entry you are only allowed to see the first 4K of
the file on the screen. If you need to see more, save it to a file and
then look at it with a word processor or a file viewer.
`PI System Activity Help
This window shows you who is logged in to the server and their current
activity. If you have the S (System Manager) privilege, you can perform
server control functions such as viewing a server's screen, scheduling a
shutdown and disabling logins. To perform any of these functions, press
|F2| and select the desired option from the menu that appears. To
terminate (log off) a user, position the highlight bar over the user's
account name and press |Del|.
The screen displays the following information:
ID# Every logged in user has a unique identification number.
Username The name the user logged in to the server with. If the username
is '?' then someone is in the process of logging in.
Machine The machine the user logged in from.
Command The last command the user performed. The commands are:
AUDIT ENTRY A user audit entry was created.
CANCEL SHUTDOWN A server shutdown sequence was cancelled.
CHANGE PASSWORD A user changed his or her password.
CHANGE USERNAME A user changed his or her username.
CLOSE FILE A file has been closed.
COMMIT FILE File data has been committed to disk.
CONTROL QUEUE A queue entry was modified or the despooler was
controlled.
COPY FILE A file copy was requested on the server.
CREATE DIR A directory has been created.
CREATE FILE A file has been created. An existing file with the
same name may have been overwritten.
CREATE INDIRECT An indirect file was created.
CREATE NEW FILE A new file has been created.
DELETE DIR A directory has been deleted.
DELETE FILE A file has been deleted.
DISABLE ACCOUNT An account was disabled.
FILE READ Data has been read.
FILE WRITE Data has been written.
FIND DISK SPACE A user requested information as to the amount of free
disk space.
FIND FIRST FILE A find first operation was performed.
FIND NEXT FILE A find next operation was performed.
FLUSH CACHE The server's caches were flushed.
GET ACCOUNT Account information was requested.
GET INDIRECT The contents of an indirect file were retrieved.
GET LINK INFO A user requested information about a directory/device
Access Control List.
GET QUEUE ENTRY Queue entry information was obtained.
GET SERVER TIME The current server time was obtained.
GET STREAM A user requested information about a logical printer
stream.
GET USERNAME A username was retrieved from the account file.
LOCK RANGE A file region has been locked.
LOGIN The user is in the process of logging in.
MULTI-MODE OPEN A multi-mode file open was performed.
OPEN FILE A file has been opened.
PRINTER STATUS Current printer status was requested.
RENAME FILE A file has been renamed.
RUN COMMAND A remote keystroke command string was submitted.
SEEK POSITION A file seek was performed.
SET ATTRIBUTE A file's attributes have been changed.
SET QUEUE ENTRY Detailed queue entry information was modified.
SET STREAM Stream information was modified.
SHUTDOWN A server shutdown sequence was initiated.
TERMINATE The user exited a program.
TRANSLATE PATH A network pathname was translated.
UNIQUE FILE A new file has been created with a unique name.
UNLOCK RANGE A file region has been unlocked.
USER STATUS User status information was obtained.
WRITE W/COMMIT Data has been written and committed to disk.
GET RESOURCE Detailed information on a resource was obtained.
TERMINATE USER A user was terminated by operator request.
SERVER CONTROL Server control parameters were retrieved or set.
IO bytes The amount of data input and output that the server has
performed for the user. Number may be followed by a K, M or G.
K means this is the IO bytes in Kilobytes (1024 bytes), M
(Megabytes) or G (Gigabytes). For example, if 23M is shown,
this user has performed 23 megabytes of I/O.
Requests The number of server commands performed since the user logged
in.
Privs The privileges the user has. The meaning of the privilege
letters is:
A ACL. All server file requests that the user does bypass
ACL checking.
Q Queue. The user is allowed to manipulate the despooler
and all printer queue entries.
M Mail. The user can manipulate everyone's mail.
U User Audit. The user may place an entry in the audit
trail with NET AUDIT.
S System manager. The user is a system manager.
O Operator. The user will be notified of all system errors.
D Despooler. The user can start a remote despooler.
L Logged in. The user is fully logged in to the server.
If "L" is not displayed then the user is in the process of
logging in.
R Remote boot log-in. Logged in through a remote boot.
`TT Minutes Until Termination Help
Enter the number of minutes of warning you want to give the user before
terminating him (logging him off). The user will receive periodic
messages warning him that he is about to be logged off, until this amount
of time has elapsed. A value of 0 will cause the user to be terminated
immediately. The user will still be able to log back in as long as
his account and server logins are enabled. If you do not wish to
terminate the user, press |Esc|.
`SW Shutdown Warning Help
Enter the pop-up message to periodically send to logged in users
to warn them of impending shutdown. Two special characters are
recognized within this string:
|#| is replaced with the number of minutes remaining.
|$| is replaced with an |s| if the number of minutes remaining
is not 1 (for proper plurality of "minute$").
To leave the message unchanged, press |Esc|.
`SC Server Control Help
|Schedule Server Shutdown
Schedule the server to log out all users and shut down either
immediately or at a later time.
~01 |Cancel Server Shutdown
Cancel a scheduled server shutdown.
~02 |Enable/Disable Log-ins
Allow or deny any new log-ins to the server. This does not affect
any log-ins that have already been established. Note that if all users
with S (System Manager) privilege log out when logins are disabled, the
server must be restarted to reenable log-ins. Each time the server is
started, log-ins are enabled.
~03 |Control Server's Machine
Select a keyboard and/or screen resource to use.
`SH Schedule Server Shutdown Help
|Minutes till Shutdown
Allows you to schedule a shutdown, giving users a chance to close files
and log out. If Set to zero, the shutdown will take place immediately.
~01 |After Shutdown
Specifies the desired status of the server after it has shutdown. You
can allow the machine to reboot, halt entirely, or continue running as a
workstation.
~02 |Notify Users
If set you set this option to |Yes|, all users logged into the server
will receive periodic warnings of the pending shutdown.
~03 |Warning Message
Specifies the message sent to notify users logged in to the server of
the pending shutdown. Two special characters are recognized within the
message string:
|#| is replaced with the number of minutes remaining.
|$| is replaced with an |s| if the number of minutes remaining is
not 1 (for proper plurality of "minute$").
`CE Critical Error Help
|Retry the Network, Disk or Device operation
Attempts the operation again. First, check if a floppy disk drive door
is open or if some other minor problem caused the error. If so, correct
the problem and retry the operation.
~01 |Fail the Network, Disk or Device operation
Cancels the operation in progress and returns to the last window. You
should then correct any problems or type ESC to exit the window.
~02 |Ignore the error, continue with program
Continue as though nothing happened. NOTE: The operation will NOT be
properly completed and may lead to future errors. In most cases, you
should not select this option.
~03 |Abort NET and return to DOS immediately
Exits the program immediately.
`CH Using CHAT Help
The CHAT feature allows users from two Network stations to communicate
with each other by typing messages and, if they both have an Artisoft
Sounding Board (R) in full-duplex mode, by voice.
The top window is your local display and will echo the characters you are
typing (and sending). The lower window displays the characters being
received. "Unconnected" will be displayed in the lower window until you
call someone and they answer, or someone calls you. When a connection is
made, a message will be displayed showing the name of the machine you are
talking to. Anything you type will be shown on the remote machine, and
vice-versa.
The following command keys are defined in CHAT mode:
|F2| Toggles voice-chat mode. When you are connected to a remote
machine, this key toggles between voice-enabled and voice-disabled
mode. You must have an Artisoft Sounding Board (R) installed in
both computers. Also both Sounding Boards must be set to
full-duplex mode.
When voice is enabled, you can communicate directly with the
remote user through the handset. There is a one second delay
between the time you speak and when your voice is heard at the
remote computer.
|F3| When in Voice-Chat mode this function key allows you to specify a
voice-activated threshold value. This value is used to control how
loud you must speak before Voice data is transferred.
|Ins| Calls a remote workstation. Pressing this key when you are
unconnected will attempt to establish a CHAT session with the
network node you specify. An audible tone and a pop-up message
will inform the user at the remote station that you want to CHAT.
The remote user should then run the Chat program, by typing NET
CHAT or selecting the "Chat With Another User" option from the NET
Main Functions menu. Once this is done, the connection is
established and you can start "chatting."
|Del| Hangs up the current CHAT session, but does not exit the CHAT
program. This allows you to call someone else.
|Esc| Hangs up the current CHAT session, if there is one, and returns
you to the NET Main Functions menu.
|Home| Clears your local typing window (the top window). The
corresponding window on the remote machine will also be cleared.
|| Backs up and clears one character on the current line. An
identical action will be performed on the remote machine.
`CD Enter Machine Name to Call Help
Enter the network name of the machine you are calling. This will be the
name given to the machine when the REDIR program was run. Press the ESC
key to cancel the call.
`VT Voice-Activated Threshold Help
The Voice Chat feature sends a considerable amount of data through the
network. This could cause a degradation of network performance. The
voice-activated threshold specifies how loud you must speak in order for
voice data to be transmitted. This reduces the amount of background
noise that is sent through the network. Setting the value to zero (0)
will transmit all sounds. Setting the value to 127 would transmit only
the loudest sounds. You should choose a value that allows your speech
to be transmitted, but not the background noise when you're not talking.
The default setting (32) should be suitable for most applications.
`US Input Destination Help
Enter the username you wish to send mail to. You can press F10 and select
from a list of mail users. You can also enter a "*" at the end of a
partial username to send mail to a group of users. For example, if you
enter "$*" the mail item will be sent to all the users whose usernames
begin with a "$."
`UL User List Help
You are currently viewing all available mail users on the server. Select
the user you wish to send mail to and press Enter. If you wish to send
to a group of users, press Esc and enter a group prefix followed by "*."
For example, entering "$*" would send the mail item to all users whose
usernames begin with "$."
`MV Voice Mail Options Help
You can control a specific voice mail entry with one of the following
options:
|Listen to Mail
Select this option to listen to the voice mail item. You must have an
Artisoft Sounding Board (R) installed to be able to listen to voice
mail.
~01 |Forward Copy of Mail
Select this option to forward mail to another user.
~02 |Copy Mail to File
Select this option to copy your mail to a file.
~03 |Delete Mail
Select this option to delete the mail entry.
`MT Text Mail Options Help
You can control a specific mail entry with one of the following options:
|Read Mail
You can read the contents of the mail.
~01 |Forward Copy of Mail
Select this option to forward mail to another user.
~02 |Copy Mail to File
Select this option to copy your mail to a file. Copies to files in
binary mode. Copies to devices in ASCII mode.
~03 |Print Mail
Select this option to print your mail. Prints in binary mode.
~04 |Delete Mail
Select this option to delete the mail entry.
`SO Send Mail Options Help
You can send mail in several forms.
|Use Mail Editor
This option allows you to create a mail entry with LANtastic's
built-in text editor and send it to another user.
|Use Text Editor
This option allows you to use your favorite text editor to edit a file and
then send that file to another user.
|Send Text File
This option allows you to send text that has already been created.
|Send Voice File
This option allows you to send pre-recorded voice files
|Record Voice Mail
This option allows you to record a voice mail message and send it.
`GM Incoming Mail Help
All your incoming mail is displayed here. If you want to manipulate any
of the incoming mail, select the mail item and press Enter. If you want
to manipulate outgoing mail, press the Tab key to switch to the outgoing
mail window. You can also press Ins to send mail or Del to delete a mail
entry.
`SM Outgoing Mail Help
All your outgoing mail is displayed here. If you want to manipulate any
of the outgoing mail, select the mail item and press Enter. If you want
to manipulate incoming mail, press the Tab key to switch to the incoming
mail window. You can also press Ins to send mail or Del to delete a mail
entry.
`NV View File Help
You are currently viewing the contents of a file. You can use the arrow
keys to move the cursor around in the file.
`NE Line Editor Help
In addition to the standard NET line editing commands you can use the
following function keys:
|F2| Sends the text you have written.
|F7| Inserts a blank line before your current line.
|F9| Deletes the current line the cursor is on.
|Esc| Terminates the editing session and does not send anything.
`PC Printer Control Help
You can control individual or all of a server's printers from this menu.
You can select one of the following functions:
|Halt| Halt despooling immediately. Any entry currently printing on
the selected printer is stopped.
|Stop| Suspends printing after the next job. Despooling will stop
after the current entry has finished printing. If no entry is
printing then despooling is stopped immediately.
|Pause| Temporarily stops the despooler. Despooling of the current
entry is stopped. To continue despooling issue a Start command.
|One-Job| Allows one job to be printed and then despooling stops. This
is useful when you want to perform an action on the printer
between print jobs.
|Start| Starts despooling (printing) on the selected printer.
|Restart| The currently printing job is started over again from the
beginning.
`AS Account Status Help
This is the current state of your account on the server.
|Description
32 character description of the account.
~01 |Date Last Logged In
The last date you logged in to the server.
~02 |Account Expiration Date
The last date you will be able to log in to this server.
~03 |Password Expiration Date
The last date that your password will be valid on this server.
~04 |Renew Password Every ...
The number of days before you must change your password again.
~05 |Privileges
The privileges are defined as follows:
A - SuperACL Privilege
If this privilege is enabled, the Access Control Lists (ACLs)
protecting printers, subdirectories and sending mail will not be
checked. You will have access to every shared resource on the
server. If the "A" privilege is disabled, ACL protection is
enforced.
Q - SuperQueue Privilege
If this privilege is enabled, you will be allowed to view and
manipulate all jobs in the print queue. You will also be able to
control despooling on the server's printers. When this privilege is
disabled, you will only be able to see and control only your own
print jobs.
M - SuperMail Privilege
If this privilege is enabled, you will be allowed to manipulate all
mail items in the queue. If the "M" privilege is disabled, you can
only manipulate mail items sent by or to you.
S - System Manager Privilege
If this privilege is enabled, you will be able to perform system
management functions on the server.
U - User Auditing Privilege
When this privilege is enabled, you may issue NET AUDIT commands and
create entries in the server audit log. If the "U" privilege is
disabled, you will not be allowed to create user audit entries.
O - Operator Privilege
Provides the user with messages when operator intervention is
necessary, such as when a printer is out of paper.
D - Remote Despooler Privilege
Lets the user remove print jobs from the server's despooler using
RPD.EXE, the remote printer despooler program provided with
LANtastic. Refer to your LANtastic manuals for information on
running RPD.
~06 |Number of Concurrent logins
The number of times your username can be used to log in to the server at
any given time. If this number is zero (0), your account is disabled and
you will not be able to log in again.
~07 |Time of Day Allowed Logins
The times and days of the week that you are allowed to access the server.
`ES Enter Servername Help
Enter the name of the server you wish to log in to. You can specify up
to 15 characters.
`SS Enter Servername Help
Enter the name of the server you wish to log in to. You can specify up
to 15 characters including a wildcard(*). If you enter a wildcard server
name your default user name and password will be used to log in to any
matching servers.
`EU Enter Username Help
Enter the username that you wish to use to log in to the server. You can
specify up to 16 characters.
`DU Enter Default Username Help
Enter the default username that you wish to use to log in to all servers.
You can specify up to 16 characters. To disable default logins, erase
the entry and press |Enter|.
`EP Enter Password Help
Enter the password that corresponds to your username. You can enter up
to 16 characters. Your password will not echo for security reasons.
`DP Enter Default Password Help
Enter the password that corresponds to your default username. You can
enter up to 16 characters. Your password will not echo for security
reasons.
`ED Set Time and Date Help
If you want to set your computer's clock to the date and time from the
server's clock type YES.
`NP Enter New Password Help
Enter your new password. What you type will not echo for security
reasons.
`PA Enter Password Again Help
Enter your new password again to confirm that it was keyed in properly.
`MP Enter Pathname for Mail Copy Help
Enter the name of the file you wish your mail to be copied to.
`PM Enter Pathname of File to Mail Help
Enter the pathname of a pre-created file to be sent as mail.
`CT Enter Comment Help
Enter a line of comment text to be associated with the mail or print
entry.
`TS Enter Minutes to Shutdown Help
Enter the number of minutes from now that you want the server to shut
down. To shut the server down immediately, enter 0.
`SA Enter Stream Mask Help
Enter the name of the logical printer that you wish to enable or disable.
You can enter wild-characters such as "*" or "?" to specify a group of
printers.
Once you enter the "*" wildcard character it will be converted to the
corresponding number of question marks (?).
`ST Refresh Rate Help
The window you are using contains data that is constantly changing.
Normally, typing the Space bar will cause NET to request new data from the
server. This window allows you to automate the updating of this screen by
setting a refresh interval in seconds.
For example, if the refresh rate is set to 10, NET will make request new
data every 10 seconds.
If the server is busy, the data request may take more time than the length
of refresh rate. If this happens, NET will make new requests as soon as
the old one is completed.
`GA Text Editor Parameter Changes Help
The parameters for the text editor have changed. To save the parameters
you just used press enter. To disregard these parameters press escape.
`GB Printers Help
Move the highlight bar to the desired printer and press enter to print
the entry. Press escape to abort the print operation.
`GC Application Name Help
Enter the full path, including the program name and extension, to the
text editor you wish to use. For example, to run EDITOR.EXE in the
UTILITY directory on the C: drive you would type: C:\UTILITY\EDITOR.EXE.
`GD Application Command Line Help
Enter the command line you wish to pass to the application. If you wanted
to edit the file TEST.TXT in the \DOC subdirectory you would type:
\DOC\TEST.TXT.
`GE Despool Start Time Help
This is the time to start despooling the job after it is sent to the queue.
The time and date defaults to the current time and date on the server.
Selecting the current time and date will start despooling the job as soon
as possible. The following keys are valid:
|Enter| - Press this key when the time/date or delay is correct.
|Esc| - Press this key to cancel the job.
|F2| - Press this key to switch between absolute (time/date) and
relative (delay). If the absolute time computes to a relative
time of more than 96 hours, you will not be allowed to specify
a delay.
|E| - Press the E key to edit the selected entry.
|Tab| - Press the Tab key to advance the time, date or delay by 1.
Holding the key down will activate an accelerator that will
start advancing the field by 20. Pressing the shift and Tab
keys together will decrement the fields in a similar manner.
`GF Logout Specification Help
Enter the name of the server(s) to log out of. The name can contain a
wildcard ('*').
`GH Copy To File Help
Enter the full pathname of the source file.
`GI Copy From File Help
Enter the full pathname of the destination file.
`GJ Device Write Options Help
~00 |Use Screen Editor
Use the built in editor to create the text.
~01 |Use Text Editor
Use your favorite text editor to edit a file and then copy the file
to the device.
~02 |Copy File To Device
Copy an existing text file to the device.
`GK Device Read Options Help
~00 |View Device
Close the current device and start reading the selected device on the
screen.
~01 |Copy Device to File
Save the contents of the device into a file.
~02 |Print Device
Save the contents of the device to a printer.
`GL File Options Help
~00 |Overwrite Existing File
Destroy the contents of the existing file by overwriting it with
new data.
~01 |Append Data To Existing File
Save the contents of the existing file and append this data to
the end of the file.
~02 |Cancel Operation
Abort the operation.
`GN Refresh Period Help
This is the number of ticks (1/18 of a second increments) that must
elapse before the screen is updated. If you are also controlling the
server's keyboard, the screen is updated on every key stroke regardless
of the refresh period.
`GY Control Server's Machine Help
|Options Help|
Show help information on available server control options.
|Enable/Disable Keyboard Control|
Enable or disable remote keyboard access to the server or select a
different keyboard resource to use for issuing commands to the server.
|Read From Device|
Select a different shared screen resource to use for viewing the
server's monitor copy the contents of the server's screen to a file or
printer.
|Write to Device|
Select a shared screen or keyboard resource to which to write, use the
built in text editor, custom editor or copy a file to a shared screen or
keyboard resource.
|Change Refresh Rate|
Change the local screen refresh rate. The rate is in ticks (1/18 second
increments). The default rate is 6 ticks. Increasing this value makes
commands sent to the server appear more quickly on your local screen,
however this increases network traffic.
|Enable/Disable Help Line|
Toggle the help line on or off.
|Exit Control|
Return to server control screen
`HA Despool Time Help
Set the despool time. Defaults to the current time. Time format is
hour:minute{AM/PM} (e.g., 19:30 or 7:30PM)
`HB Despool Date Help
Set the despool date. Defaults to the current date. Date format is
month-day-year (e.g., 12-25-1992) or day-month-year (e.g., 25-DEC-1992)
`HC Despool Delay Help
Set a despool delay. Defaults to no delay. Delay format is
hours:minutes (e.g., 1:15 to delay 1 hour and 15 minutes). Maximum delay
is 96 hours.
`RF Filtering Destination Devices Help
Enter a template (matching file specification) for the jobs whose
destination devices you wish to view. Leave this field blank and press
Enter to look at all your queue entries.
`ZZ Start of NET command line help
`/HELP
NET/HELP
Displays a list of help items including global switches, NET commands, and
general NET topics.
`/?
NET/?
Displays a list of help items including global switches, NET commands, and
general NET topics.
`/MONO
NET/MONO
Invokes the NET menu interface in monochrome mode.
`/NOERROR
NET/NOERROR command ...
Executes a NET command but does not display any error text if an error
occurs. You can test for an error by checking the NET_ERROR environment
variable. This variable will be set to an error number or 0 if no error.
`/SCREEN_SAVER
NET /SCREEN_SAVER
Enters the menu portion of NET with a screen saver timeout of 2 minutes.
If there is no keyboard activity for 2 minutes, the screen will blank.
Hit any key to restore the screen.
`ATTACH
NET ATTACH{/VERBOSE} \\server-name
Redirects all available drives to every shared resource on a server. This
command is the equivalent of issuing a NET USE command for each of the
server's shared resources.
/VERBOSE Displays drives and their redirections.
server-name Name of server to redirect drives to.
`AUDIT
NET AUDIT \\server-name reason "audit-text"
Creates an audit entry in the server's audit file. You must have the "U"
privilege to use this command.
server-name Name of server to perform audit on.
reason 8 character string giving the reason for the audit entry.
audit-text Text to place in audit file.
`CHAT
NET CHAT
Enters interactive chat mode. This is equivalent of entering the NET
Main Functions menu and selecting "Chat With Another User."
`CHANGEPW
NET CHANGEPW \\server-name old-password new-password
Allows you to Change your password on a server
server-name Name of server where password is to be changed.
old-password The password you used to log in to the server.
new-password The new password.
`CLOCK
NET CLOCK \\server-name
Sets date and time from server's clock.
server-name Name of server to get time information from.
`COPY
NET COPY{/VERBOSE} from-path to-path
Copies files directly on a server, bypassing network data transfers. Both
from-path and to-path must reside on the same server and reference network
paths.
/VERBOSE Displays the from-path before it is copied.
from-path Pathname of source files. Wild-characters are OK.
to-path Pathname of destination files or directory.
`DETACH
NET DETACH \\server-name
Breaks all disk redirections with a server. This command is equivalent
to issuing a NET UNUSE command for each redirection already made.
server-name Server to break all disk redirections with.
`DIR
NET DIR{/ALL} {pathname}
Displays directory and file information. Unlike the DOS DIR command,
NET DIR will work on network paths.
/ALL Display all files including system and hidden files.
pathname Path or filename to get directory information about.
May be network path (e.g., \\server\C-DRIVE).
Directory information is displayed in the form
FILENAME ATTRIBUTES SIZE DATE TIME
FILENAME name of the file.
ATTRIBUTES file's attributes.
I - Indirect file A - Archive flag
D - Directory flag V - Volume label
S - System file H - Hidden file
R - Read only file
SIZE size of the file in bytes.
DATE file's creation date.
TIME file's creation time.
`DISABLEA
NET DISABLEA \\server-name password
Disables account from further log ins. This command only operates if your
account has concurrent log ins set to 1.
server-name Server on which to disable account.
password your current password on the server.
`ECHO
NET ECHO {string}
Displays a string of characters. Unlike the DOS ECHO command, NET ECHO
allows you to use special strings.
Type NET HELP STRING to find out what special strings can be used.
`EXPAND
NET EXPAND{/PHYSICAL}{/RECURSE} pathname
Expands a pathname to it's full resolution. This is particularly useful
in determining how a network indirect files will expand. The pathname
does not need to exist.
/PHYSICAL Expand to the server's physical path for this pathname.
/RECURSE Recursively expands the last file in an indirect file's path.
`FLUSH
NET FLUSH \\server-name
Flushes all caches on the server, including the resource cache, the
random-access cache, and LANCACHE. This is useful if you have modified
a resource with NET_MGR and want to force the update to take effect.
server-name Name of server to flush.
`HELP
NET HELP {command}
Gets NET command line help information.
command Optional command to get help on.
`SCREEN_SAVER
NET /SCREEN_SAVER
Enables the NET screen saver. If there is no keyboard activity for
two minutes the screen will be blanked. Press any key to restore the
screen.
`INDIRECT
NET INDIRECT pathname actual-name
Creates an indirect file on a server.
pathname Pathname of indirect file to create. Must be a network path.
actual-name Actual name indirect file refers to.
`LOGIN
NET LOGIN{/WAIT/DEFERRED} \\server-name {username} {password} {adapter#}
Logs you in to a server thus allowing you to redirect your drives and
printers to the server.
/WAIT Wait for server to come on-line.
/DEFERRED Retries failed log-in attempt later when a user attempts
to use connection.
server-name Name of server to log in to. The wildcard character (*)
is accepted as the last character, in which case all
matching servers in the server list are logged into. If
you are already logged into the server, changes your
username without detaching drives or closing files.
username Username to use for log in. If not specified, the default
username, password, and adapter number specified with
NET USER will be used.
password Password to gain access to server.
adapter# Optional adapter number to log in through.
`SLOGINS
NET SLOGINS{/ENABLE}{/DISABLE} \\server-name
Globally enables or disables logins to the specified server. When logins
are disabled, no new users can connect to the server. Users already
logged in are not affected. You must have the "S" (System Manager)
privilege to use this command. NOTE: If you disable logins and then
all users with the "S" privilege log out, logins cannot be reenabled
without restarting the server.
/ENABLE Enable logins on the server (default).
/DISABLE Disable logins on the server.
`LOGOUT
NET LOGOUT \\server-name
Logs you out of a server and cancels all drive and printer redirections.
server-name Name of server to log out of. The wildcard character (*)
is accepted as the last character, in which case you
are logged out of multiple servers.
`LPT
NET LPT COMBINE
Combines redirected printer output so that there will be no break between
print jobs. This can only be used in batch files.
NET LPT FLUSH
Forces redirected printer data to be flushed. This can only be used in
batch files.
NET LPT{/ENABLE}{/DISABLE} NOTIFY
Enables or disables automatic pop-up notification when a print job
completes. If neither switch is given, enables it.
NET LPT SEPARATE
Separates redirected printer output. This can only be used in batch
files
NET LPT TIMEOUT time-out
Sets the length of time before redirected printer output will be
automatically flushed.
time-out Time-out in seconds.
`MAIL
NET MAIL{/VERBOSE}{/VOICE} filename \\server-name recipient {comment}
Sends a file to a user on a server
/VERBOSE Display file name as it is sent.
/VOICE File contains voice information (not text).
filename Pathname of file to send.
server-name Name of server to send mail to.
recipient User to receive mail. Wildcard characters are OK.
comment Comment text associated with mail.
`MESSAGE
NET MESSAGE[/ENABLE /DISABLE] [ALL BEEP POP SPEAK]
You can use this command to allow or prevent pop-up messages from appearing.
Use the BEEP argument to enable or disable the sound that accompanies
pop-up messages, and use the POP argument to enable or disable just the
pop-up messages. Use the SPEAK argument to enable or disable voice
error messaging. Use the ALL switch to enable or disable BEEP, POP
and SPEAK.
/ENABLE Enable flag
/DISABLE Disable flag
BEEP When enabled, messages will beep when received. When
disabled, message will not beep.
POP When enabled, messages will pop up when received. When
disabled, messages will not pop up.
SPEAK When enabled, voice error messages will be played. When
disabled, voice error messages will not be played.
ALL When enabled, BEEP, POP and SPEAK will work. When
disabled, BEEP, POP and SPEAK will not work.
`PAUSE
NET PAUSE{/NEWLINE} message {time}
Display a message and wait for a given amount of time or until any character
is pressed.
/NEWLINE Generate a new-line at the end of the message
message Message to display. The message is not new-line terminated
unless /NEWLINE is present.
time Time in seconds (0-999) to delay while displaying the
message. If the time is 0 then the message will be
displayed indefinitely until a key is pressed.
`POSTBOX
NET POSTBOX [\\server-name]
Scans a single server or all servers the servers you are logged in to for
pending mail.
server-name Optional server name to scan for waiting mail. If no server
name is given, then all the servers you are logged in to will
be scanned.
`PRINT
NET PRINT{/BINARY}{/DELETE}{/DIRECT}{/{NO}NOTIFY}{/DATE=}{/TIME=}{/DELAY=}
{/VERBOSE} filename device {comment {copies}}
Prints a file through the network
/BINARY Print file in binary mode.
/DELETE Delete file after printing. Works only with /DIRECT.
/DIRECT Don't copy file to queue area - use file directly on server.
/NOTIFY Notify at print job completion.
Overrides NET LPT/DISABLE NOTIFY.
/NONOTIFY Don't notify at print job completion.
Overrides NET LPT/ENABLE NOTIFY.
/DATE= Sets the despool date. Defaults to the current date.
Date format is month-day-year (e.g., 12-25-1992) or
day-month-year (e.g., 25-DEC-1992)
/TIME= Sets the despool time. Defaults to the current time.
Time format is hour:minute{AM/PM} (e.g., 19:30 or 7:30PM)
/DELAY= Sets a despool delay. Defaults to no delay. Delay
format is hours:minutes (e.g., 1:15 to delay 1 hour and
15 minutes). Maximum delay is 96 hours.
/VERBOSE Display file names as they are queued.
filename Pathname of file to print. Wildcard characters are OK.
device Device name to print on.
comment Comment text associated with print job. If omitted the
filename is used.
copies Number of copies to print. If omitted 1 is assumed.
`QUEUE
NET QUEUE command \\server-name {[LPTn COMn despooler-name ALL]}
commands:
START Starts despooling if STOPped HALTed or PAUSEd.
STOP Stops despooling at end of current job.
HALT Halts despooling immediately. The current print job will
be placed back in the queue and restarted when despooling
is enabled once again.
PAUSE Pauses despooling immediately. The current print job is
not closed and will resume when despooling is restarted.
SINGLE Despools a single print job.
RESTART Restarts despooling at start of the file.
STATUS Displays status of physical printer on server.
server-name Name of server on which to perform despool operation
LPTn Parallel printer to control (LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3)
COMn Serial printer to control (COM1, COM2, COM3 or COM4)
despooler-name Name of the remote print despooler to control.
ALL Control all printers
`RECEIVE
NET RECEIVE {position delay}
Displays last unsolicited message received. Optionally pops-up last
message to screen.
position Line number to pop up receive message on. Line numbers
range from 0 to 22.
delay Length of time in seconds that a message will appear
before it is removed.
`RUN
NET RUN{/NOCR} \\server-name "command"
Sends a command string to the server, to be processed as if it had been
entered from the server's keyboard.
/NOCR Don't append a carriage return to the command string.
server-name Name of server on which to run command
"command" Command to run on server
`SHOW
NET SHOW{/BATCH}
Displays information about the state of the network.
/BATCH Display information suitable for use in a batch file.
`SEND
NET SEND machine-name "message" {{server-name} {user-name}}
Sends an unsolicited message.
machine-name Name of machine to send message to.
message Message to send.
server-name Optional name of server that user must be logged into in
order to receive the message.
user-name Optional name of user to receive message. You must
specify a server-name to use this option.
To send a message to a user-name you could use the following command:
NET SEND * "<message>" * <user-name>
`SHUTDOWN
NET SHUTDOWN{/REBOOT}{/CANCEL}{/HALT}{/SILENT} \\server-name
{{minutes} "message"}
Causes a server to be shut down.
/REBOOT Reboot the server after shutting down.
/HALT Halt processing on the server after it shuts down.
/SILENT Don't notify logged in users of impending shutdown.
/CANCEL Cancel a pending shutdown for the server.
minutes Number of minutes before actual shutdown (default=0).
message Message to send to logged in users to warn them
of coming shutdown. You can include a # in the message;
it will be expanded to the number of minutes remaining.
A $ will expand to the letter s if the minutes
remaining is not equal to 1.
`STREAM
NET STREAM{/ENABLE /DISABLE} \\server-name {{stream-index} {stream-value}}
Gets or sets a logical printer stream on a server. This allows you to
enable or disable individual printer streams instead of having to disable
the servers printer.
/ENABLE Enables the printer stream.
/DISABLE Disables the printer stream.
server-name The server whose printer stream you want to get/set.
stream-index Optional stream index to set/get stream information for.
stream-value New value to assign to stream index.
`STRING
NET STRING{/LEFT=n}{/RIGHT=n} variable {string1 {string2}}
Assigns a string of characters to a pre-existing environment variable that
is either typed in by the user or extracted from one of LANtastic's
special string macros. Type NET HELP MACROS for more information on
string macros. When two strings are specified they are first linked
together (concatenated) before any characters are extracted.
/LEFT=n Counting from the left, the number of the character to
begin extraction.
/RIGHT=n Counting from the left, the number of the character to
end extraction.
variable Pre-existing environment variable to receive string.
string1 String to assign to environment variable.
string2 Optional second string to concatenate after string2.
`TERMINATE
NET TERMINATE \\server-name user-name {machine-name} {minutes}
Terminates (logs out) specified user(s) from a server. You must have
the "S" (System Manager) privilege to use this command. The user may log
back in again, subject to the restrictions of his account and the
NET LOGINS state for the server. You cannot terminate yourself with this
command (Use NET LOGOUT).
server-name Name of server to log user(s) out from.
user-name Name of user(s) to terminate. You can end this in an
asterisk (*) to match multiple users.
machine-name Optional name of machine to terminate. You can end this
in an asterisk (*) to match multiple machines. Both
user-name and machine-name must match for a user to be
terminated. Defaults to "*" (Any machine).
minutes Number of minutes advance warning to give the user before
logging him off. Defaults to 0 (immediately).
To terminate all users on server MAIN (except yourself) in five minutes,
you could use the following command:
NET TERMINATE \\MAIN * * 5
`UNLINK
NET UNLINK
Breaks a remote program load connection (usually a remote boot), restoring
physical drives A: and B: to their original state.
`UNUSE
NET UNUSE [D: LPTn COMn]
Cancels a disk or device redirection.
D: Disk to cancel redirection for (A-Z).
LPTn Printer to cancel redirection for (LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 or LPT4).
COMn Printer to cancel redirection for (COM1, COM2, COM3 or COM4).
`USE
NET USE{/DEFERRED} D: \\server-name{\path...}
Connects a local drive letter on your computer to a shared drive or
directory resource on a server.
NET USE{/DEFERRED} [LPTn COMn] \\server-name{[\path... @device]}
Connects a local printer port on your computer to a shared printer
resource on a server.
/DEFERRED Retries failed user attempt later when a user attempts to
use connection.
D: Local drive letter to connect to server resource (A-Z).
LPTn Local printer port to connect to server resource (LPT1,
LPT2, LPT3 or LPT4).
COMn Local printer port to connect to server resource (COM1,
COM2, COM3 or COM4).
server-name Server where shared disk or printer resource resides.
path Resource name or DOS path of drive or directory to
connect to local drive letter.
@device Shared printer resource on server to connect to printer.
`USER
NET USER{/DISABLE} username {password} {adapter#}
Sets the default username, password, and adapter number to be used
for automatic log-in to servers.
/DISABLE Disable automatic log-in feature.
username Username to use for automatic log-ins.
password Password to use for automatic log-ins.
adapter# Optional adapter number through which to log in. If not
specified, all adapters will be attempted.
`?
NET ? {command}
Provides NET command line help information.
command Optional command on which to get help.
`*MACROS
Special macro strings available:
?"prompt" Prompts for input with echo. Expands to typed input.
^"prompt" Prompts for input with no echo. Expands to typed input.
!"DATE" Expands to the current date.
!"DAY" Expands to the current day of the week.
!"DIRECTORY" Expands to current disk and directory.
!"ETEXT=n" Expands to error text associated with error number n.
!"FILE=pathname" Expands to the first line contained in the file.
!"INSTALLED" Expands to characters corresponding to installed programs.
N=NETBIOS R=REDIR S=SERVER P=LANPUP -=Not installed
!"LOGIN=server" Expands to "TRUE" if logged in to server, otherwise it
expands to "FALSE."
!"NODEID" Expands to the current 12-digit NETBIOS node number
!"MACHINEID" Expands to the machine name.
!"PROGRAM" Expands to the full path of the NET program.
!"TIME" Expands to the current time.
!"USER" Expands to the default username for automatic log-ins.
!"USERID=server" Expands to the current username on the server. Returns
"FALSE" if not logged in, "TRUE" if logged in but unable
to get account information.
The special macro strings can be used with any command that takes arguments.
`*ERRORS
Below are the error messages that correspond to the error code levels
returned by NET. You can also see the message text displayed if you
use the NET ECHO !"ETEXT=number" number command, where "number" refers
to any of the NET error code numbers shown in the left column below.
128 Invalid command. Type NET HELP for help
129 LANtastic (Tm) redirector (REDIR) must be installed
130 NETBIOS must be installed
131 Wrong REDIR version. NET requires version 4.00
132 Missing argument. Type NET HELP
133 No such help item. Type NET HELP
134 Unknown subfunction, Type NET HELP
135 Bad argument. Type NET HELP.
136 Can't find environment variable
137 No help information available for this command
138 Unknown macro expansion
139 Can't locate NET menu module
140 Machine configuration requires international version of
LANtastic (R)
141 Resource already in use by NetWare(R).
142 Password expiring.
143 Cannot NET PRINT/DIRECT. File must reside on a network drive.
144 Cannot NET PRINT/DIRECT. File and printer port must reside on the
same server.
145 Cannot NET PRINT/DIRECT. Printer port must be redirected to a
server.
`*SYNTAX
The correct syntax for running NET is:
NET[/switches] command arguments...
where "switches" refers to any command line switches. "Command" refers
to any of the NET commands. "Arguments..." refers to any optional
parameters for the NET command. Examples:
NET/MONO
NET SHOW
NET USE S: \\SERVER1\C-DRIVE
You can also use commas as delimiters if you want omit one or more
arguments. For example, if you want to omit the comment argument in
a NET PRINT command, but want to specify the number of copies you can
separate the arguments with commas. For example:
NET PRINT FILE.TXT LPT1,,10
Without the two commas, the NET program would assume that "10" is the
comment for the print job. For more information on the NET PRINT
command, type NET HELP PRINT or NET ? PRINT.
Type NET HELP or NET ? for a complete list of the NET switches and
commands.
