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WELCOME TO DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE (DEMO VERSION) COPYRIGHT (c) 1992 TIMOTHY KOVACIK ALL RIGHTS RESERVED DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE makes using your LANtastic network easier than ever before. Execute any application on the network with just a few simple keystrokes. Perform commonly used lengthy network commands in an abridged, easy to use format. Send messages to other users quickly and easily. DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE saves you time and money by increasing productivity and cutting training costs. You are in control! This menu system allows supervisory control over the entire network menu for a productive, well-managed system. Individual security profiles add a second layer of security to the network to keep users from attaining access to unauthorized resources. Experience the benefits of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, and start using your network more effectively today. NOTE: A registration for is included to order a fully registered copy of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE. (REGFORM.DOC) NOTE: This copy of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE is only a demo version. Continued testing is going on to insure the highest quality product, however, in demo copies error sometimes do get out. If you have any problems feel free to call us at 219 659 6519 and ask for TIM KOVACIK. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - MS-DOS VERSION 3.3 or higher - LANtastic Version 3.0 or higher DISK CONTENTS In the installation instructions, references are made to a SERVER DISK and a WORKSTATION DISK. Since you received this on a BBS, you must create these two disks from the files in the ZIP file SERVER DISK CONTENTS WORKSTATION DISK CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------ LANUSERS.FIL LANMENU.EXE LANUSERS.NDX LINITTER.EXE LOGIN.BAT RINITTER.EXE LOGOUT.BAT TRANSFER.DAT MESSAGE.BRD MENU.BAT MAINMENU.MUD INSTALL.BAT SUBMENU.MUD DMANUAL.DOC SYSMAN.EXE OVERVIEW DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE is more that just a powerful network menu system offering a abundance of useful features, it provides a complete start to finish (log in to log out) user working environment. This prevents users from having to learn complicated DOS or LANtastic commands. Easy to use screens are provided to help the user do the following: 1) Log in to file servers. 2) Change user passwords. 3) Select application available on the server. 4) Redirect Devices (Option can be restricted). 5) Send messages to other users. 6) Change LANtastic environment settings. 7) View a file server's printer status. Plus much much more. Order your copy of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE today and start utilizing the full power of LANtastic. SERVER INSTALLATION SOFTWARE INSTALLATION To install the server software portion of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, follow the steps listed below. 1) Make a sub-directory your server's hard disk drive. Type the following command C:\> MKDIR SMENU {RETURN} MKDIR SMENU ________ (This directory will be referred to as the SERVER SERVER DIRECTORY throughout this documentation.) DIRECTORY 2) Using Net Manager (NET_MGR.EXE), provided by LANtastic, define the following Shared Resource. - Choose SHARED RESOURCES MANAGEMENT off the main menu. - Press INSERT to add a new shared resource. - Type the following in response to the resource name prompt. LANMENU {return} LANMENU ________ - Type the following in response to the file server's true path prompt. C:\SMENU C:\SMENU - General users of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE only need Read and Indirect privileges. Anyone who will be doing any type of system administration to DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE will need Read, Write, Execute, and Indirect Privileges. 3) Copy the contents of the SERVER DISK into the Server Directory created in step 1. 4) Using any file editor, add the following line to the servers AUTOEXEC.BAT. SET HSERVER=[server_name] SET HSERVER= _____________ where [server_name] is the name of the server. This _____________ is the name you specified when you started LANtastic. It is also the same name that you specified on the REDIR command. 5 5) Enter the SET command from the above step at the DOS prompt so that it takes effect immediately. You may choose to shut down the server and reboot if you wish, however, this is time consuming and interrupts users' service. The server software portion of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE is now installed, however, it still needs to be configured to your specific needs and the needs of your users. Configuration will consist of the following: - Defining the MAIN MENU entries. - Defining applications on SUB MENU entries. - Defining SECURITY PROFILES to users or groups of users. - Writing the common LOGIN.BAT and LOGOUT.BAT DOS batch files. - Optionally putting system messages in the file named MESSAGE.BRD found in the Server Directory (C:\SMENU) WORKSTATION INSTALLATION HARD DISK DRIVE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND SETUP To install the workstation software on the workstation's physical hard drive follow the these instructions. 1) Make a sub directory on the workstation hard drive using the following command. C:\> MKDIR MENU {RETURN} MKDIR MENU ________ 2) Copy the contents of the workstation disk in the directory created in step 1. 3) Add the following lines to the workstation's AUTOEXEC.BAT file SET HSERVER=??????? SET HSERVER=??????? where ??????? is the name of the workstation's HOME SERVER. The HOME SERVER is the primary server that the workstation will be logged into. This is the server where the server software was installed. SET HDRIVE=C SET HDRIVE=C This indicates the physical drive where the workstation software is located. SET HDIR=\MENU SET HDIR=\MENU This indicates the physical directory where the workstation software is located. SET RDRIVE=A SET RDRIVE=A Not used in this version of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, however the line is still required. CD \MENU CD \MENU LANMENU.EXE LANMENU.EXE Add these as the last two lines. These lines will start DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE automatically. WORKSTATION INSTALLATION FLOPPY BOOT DRIVE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND SETUP To install the workstation software on a network bootable floppy disk follow these steps. 1) Copy the contents of the workstation disk on to the floppy boot disk. 3) Add the following lines to the workstation's AUTOEXEC.BAT file SET HSERVER=??????? SET HSERVER=??????? where ??????? is the name of the workstation's HOME SERVER. The HOME SERVER is the primary server that the workstation will be logged into. This is the server where the server software was installed. SET HDRIVE=A SET HDRIVE=A This indicates the physical drive where the workstation software is located. SET HDIR={space}{space} SET HDIR={space}{space} ______________ This indicates the physical directory where the workstation software is located. SET RDRIVE=A SET RDRIVE=A Not used in this version of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, however the line is still required. LANMENU.EXE LANMENU.EXE Add this as the last line. This line will start DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE automatically. SERVER INSTALLATION SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION In this section we will describe how to create/modify MAIN MENU entries, modify/create SUB MENU entries, and define SECURITY PROFILES for users or groups. All these functions are accomplished using the DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SYStem MANager (SYSMAN.EXE) program which is located in the Server Directory (C:\SMENU). To run the SYStem MANager, be sure you are in the server directory (C:\SMENU). (NOTE: You must have Read, Write, Execute, and Indirect privileges to the Server Directory.) To start the SYStem MANager type the following: C:\SMENU> SYSMAN {Return} SYSMAN ________ SYStem MANager The SYStem MANager main menu will appear. Be sure the correct server name appears in option #5. 5. SERVER [ ] If the server name is incorrect, press 5 and enter the correct server name and press RETURN. The server name specified will determine which file server you will access. (This feature is useful if several different copies of DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE are running on a multi-server network. Changes to another servers DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM can be made, assuming you are logged to that server and have the proper privileges.) SYStem MANager CREATE/MODIFY MAIN MENU OPTIONS To create or change a main menu option of the DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE MENU SYSTEM, select option 3. A screen displaying all the available main menu options will be displayed. There are 20 possible main menu titles labeled A through T. Each main menu entry is simply a title to a sub menu. To define a option or title on the main menu, select the corresponding letter, type the description, and press RETURN. When finished defining all the main menu options desired, press ESC to return to the SYStem MANager main menu. SYStem MANager CREATE/MODIFY SUB MENU ENTRIES Once you have set up you main menu you must set up the applications you wish to run in sub menu entries. Choose option 4 from the SYStem MANager main menu. A screen will display all the sub menus available for editing. Choose the sub menu desired by pressing the corresponding letter. (NOTE: You may still modify entries in a sub menu even if the corresponding main menu title is not defined. Users will not be allowed access to main menu options that do not have titles. This feature allows the administrator to setup a complete sub menu for future use, and, by not defining the corresponding main menu option to the sub menu, keep users out of it. The user will not even know it exists.) You may define up to twenty application programs for each sub menu. They will be labeled A through T. Press the letter of the corresponding sub menu entry you wish to modify. An APPLICATION DEFINITION WINDOW will pop-up to allow entry of application information. Each entry requires definition of seven mandatory pieces of information. They are 1) PROGRAM TITLE, 2) DRIVE LETTER, 3) SECURITY LEVEL, 4) ACCESS TYPE, 5) DIRECTORY/RESOURCE and 6) FILE NAME. 1) PROGRAM TITLE This is the title or description of the application or function to be executed. 2) DRIVE LETTER This is the physical drive where the application is located, or the drive to redirect to point to the proper LANtastic Shared Resource. How this field is interpreted depends on the ACCESS TYPE definition. 3) SECURITY LEVEL This field defines the minimum security level required in a users SECURITY PROFILE to execute the application. 4) ACCESS TYPE This field determines how DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE will look for the application. The are two valid responses; (R)edirect or (D)irect. REDIRECT - Causes DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE to redirect the drive specified in the DRIVE field to the server resource specified in the DIRECTORY field. Has the effect of doing a NET USE. NOTE: If the drive specified is already redirected it will be cancelled and then be redirected as specified by the sub menu options specifications. Upon return to the menu from the application the redirected drive will be cancelled. It WILL NOT be restored to it previous WILL NOT state. DIRECT - Causes DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE to directly look for the application in the drive and directory specified by the DRIVE and DIRECTORY fields. Any redirection in effect will be used. 5) DIRECTORY/RESOURCE This specifies which directory (subdirectory) the application is located in or the server shared resource to be used. How this field is interrupted depends on the ACCESS TYPE definition. (If this field is used to specify a server shared resource it must follow the following syntax.) \\server-name (path) ___________ ____ For more information on the proper syntax see the NET USE command description in the LANtastic NOS Reference Guide. 6) FILE NAME This defines the file to execute. In this field enter the command you would normally enter from the DOS prompt to execute the program. Sub menu entries are not verified!! Errors in the above not ___ information will result in standard DOS error messages (such as FILE NOT FOUND) or LANtastic error messages. In addition to the mandatory information, each sub menu entry allows for optional prompting of information for the user after the selection from the sub menu and before it is actually executed. Three prompt definitions are located at the bottom of the APPLICATION DEFINITION WINDOW. PROMPT/ REQUIRED PROMPT MESSAGE 1 [ ][ ] [ ] 2 [ ][ ] [ ] 3 [ ][ ] [ ] ^ ^ ^ | | |- PROMPT MESSAGE | ---------- RESPONSE REQUIRED (Y/N) ------------- PROMPT TYPE Each prompt, as displayed above, contains three elements. They are 1) PROMPT TYPE, 2) REQUIRED ACTION FLAG and 3) PROMPT MESSAGE. The response type by the user for each prompt is return in a PROMPT VARIABLE. These PROMPT VARIABLES consists of two percents signs and the number of the prompt. For example %%2 will represent the response to prompt two. These variables can be placed in the FILE NAME field to help pass parameters to the application. 1) PROMPT TYPE DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE provides five types of prompts to choose from. Below are a list of types plus a brief description. P = PROMPT Standard prompt which displays the given PROMPT MESSAGES to the users and awaits input. The response will be echoed back as typed. O = OPTIONS No message or prompt will be displayed to the users. This type will simply return the PROMPT MESSAGE back in the prompt's corresponding PROMPT VARIABLE. This option is useful when the FILE NAME field is not long enough for an applications needs. M = Displays the PROMPT MESSAGE to the user. This type does not allow for a response to the message. Useful for sending a simple message. N = NONE This type will declare the prompt inactive and will be ignored by DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE. E = ECHO OFF This prompt type is exactly the same as type P except that when the user types a response it will not be echoed back. This is useful if the prompt is a password or some other confidential information that should not normally be displayed. 2) REQUIRED ACTION FLAG This field is only of importance if the PROMPT TYPE is either P or E. This flag indicates whether or not the user must enter a response to a prompt. A 'Y' indicates ____ the user must enter a response. If the user doesn't enter a response DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE will not let the user past the prompt. A 'N' indicates the a response to the prompt is optional meaning the user may just press enter in response to the prompt. 3) PROMPT MESSAGE This is the message to display to the user. EXAMPLE SUB MENU ENTRY WITH PROMPTS PROGRAM TITLE[DIRECTORY LIST ] PROGRAM TITLE DRIVE LETTER:[C] LEVEL [00] TYPE: [D] DRIVE LETTER: LEVEL TYPE: DIR/RESOURCE:[DOS ] DIR/RESOURCE: PROGRAM FILE:[DIR %%1 ] PROGRAM FILE: PROMPT/ PROMPT/ REQUIRED PROMPT MESSAGE REQUIRED PROMPT MESSAGE 1 [P][Y] [ENTER DISK DRIVE & DIR ] 2 [N][N] [ ] 3 [N][N] [ ] This sub menu entry will display the contents of a disk specified via prompt 1. The %%1 in the PROGRAM FILE field will be replaced with the response to prompt one. SYStem MANager SECURITY PROFILE OVERVIEW A SECURITY PROFILE is another layer of security that describes to DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE which options you have access to. There are 100 different security profiles plus a DEFAULT profile. Each profile contains a PROFILE DESCRIPTION and a SECURITY LEVEL. PROFILE DESCRIPTION The profile description is used to determine which of the defined profiles a user will use during their session in DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE. Here is how this works. When a user's DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE session begins, it retrieves the user's username from the network. It then finds the profile whose description best matches the user's ____ username and uses it during the session. The description can contain wild cards (? *). In this way more than one user or a group of users can use the same user profile. SECURITY LEVEL The security level is a number value from 1 to 99 that is used in determining access to a sub menu entry or application. Generally, the security profile must have a security level equal to or greater then the sub menu entry's level to be allowed access. A DEFAULT SECURITY PROFILE is provided in the event that DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE cannot find a profile that matches the user's username. In these cases, the DEFAULT profile is used during the user's session. SYStem MANager CREATE/MODIFY SECURITY PROFILES To modify a security profile choose option 1 from the SYStem MANager Main Menu. The system will display the first fifty profile descriptions. To see the other fifty descriptions use the up and down arrow keys to switch between pages. Select the number of the profile you wish to modify and press enter, or press ESC to return to the SYStem MANager Main Menu. Displayed now is profile's main menu portion. To change the profile's description press 1 and enter the new description. To change the profile's security level press 2 and enter the new level between 0 and 99. Press F10 to toggle access to the EXIT TO DOS feature. A check mark next to the works EXIT TO DOS indicates access. Press F7 to toggle access to the REDIRECTIONS screen. To modify access to sub menu options, select the sub menu desired by pressing the corresponding letter. Each sub menu option is display along with its 1) SECURITY LEVEL and 2) ACCESS DETERMINATION METHOD. SECURITY LEVEL Displays the security level of the sub menu option. This is the minimum security a user's profile must have to access the option. ACCESS DETERMINATION METHOD The ACCESS DETERMINATION METHOD defines to DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE just how to determine whether or not to allow access to a sub menu option. There are three valid methods. They are 1) EVALUATE, 2) GRANTED, and 3) DENIED. EVALUATE - Causes DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE to compare the sub menu option's security level against the profile's security level. Access is only granted if the profile security level is equal to or greater than the sub menu option security level. GRANTED - Grant access regardless of security levels. DENIED - Deny access regardless of security levels. To change the ACCESS DETERMINATION METHOD of a specific sub menu option, press the letter of the option. A window will then pop-up. Press the SPACEBAR for EVALUATE, G for GRANTED and D for DENIED. To exit and save the profile press F5 at the main menu. This will return you to the SYStem MANager Main Menu. SYStem MANager CREATE/MODIFY DEFAULT SECURITY PROFILE To modify the DEFAULT SECURITY PROFILE choose option 2 from the SYStem MANager Main Menu. Editing of this profile is the same as described above. Refer to the above section for more information. SERVER INSALLATION MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS LOGIN.BAT & LOGOUT.BAT In the SERVER DIRECTORY there are two DOS batch files. They are named LOGIN.BAT and LOGOUT.BAT. These are executed at either log in or log out time. These files should contain only valid DOS or NET commands. When executing these files, DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE sends the user's USERNAME and PASSWORD to the batch file as DOS variables %1 and %2 respectively. (NOTE: Remember these are shared files.) SERVER INSTALLATION MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS CHANGING SYSTEM MESSAGE System messages will be displayed at log in time or by pressing F4 from the main menu. These messages are in a file in the SERVER DIRECTORY call MESSAGE.BRD SERVER INSTALLATION MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS SETTING ADAPTER NUMBER On the log in screen there is a option to choose the number of the adapter to use. If left blank, all available adapters are tried. If you find yourself always entering an adapter number, you may set this number by including a DOS environment variable call ADAPTER. (SET ADAPTER=?? where ?? is from 1 to 5.) COPYRIGHT DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE (C) 1992 TIMOTHY KOVACIK All Rights Reserved This manual and the software described in it are copyrighted with all rights reserved. TRADEMARKS LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT INC. ARTISOFT Plaza 575 East River Road Tucson, Arizona 85704 (602) 293-6363 Brand names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.