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- ANET.COM 1.00 - 4 July 1991
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- 1. What is ANET.COM?
- ANET.COM is an easy to use, self configuring, automatic login program.
- ANET will only run on the LANtastic(tm) Network Operation System.
- It differs from several other automatic login programs in that it is
- self configuring, ie does not require that any files be set up or edited
- to be used. The programs reads the current network configuration of your
- workstation and saves it in a file. This file has a default name of
- ANET.cfg, and is saved in the same directory as the program. When ANET
- is run it reads this file, and attempts to make your system match the
- file as much as possible. To do this ANET will log you onto servers,
- redirect and cancel redirection to disk drives and printer resources.
- ANET will not beep at you (don't you just hate that) and will only issue
- error messages if it cannot logon or redirect a device. It will not
- warn you about duplicate redirections or logins it will just cancel the
- offending redirection or login and issue a correct one. For example, if
- the config file says that prn should be redirected to \\server\@printer
- and prn is currently redirected to \\server1\@printer, ANET will NET
- UNUSE lpt1 and then NET USE LPT1 \\server\@printer.
-
- ANET provides the functionality of the following LANtastic(tm) commands:
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- Net (menu system)
- Net Login/Wait
- Net Logout
- Net Use
- Net Unuse
- Net Show
- Net Message
- Net LPT Timeout
- Net Chat
- Net String (With optional string.com)
- Net Echo (With optional string.com)
- Net Expand (With optional string.com)
- Net Clock (See notes on this below)
-
- ANET also has several trivial bells and whistles, that are not really
- necessary to the program, but most of the code was there so why not?
- They are:
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- On-line Manual - This manual is available as a continuation of the help
- screen. This is a separate file ANET.man that must be located somewhere
- on the path.
-
- Welcome Screen - If ANET finds a text file ANET.scr in the same directory
- as the program it will display this file rather than the normal ANET
- copyright notice. This is nice for those custom network installations.
- Since this is a text file you can use an ansi graphic editor to product
- quite nice screens. ( A few samples are included *.sc to view them just
- TYPE them out to the screen)
-
- User Name Variable - ANET will place the user name used to logon to the
- servers in an environmental variable U_NME in the master environment.
- This is handy for batch files.
-
- 2. How do I install ANET.COM?
- Installation of ANET could not be easier, just copy ANET.com, ANET.man,
- and if you wish one of the ANET.scr files to a directory on the path.
- If you have the optional program string.com copy string.com and string.hlp
- into the same directory. C:\Lantasti is good but not necessary.
-
- Configure the system the way you want it either through the conventional
- batch files or with the NET menu. NOW run ANET /s. That's it, the
- configuration file is now set up and ready to be used.
-
- 3. How do I use ANET.COM?
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- Syntax: ANET {STRING}{CHAT}{user_name {password}}
- { /h /i /l /p /r /s /t /v /x}
- Switches: Chat - calls net chat program
- String - See string program or lantastic manual for syntax
- /Help - This screen
- /Information of current configuration
- /Login per config file
- /Prompt for password
- /Reattach Devices
- /Save current configuration
- /Verbose display
- /X eXit network - Log off all servers
-
- After ANET is configured, the command can be added to the batch file used
- to start the network. First load the netbios, redir and server then ANET.
-
- The commands:
-
- LOGON and REDIRECT
-
- ANET /l
- will optionally display the welcome screen if there is one, prompt for a
- user name and password, and then logon to the servers and redirect to
- the drives specified in the config file.
-
- ANET !RICK {password} /l
- Will take the user name (!RICK) and password from the command line, and
- will NOT display the optional welcome screen. If the password is blank
- it is assumed to not be needed.
-
- ANET !RICK /p /l
- Will take the user name from the command line, optionally display the
- welcome screen, and prompt for a password.
-
- If the /v (verbose switch as added to any of the above command lines, the
- program will display the name of each server as it logs onto them, and the
- drive letter and redirection as they are established.
-
- LOGOUT
-
- ANET /x
- This command will log you out from ALL servers. Good command for shutting
- down for the evening or just for security sake.
-
- If the /v (verbose switch is added the program will display the name of
- each server it logs out of.
-
- CONFIGURE
-
- ANET /s
- This command will cause ANET to read the current configuration of the
- workstation, all servers logged into, all printer and drive redirections,
- net lpt timeout value, and message flag status and save it into a config-
- uration file. If ANET has not been used to log into the system the file
- will be named ANET.cfg. If ANET has been used before the contents of the
- environmental variable U_NME will be used to generate the filename. If
- the user name is less than 8 characters the filename will be user_name.cfg,
- if it is greater than 8 characters the filename will be the first 4 char-
- acters + the last 4 characters of the user_name. ie Stephenie=stepenie.cfg.
-
- ANET user_name /s
- This will read the configuration and save it to a file using the user_name
- from the command line. The same method as above will apply to generating
- the filename.
-
- ANET {username}
- Will call up the net menu, you can then change the configuration of the
- system, log into of off of servers, establish disk drive and printer
- redirections. When you exit the menu you are give the option to save
- the new configuration. The filename is determined by the rules above.
-
- The /v (verbose) switch will cause the above to display the current
- configuration of the workstation. This display is identical to the
- /i switch described below.
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- INFORMATION
-
- ANET /i
- This command will cause the program to determine the current configuration
- of the system and display it. A sample display is included below. Note
- the DOS and NOS version numbers are displayed as well as the presence of
- the programs redir.exe, server.exe, share.exe and lanpup.
-
- r3 Connection Manager for Lantastic(tm) (c) 1991 r. r. roth
-
- Artisoft LANtastic(tm) NOS v4.04 Installed in Machine RICK
- Dos v5.0 Redir.exe[√] Server.exe[√] Lanpup.exe[ ] Share.exe[ ] Loaded.
- LPT Timeout 0 seconds Messages will Beep[√] Popup[√]
-
- SAM Logged onto:
- Server On Adapter#
- \\RICK 0
-
- Device Redirection Device Redirection
- F: => \\RICK\C-DRIVE G: => \\RICK\C-DRIVE
- H: => \\RICK\C-DRIVE PRN => \\RICK\@PRINTER
-
- ANET STRING
- The ANET STRING command is identical to the Lantastic NET STRING command
- with several enhancements. See the documentaion for the program STRING.
- COM or the Lantastic(TM) Manual under NET STRING. ANET calls the String
- program and passes it the command line. This is done to preserve com-
- patability with your existing batch files if you chose to rename anet.com
- net.com.
-
- ANET CHAT
- This is identical to the NET CHAT command see the Lantastic(TM) manual
- for syntax and operation of this command.
- SET TIME FROM SERVER
- This is the only thing that I am not satified with yet. There is no
- good way to determine the presence of a NET CLOCK command. I therefore
- had to resort to a kludge. If you want to set the workstations time
- from a server you have to edit the config file (I know HORRORS) and place
- a capital C at the 19th character of the server line. A normal server
- configuration line appears as:
-
- \\server_name 0C
- | ||_Net Clock switch(optional)
- | |__Adapter Number
- |______________Server's Name
-
- I am not happy with this solution and will welcome any suggestions.
-
- 4. Legalities
- ANET.COM is not freeware, nor is it in the public domain. It is a
- shareware program, and the entire program and documentation are
- Copyright (C) 1991, Rick R. Roth, Tucson, Az. You are encouraged
- to copy the package freely, including distribution by BBS, shareware
- library, or other means, provided that (1) the distribution shall
- consist of the original archive containing the program and this doc-
- umentation file, and (2) no fee of more than five US dollars ($5)
- shall be charged for the copy.
-
- 5. Registration
- To register your copy of ANET.COM, send $10 in cash, check or money
- order to:
-
- Rick R. Roth
- 4072 E. 22nd St.
- Suite 178
- Tucson, Az 85711
-
- THIS COPY IS LICENSED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE LICENSEE.
- This license is good for one network, and the software can be installed
- on all computers on this network.
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- 6. Liability
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- ║ LIMIT OF LIABILITY ║
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- ║ The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or ║
- ║ implied and assumes no liability for damages either from its ║
- ║ direct use or as a consequence of its use. Have you hugged ║
- ║ your backup today? ║
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- I have tested it on several computers and found that found that it works
- well on all of them. All computers have been running LANtastic(tm) NOS v3.03
- and above and all running MS DOS 3.3 and above.
-
- Please note that while the author is an employee of Artisoft, Inc., Artisoft
- is not responsible for the contents of this file; the functioning of ANET.COM
- (or any damages resulting from the use or misuse of the program); and further,
- Artisoft Technical Support and other employees of Artisoft, Inc. are
-
- NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM!
-
- If you have problems or suggestions when using this program, direct them to
- me Rick R. Roth through one of the following channels:
-
- US Mail: 4702 E 22nd St, Tucson, AZ 85711
- CompuServ: Artisoft forum, 75300,1377
- Arti-facts BBS: If you have a current account there.
-
-
- Do NOT call the author during business hours for support, this program was
- not written during business hours, it will not be supported during business
- hours.
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