Add GPL-2-or-later license headers to the DOS utility source files and
document the purpose and local dependencies of each C, header and assembler
file.
Preserve the original Martin Stover copyright attribution for the historic
MARS-NWE utility sources, including files that did not previously carry an
explicit header but are part of the original tool set. Add Mario Fetka as the
2026 copyright holder for the current maintenance work, and use Mario-only
headers for files without original Martin Stover ownership.
Also add a root-level COPYING file containing the GPL-2 license text.
Update the DOS utilities and test suite with the current Novell comparison
state.
Validated/updated tool behavior:
- improve CREATOR output by showing Novell-style attribute and rights masks
- extend FLAGDIR handling with old NCP22 directory attribute read/write
fallback paths
- expand NDIR Novell-style formatting, filtering, /SUB handling, date output,
DI/RI attribute display and richer metadata collection
- adjust REVOKE output/grammar, recursive /SUBDIRECTORIES behavior and trustee
update/delete paths to better match Novell tools
- adjust SLIST header/output behavior for logged-in and logged-out cases
- update README status to reflect the currently green/tested tools
Test-suite changes:
- add/refresh Novell comparison tests for CREATOR, NDIR, REVOKE and SLIST
- update NCOPY tests and collection scripts for the current investigation state
- refresh per-tool README files and top-level test documentation
- keep MAP documented as still separately open
NCOPY:
- add the current NCOPY implementation and experimental NCP74/server-side-copy
scaffolding
- build ncopy.c so it stays compile-tested
- keep NCOPY disabled in the NET multicall dispatch for now because the
server-side-copy/open-handle path is still unsafe and needs further analysis
Build:
- include ncopy.c in the DOS utility build
- drop the temporary MARS_DOSUTILS_VERSION define wiring from CMake
Add maintainer-only support used by the automated DOS compatibility
tests.
This introduces the MAINTAINER_BUILD option for the DOS tools. In
maintainer builds, LOGIN accepts the hidden /PWD: and /PASSWORD:
arguments for automated test relogin, and the DLYSTRT helper is built to
delay-start DOS batch files after the invoking batch has returned to the
prompt.
Add the WHOAMI utility and wire it into the NET command dispatch. Also
adjust SLIST and RIGHTS output to match Novell behavior more closely,
including server-not-found handling, path formatting, Supervisor rights,
missing-path errors and usage text.
Extend the test scripts to compare NPUBLIC Novell baselines against the
PUBLIC implementations. LOGIN/LOGOUT can now run automatically via
DLYSTRT and the maintainer LOGIN password option. RIGHTS gains an
additional NOPASSUSER effective-rights matrix that covers single rights,
mixed rights, Supervisor rights, ALL/N and file trustee cases.
Normal builds remain free of maintainer-only helpers and hidden password
handling.
Add the CREATOR utility and wire it into the DOS tools build and NET
command dispatch.
Extend the client-side NCP helpers with the calls needed by the new and
updated tools, including DOS namespace information and effective-rights
queries. Also update MAP handling for automatic drive mappings used by
the login script.
This commit contains the tool/source support only. The DOS baseline test
suite is kept separate and will be added in a follow-up commit.
Add an initial Novell-style NDIR implementation for the DOS utilities.
The new tool supports basic DOS namespace directory listings using
_dos_findfirst/_dos_findnext, including wildcard paths, current-directory
listing, files-only and directories-only modes, recursive /SUB listings,
continuous output and Novell-style help text.
NDIR separates file and directory output into Novell-like sections,
prints long NetWare-style attribute brackets, and reports both file bytes
and allocated bytes in blocks using a simple per-file 4 KiB block
approximation for the initial implementation.
Add initial /RIGHTS support. The rights format displays rights columns
for files and directories, obtains effective rights through Client32
NCP87, and falls back to the older directory-handle effective-rights path
when needed. For now the inherited-rights column uses the effective
rights value until a separate inherited-rights mask is available.
Add initial /DATES support with a Novell-style date column layout showing
Last Updated, Last Archived, Accessed and Created/Copied fields. The
initial implementation uses the DOS findfirst update timestamp for the
available date values and placeholder archive/access values until full
NetWare namespace date fields are exposed.
Add /SHORT and /BRIEF as compact output modes for recursive listings and
manual testing. These modes keep the useful values while suppressing the
large Novell-style section headers and empty recursive sections.
Wire NDIR into the multicall dispatcher, CMake build and install list,
and document the supported command forms in the README.
Owner display, true inherited-right masks, full namespace date fields,
sorting and restrictions remain future work.
Implement REVOKE and REMOVE for the Client32 DOS utilities.
REVOKE now supports Novell-style syntax:
REVOKE rightslist* [FOR path] FROM [USER|GROUP] name [options]
and removes rights from explicit trustee assignments. It scans the
trustee list first, updates the trustee rights mask, and deletes the
trustee entry when no rights remain.
REMOVE now supports Novell-style syntax:
REMOVE [USER | GROUP] name [FROM path] [option]
and deletes explicit trustee assignments for users or groups.
Both tools support USER/GROUP lookup, /FILES, /SUBDIRS,
/SUBDIRECTORIES, wildcard file targets, recursive directory handling,
Novell-style help text and summary output. Missing trustee entries are
reported with Novell-style "No trustee for the specified ..." messages.
Add shared trustee helpers and Client32 NCP87 trustee scan/delete
support. Also adjust GRANT ALL so it matches Novell behavior by not
granting Supervisor implicitly; Supervisor must be granted explicitly.
- add GRANT as a new multi-call DOS utility
- implement Client32 NCP87 trustee-add helper
- resolve USER and GROUP bindery objects before granting rights
- support Novell-style rights lists, including ALL and N
- support directory trustee grants
- support file trustee grants via /FILES
- implement recursive grants via /SUBDIRECTORIES
- accept /SUBDIRS as a compatibility alias
- format GRANT success output close to Novell GRANT
- add GRANT comparison scripts for normal and recursive test cases
- add RIGHTS as a new multi-call DOS utility
- implement Client32 NCP87 effective-rights query helper
- map NCP effective-rights bits to Novell RIGHTS display order
- keep legacy directory-handle based rights lookup as fallback
- match Novell RIGHTS output for directories and files more closely
- remove hardcoded MARS/SYS and SYS display fallbacks from RIGHTS/FLAGDIR
- derive display prefixes from the active network drive where available
- adjust FLAGDIR output formatting to match Novell field alignment
- keep FLAG and SLIST unchanged after checking for hardcoded prefixes
Implement a working DOS Client32 NCP87 path using the NIOS resolver,
CONNOpenByReference and COMPATNcpRequestReply.
Add an initial FLAGDIR implementation for NetWare 386-style directory
attributes. Support Normal, System, Hidden, Delete Inhibit, Purge and
Rename Inhibit, using the same Client32 NCP87 modify/read helpers. Match
the Novell FLAGDIR display style more closely for simple mapped paths.
Also add/keep minimal TESTS coverage for the verified Client32 NCP87
attribute path.
