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mars_nwe - Martin Stovers netware emulation
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Copyright (C) 1993,1997 Martin Stover, Marburg, Germany
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Help on how to compile and install can be found in `INSTALL'.
"mars_nwe" is an attempt to emulate the basic functionality
of a netware-server under UNIX (Linux).
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The first version was written 1993 on a UnixWare 1.1 with TLI-Code.
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1994 I ported it to LINUX, which was easy because I only had
to write a small TLI->SOCKET emulation (see the modul
"emutli").
Unfortunately I had no complete description of the NCP-calls,
so that the handling of many calls is based on experiments. :-(
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WARNING: this code still has BUG's!
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BINDERY:
These are the *.pag and *.dir files.
They are generated by the first starting
of mars_nwe and are filled with the minimal
needed Objects and Properties.
The User SUPERVISOR must be described in the
nw.ini file, entry 12
NETWORK:
If there is a real Novell-Server on the
same net-line, then the NETWORK Number of
the network device in nw.ini should match
the NETWORK Number of the Novell-Server.
LINUX KERNEL:
the only linux-kernel depending files
are emutli.[hc].
Short description of the programs from this package:
----------------------------------------------------
nwserv:
the main program. Initiates all subsystems and
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starts 'ncpserv' and 'nwbind'.
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Sends broadcasts, wdogs, sap and rip packets.
If nwserv is started with the parameter 'y', then the simple
test client 'nwclient', only for debugging, is started.
Parameter '-k' is for stopping the actual running nwserv
and parameter '-h' for sending a HUP signal to the
running nwserv.
ncpserv:
opens NCP-Socket and handles NCP-Requests.
For every incoming NCP-Request 0x1111 (Get Connection Nr)
a new instance of 'nwconn' ist started.
Every client-ncp-request reaches nwconn over ncpserv.
nwconn:
started for every single connection. Communicates with
ncpserv over an ipx-socket.
nwbind:
the bindery program. Communicates with
ncpserv and nwconn over an ipx-socket.
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Have luck with trying. :)
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Martin Stover <mstover@compu-art.de>
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BTW: The kick to make mars_nwe public was the publication of
linware ( lwared ), the NetWare-Emulator from
Ales Dryak <A.Dryak@sh.cvut.cz>
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I hope both products can make profit from each other.
-----> SuperNOS ala Linux ;-)
Novell don't want to make it anymore. :-(