mars_nwe-0.97.pl00

README

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-(C)opyright (C) 1993,1996  Martin Stover, Marburg, Germany
+This is Mars_nwe, a free NetWare(tm) emulator for Linux and UnixWare,
+written by Martin Stover, Marburg, Germany.
 
-to compile and install, please read INSTALL !
+There is not yet too much documentation available, look into the doc/
+subdirectory. As Martin's native tongue is german, the documentation,
+as well as a lot of the code comments are a mixture of english and
+german. This will certainly converge to english in the future.
 
-This is a little try to emulate some functions from
-a NOVELL-SERVER under UNIX (LINUX).
-The first version I have written 1993 on a USL1.1
-with TLI-Code.
-1994 I have ported it to LINUX. This was easy, because
-I only have to write a small TLI->SOCKET emu.
-
-Unfortunately I had no full description of the NCP-calls,
-so many of the calls based on trying. :-(
-
-WARNING: this code has still many BUG's !!
-
-BINDERY:    this are the *.pag and *.dir files.
-            These files 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 processes.
-1) nwserv : the main program.Initiates all and starts 'ncpserv'.
-            sends broadcasts, wdogs, sap and rip packets.
-            If nwserv is started with a parameter, then the simple
-            test client 'nwclient', only for debugging, is started.
-
-2) ncpserv: opens NCP-Socket and handles NCP-Requests.
-            When there comes NCP-Request 0x1111 (Get Connection Nr)
-            then there will be started a new process 'nwconn'.
-            Every client-ncp-request reaches nwconn over
-            ncpserv.
-
-3) nwconn:  will be started for every connection. Is connected
-            to ncpserv with a pipe.
-
-Problems and TODO:
-Many:-(
-
-Here is a short list.
-o - password changings from clients
-o - make routing better.
-o - making printing better.
-o - clean the code !!!
-o - make bindery code more complete.
-o - and much more ...
-
-Have luck with trying. :)
+INSTALLATION
+look in doc/INSTALL or doc/INSTALL.ger
 
 
-          Martin
-(mstover@freeway.de)
+HELP
 
-BTW: The kick to make mars_nwe public was the
-publication of linware ( lwared ), the Novell-Server-Emulator
-from Ales Dryak (A.Dryak@sh.cvut.cz).
-I hope both products can make profit from each other.
------> SuperNOS ala Linux ;-)
-Novell don't want to make it anymore. :-(
+To get help you can mail to and/or subscribe to LinWare mailing list:
 
+Topics for the list:
+- discussing LinWare server, its features, installation problems and bugs
+- using IPX protocol under Linux
+- IPX routing and router daemons under Linux
+- mars_nwe
+
+You can subscribe to the list by sending command "add linware" in mail
+message body to address: "listserv@sh.cvut.cz".
+Your list postings should be sent to address: "linware@sh.cvut.cz".