# TODO

This file collects follow-up work that is known but intentionally not part of the current patches. It is meant for project-level items that are too broad or too low-priority to keep as inline source TODO comments.

## Server / NCP compatibility

### Console privilege model

Current status:

- `NCP 23/200 Check Console Privileges` is implemented as a protocol-compatible status check.
- For now, console privileges are mapped to the existing supervisor-equivalence state computed for the connection.
- Callers with supervisor equivalence get success; other callers get `0xc6` (`No Console Rights`).

Follow-up:

- Add a real console-operator privilege model instead of treating console rights as identical to supervisor equivalence.
- Decide where the console privilege map should live:
  - a bindery property,
  - a server configuration option,
  - or a small explicit internal list similar to queue operator handling.
- Check how NetWare 3.x tools such as `PCONSOLE`, `SYSCON`, and console utilities expect console operators to be represented.
- Keep `NCP 23/200` as a completion-code-only endpoint; only the privilege source should change.

### Queue spool path case handling

Current status:

- Queue job paths can still be rebuilt from DOS/bindery path spelling such as `SYS:SYSTEM/EPSON.QDR`.
- On a case-sensitive Unix filesystem this can differ from the existing directory, for example `system/epson.qdr`.

Follow-up:

- Resolve queue job file paths case-insensitively in the queue connection/path resolver, or use the queue object's already-resolved Unix spool directory instead of rebuilding it from the DOS path.
- Avoid creating duplicate directories that differ only by case.

### NCP 17/4C test coverage

Current status:

- `NCP 17/4C List Relations of an Object` is implemented server-side.
- Existing DOS and Linux tools do not reliably trigger it for all useful set properties such as `GROUP_MEMBERS` and `GROUPS_I'M_IN`.

Follow-up:

- Add a small direct test utility to `mars-dosutils` / `NWTESTS` that sends `NCP 17/4C` directly.
- Suggested test cases:
  - `TESTGRP1` type `0x0002`, property `GROUP_MEMBERS`
  - `TESTGRP2` type `0x0002`, property `GROUP_MEMBERS`
  - `MARIO` type `0x0001`, property `GROUPS_I'M_IN`
  - `NOPASSUSER` type `0x0001`, property `GROUPS_I'M_IN`
  - `GUEST` type `0x0001`, property `GROUPS_I'M_IN`

## Printing / Queue backend

### Q_UNIX_PRINT backend status

Current status:

- Queue metadata handling and the `Q_UNIX_PRINT` backend are intentionally separate.
- The backend can already call `/usr/bin/lp`, `lpr`, or a custom script.

Follow-up:

- Improve logging around queue job submission to the Unix print command.
- Capture and expose backend exit status where possible.
- Consider direct CUPS integration only if MARS_NWE needs CUPS job IDs, cancellation, or status polling. Do not add a hard CUPS dependency for basic queue compatibility.

## Deferred / optional protocol work

- Packet Burst support is still optional and currently not a priority for DOS tool compatibility.
- NDS fragger support remains out of scope unless a concrete client requires it.