mars_nwe - Martin Stovers netware emulation
Copyright (C) 1993,1997 Martin Stover, Marburg, Germany
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).
The first version was written 1993 on a UnixWare 1.1 with TLI-Code.
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. :-(
WARNING: this code still has BUG's!
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:
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nwserv:
the main program. Initiates all subsystems and
starts 'ncpserv' and 'nwbind'.
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.
Have luck with trying. :)
Martin Stover <mstover@compu-art.de>
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>
I hope both products can make profit from each other.
-----> SuperNOS ala Linux ;-)
Novell don't want to make it anymore. :-(
