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1. Introduction to XWPNFS32 Client for NFS Networks for Windows'95/98
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The XWPNFS32 Client is a program running under the Windows'95/98 operating
system in order to share access to files and directories with other PCs and
UNIX users across the network.
XWPNFS32 Client does not turn your PC into a fully qualified file server.
Instead, it allows a simple access to files for a limited number
of systems in the network.
At present, XWPNFS32 Client supports the following protocols:
- PORTMAP protocol version 2;
- MOUNT protocol version 1;
- NFS protocol version 2;
- UDP protocol at the transport level is used.
2. Package
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The XWPNFS32 Client package includes the following five files:
- XWPNFS32.INF - information file used during the NFS client installation;
- XWPNFS32.DLL - 32-bit Network Provider DLL;
- XWPNFSPR.DLL - 16-bit Windows Installer DLL;
- XWPNFSRD.VXD - Virtual Device Driver, converting requests from IFS into
the NFS protocol's ones.
- Readme - this file.
3. Hardware and Software Requirements
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To install the XWPNFS32 Client software, you must have a PC with
the Intel 386 processor or higher, and RAM of 16 Mb or more.
The system software required includes the Windows'95/98 operating system,
TCP/IP stack, and Transport Device Interface (Microsoft TCP/IP Vxd).
4. How to install and uninstall XWPNFS32 Client
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To install XWPNFS32 Client:
1) copy the above files into a separate directory on your floppy or hard disk;
2) On the DESKTOP, choose "My Computer", "Control Panel", and "Network";
then click on the "Add" button;
3) Select "Client" and press "Add";
4) from within the "Select Network Client" window, press the "Have disk"
button;
5) in the "Install From Disk" window, specify the full path defined in 1)
and press "OK";
6) from within the "Select Network Client" window, select "XWPNFS32 Client
for NFS Networks" and press "OK" to start installing.
The XWPNFS32 Client installation will result in including the "XWPNFS32
Client for NFS Networks" into the list of network components installed.
To finish installation, press "OK".
After having copied all necessary files, you must restart your computer
for the new settings to take effect.
To uninstall XWPNFS32 Client:
1) On the DESKTOP, choose "My Computer", "Control Panel", and "Network";
2) select "XWPNFS32 Client for NFS Networks" from within the list of network
components installed, click "Remove" and then "OK".
After having removed the program, you must restart your computer.
5. XWPNFS32 Client Settings
----------------------
To make XWPNFS32 Client settings:
1) On the DESKTOP, choose "My Computer", "Control Panel", and "Network";
2) select "XWPNFS32 Client for NFS Networks" from within the list of network
components installed, and click "Properties";
The XWPNFS32 Client Settings dialog box will appear with the following
four tabs: "Authentication", "FileNames", "NetWorks", "Servers", "About".
5.1. "Authentication"
This tab allows to specify UserID and GroupID for a user mounting to UNIX
systems. If a user exists in several groups, they can be specified in
the "Other GroupID" window with the space or comma symbols as separators.
If the "Use Dialog box at start of Windows95..." check box is enabled,
the dialog box will appear at start of Windows95 for you to set up UserID
and GroupID for that Windows95 session.
5.2. "FileNames"
This tab allows you to specify:
- conversion rules from UNIX format file names to Windows95 format ones;
- conversion rules from Windows95 format file names to UNIX format ones;
If you choose the "Use suffix for..." mode, then the UNIX file names,
which differ by cases only, will be concatenated with a two-character
suffix. The second character will be changed by incrementing its code
by 1. You can specify an initial value for the suffix in the
"Suffix for..." window.
For the file names beginning with a period, it is desirable to substitute
the first period character in the file name with another character.
You can specify that in the "Use this symbol..." window.
New names of files and directories, created or renamed under Windows95,
will be converted to upper/lower case or unchanged depending on which
mode you choose: "Convert to uppercase", "Convert to lower case", or
"Preserve the case of name symbols".
5.3. "NetWorks"
This tab allows you to specify:
- Broadcast TimeOut when watching network for those hosts that support
NFS and MOUNT protocols;
- TimeOut for a server reply when sending requests of MOUNT and NFS
protocols;
- Retry Count when sending requests to a server not replying during TimeOut
specified.
5.4. "Servers"
This tab allows you to:
- enable/disable sending broadcast messages to locate NFS-Servers in LAN;
- enable/disable sending messages by a list of hosts to locate NFS-Servers
in LAN/WAN;
- create/edit the list of hosts for the previous item;
Note: if both settings ("Use Broadcast Requests" and "Use NFS Server List")
are disabled then user will obtain the prompt message to input IP address
of host to check the NFS-Server existing.
5.5. "About"
This tab contains reference information about the XWPNFS32 Client release,
protocols and versions supported.
NOTE: For debug purpose, XWPNFS32 Client can have the "Trace" tab that allows
you to specify a trace level ("No Tracing", "Minimal", "Middle",
"Maximal") and a tracing file name to store trace information.
6. Known problems and unimplemented features
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6.1. The "int 21h function 44h" request execution is not implemented
(FS_Ioctl16Drive request).
6.2. The NFS protocol version 3 is not supported.
6.3. The NFS protocol with TCP/IP as the transport level is not supported.
6.4. There may be wrong conversion of NFS error codes to those that
the file system driver must return.
6.5. Separate pointers for Read and Write operations to locate positions
in files are not implemented.
6.6. Mounting to large directories (with more than 4000 files on a tree)
dramatically decreases performance.