NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows User Guide

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Setting Up and Managing Network Drives
Using NetWare Utilities to Set Up and Manage Drive Mappings
The MAP Utility
MAP allows you to assign drives to network directories. Use MAP to
• View drive mappings
• Create or change network or search drive mappings
• Assign a drive to a fake root directory (for applications that must use a root
directory)
MAP is a NetWare workstation utility located in the SYS:PUBLIC directory.
A default drive mapping should exist for the SYS:PUBLIC directory (the
default is drive Z:).
To use the MAP utility, you would specify the type of drive mapping and
assignment you want by using the following syntax:
MAP [option...] drive:= [volume:| path]
For example, if your username is MARIA and you want to map drive F: to
your home directory on file server SALES, you would type
MAP F:= SALES\SYS:HOME\MARIA <Enter>
See the following references for more information about the MAP utility:
Assigning Drive Mappings in a Specific Order
In many cases, you might find it useful to map network drives in the
following order:
• Map the first network drive to the user’s home directory.
• If users are running MS Windows from the network, map a drive to each user’s
directory that contains user-specific files.
• Map remaining drives to any directories that users work in frequently, such as
project directories or network applications.
Version Reference
NetWare 2
“MAP” in Using the Network
NetWare 3
“MAP” in Utilities Reference
NetWare 4
“MAP” in Utilities Reference