NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows User Guide

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Understanding Networking Basics

Before you can use any of the network services, you must attach to and log

in to the network.

Bindery users log in to or attach to individual servers. Therefore, they need a

password for each server they are logging in to.

NetWare Directory Services users log in to the network. Therefore, they

need only one password to gain access to all network resources that they

have the right to use.

Starting up and logging in from a client workstation always consists of the

same tasks:

1 Booting the client workstation.

This loads the NetWare Client operating system and is done automatically when

you either turn on the power or reboot by pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del>.

2 Loading the network software and drivers.

3 Changing the default drive to a network drive.

4 Logging in with a username and (usually) a password.

NetWare prompts you for your username and password and then completes the

network connection.

The way users actually perform these steps depends on how the network

supervisor has set up the network and the client workstation.

All four steps can be accomplished automatically so that the only thing users

do is type their passwords. For more information, see Chapter 6, “Setting Up

NetWare Client Workstations to Log In.”

For example, users can log in to the network by typing