User Guide

16 Traditional File Services Administration Guide
Traditional File Services Administration Guide
103-000180-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Drive mapping
A drive mapping is a pointer to a location in the file system, represented as a
letter assigned to a directory path on a volume.
A path includes the volume, directory, and any subdirectories leading to the
file.
A drive mapping assigns a letter to a path so that the letter can be used instead
of the complete path name.
Drive mappings can be temporary or permanent:
 Permanent mappings. To make drive mappings permanent so you can use
them every time you log in, place MAP commands in your login script,
or use the mapping functionality of your client software to make them
permanent, so they will be reconnected every time you log in.
 Temporary mappings. To map a drive so you can use it during your
current session, use the NetWare MAP utility from a DOS prompt, or use
the mapping functionality of your client software. If you use MAP from
a DOS prompt, the mapping is only valid until you log out.
For instructions on creating mappings, Creating eDirectory Objects to
Facilitate File Management in the ConsoleOne 1.3 User Guide.
NetWare recognizes these types of drive mappings:
 “Local Drive Mappings” on page 16
 “Network Drive Mappings” on page 17
 “Network Search Drive Mappings” on page 17
 “Fake Root” on page 13
 “Directory Map Objects” on page 13
Local Drive Mappings
Local drive mappings are paths to local media such as hard disk drives and
floppy disk drives.
To change this default (for example, if you are using the NetWare DOS
Requester, you need all of your drives mapped as DOS drives), use the DOS
LASTDRIVE command in your workstation CONFIG.SYS file.