3 username, 4 sharename, 5 network name – Siemens Unix V4.0 User Manual

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Introduction to Advanced Server for UNIX

Shared resources

Product Manual

U7613-J-Z815-6-76

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2.2.1.3

Username

Every user of a client is assigned a username by the administrator, which is unique
throughout the network. Users are identified by their usernames in the network.

The username consists of three to fifteen characters: letters, numbers, spaces and

special characters without / \ * ’ " ‘ !. Use a maximum of eight characters to achieve
unique mapping between UNIX names and Advanced Server for UNIX users. It is
not recommended to use umlauts or characters like the euro symbol in usernames.

2.2.1.4

Sharename

If a resource on a server is shared, it gets a sharename. The sharename identifies the
resource on the server. A sharename for a resource must appear only once on a server,
however the same sharename may be used several times on other servers in the network.
The sharename is part of the network name.

The sharename consists of up to twelve characters: letters (no umlauts), numbers,

and special characters. For MS-DOS clients, the sharename must comply with the
MS-DOS conventions.

Example

The command

net share sf1=c:/u1/public

is used by the administrator to share the directory

/u1/public

as a resource for the network,

sf1

is the sharename of this resource.

The character string

c:

must always precede the resource pathname when

sharing directories.

2.2.1.5

Network name

A client user sets up a connection to a shared resource using the network name. The
network name of a shared resource consists of the computername of a server and of the
sharename of the resource shared on this server.

Example

The command

net use j: \\server1\sf1

is used by the client user to set up a connection to the

shared resource with the sharename

sf1

, which is located on the server with the

computername

server1

. The network name of the resource in this case is

\\server1\sf1

. Using

the command

dir \\server1\sf1

or

dir j:

you can then display the contents of the shared

directory.

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