Viewing Network Resources

With commands from the View menu, you can view servers and shared resources on the network, and you can view users on a server or in a domain. You can also view Windows for Workgroups resources.

After you log on, a list of servers in your workstation domain (or in your logon domain when you specify a domain other than your workstation domain at logon) appears in the list box on the LAN Manager screen. You may not have access to all the servers listed, and not all of the servers you have access to may be visible. Your administrator determines whether a server is visible on the network. Check with your administrator to find out which servers are available to you.

For information about using a LAN Manager client to connect to a Windows for Workgroups or Workgroup Connections resource, see the Microsoft Windows for Workgroups or Microsoft Wokgroup Connections documentation.




	NOTE: To view resources on the server, the network server running the Netlogon service and the MS-DOS workstation must both run the same protocol (for example, NetBEUI). If the workstation and server are not running the same protocol, attempts to view resources on the server will fail. If you are experiencing problems viewing resources, see your network administrator.

Setting the Current Focus

When you start the LAN Manager screen, the Current Focus line and the Set Current Focus On text box display your workstation's computername. These displays indicate that the current focus of your activity when you use menus and dialog boxes is your workstation.

To connect to shared resources and perform other tasks on servers, you must first change the current focus to the server sharing the resources you want to view or use. This makes the server the current focus of activity.

To set the current focus on a server

Select the computername of the server you want to focus on by:
- Pressing the first letter of the server's computername
  Or
- Scrolling through the list box until the name appears in the Set current focus on text box
  Or
- Typing the server's computername in the Set current focus on text box
Press ENTER, or double-click the server name.
The server's computername appears on the Current focus line, and a message box appears that shows your privileges on that server.

Viewing Shared Resources

After setting the current focus on a server, you can view that server's shared resources, such as directories and printers available to network users.

To view shared resources on a server

Set the current focus on the server that you want to view.
From the View menu, choose Available Resources.
The Resources Available at \\computername dialog box appears.
The Resources Available at \\computername dialog box shows the resources available on the server you specified. The information in the Type column indicates the type of each resource in the list. Disk refers to shared directories; Printer refers to shared printers.
Choose the Done button.

For more information about connecting to and using shared resources, see Chapter 2, "Using Shared Directories," and Chapter 3, "Using Shared Printers."

Network Paths

Every shared resource on the network is identified by a network path. A network path is the computername of the server sharing the resource, followed by the resource's sharename--the name an administrator assigns to it. Network paths are used in dialog boxes and in commands typed at the MSDOS prompt. When you type a network path at the MS-DOS prompt, precede the computername by two backslashes (\\), and precede the sharename by one backslash (\).

For example, \\SALES\REPORTS specifies the network path for the REPORTS shared directory on the \\SALES server.

For UNIX servers only, computernames for servers end with the suffix .SERVE. Therefore, computernames are in the form of computername.SERVE, where computername is the name of the UNIX system computer that is running the LAN Manager server software.

Throughout this document, servernames and computernames are used interchangeably.

Viewing Users on the Network

You can view a list of users whose workstations are connected to a particular LAN Manager server that is running the Netlogon service or who are logged on in a particular LAN Manager domain. Otherwise, you can only view users on LAN Manager domain controllers that are running the Netlogon service.

To view information about users connected to a server

Set the current focus on the server that has the users you want to view.
From the View menu, choose Users on a server.
The Current Users on Server \\computername dialog box appears.
For each user with a connection to the server you specified, the Current Users on Server \\computername dialog box lists the username, the computername of the workstation where the user is logged on, the length of time elapsed since the connection was established, and the user's full name.
If the Netlogon service is not running on the server of focus, you see an error message.
To view more information about a user, select the username in the list box, and choose the Zoom button.
The Information on user username dialog box appears.
Choose the Done button.
Choose the Done button again.

To view users logged on in a domain

From the View menu, choose Users on a domain.
The Select a Domain to View dialog box appears.
In the Known domains list box, select the domain that has the users you want to view.
Choose the OK button or press ENTER.
The Current Users on Domain domainname appears. This dialog box lists the users logged on in the domain you specified, and it contains the same types of information as the Current Users on Server \\computername dialog box.
To view information about a user, select the username in the list box, and choose the Zoom button.
The Information on user username dialog box appears. This dialog box provides more information about the user you specified.
Choose the Done button.
Choose the Done button again.

Viewing Network Resources

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