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- INSTALLING PARADOX 4.0 ON A MICROSOFT LAN MANAGER NETWORK
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- This file contains instructions for installing Paradox on Microsoft's Local
- Area Network Manager (LAN Manager), version 2.0 or higher. These instructions
- were verified using MS LAN Manager 2.0 on an IBM PS/2 Model 60 computer using
- Compaq-DOS 3.31.
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
-
- 1. Assumptions
- 2. Installation Steps
- 3. Linking Users and Setting User Paths
-
-
- 1. ASSUMPTIONS
- --------------
-
- These instructions assume the following about your MS LAN Manager
- installation:
-
- - You use Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.0 or higher.
-
- - You're familiar with Microsoft LAN Manager commands.
-
- - Your network has a shared applications directory named \\SERVER\APPS, where
- "SERVER" is the server name.
-
- - The APPS directory is linked to each user's logical drive E.
-
- - You can log in to your network as a user with administrative privileges.
-
- - Your system is in user security mode (not share security). If your system
- is in share security mode, your installation will differ slightly from
- these instructions. Follow your network documentation instructions.
-
- - You perform all configuration operations from the server but then install
- Paradox from a workstation.
-
-
- 2. INSTALLATION STEPS
- ---------------------
-
- 1) Run NET ADMIN from the server to open the LAN Manager administrator
- window.
-
- 2) From the LAN Manager administrator window, determine what security mode
- you're running in by selecting Config from the menu (press [Alt][C]).
- Choose Server options (press [R]). If user security is checked, that's
- the mode you're in. If it isn't checked, you're running in share
- security mode.
-
- Installation differs depending on the security mode. For user security
- mode, follow these instructions:
-
- a. Choose View|Shared resources to open the Shared Resources at
- \\SERVER dialog box, where "SERVER" is the name of your server.
-
- b. Choose the Add share button.
-
- c. When you see a list, choose the Disk directory radio button and
- choose OK to confirm. You see the Share a Directory with the Network
- dialog box.
-
- d. Type PDOX40 in the Sharename text box.
-
- e. Assuming that your applications are installed on drive C, type
-
- C:\APPS\PDOX40
-
- in the Path text box. (If you're not installing to drive C,
- substitute the correct drive letter for C.)
-
- f. Choose OK to confirm your settings.
-
- g. Choose OK again when LAN Manager asks if you want to create the
- directory.
-
- h. LAN Manager opens the Select a File for Access Permissions dialog
- box. With <current directory> selected, press [Enter].
-
- i. You see the Access Permissions for \\SERVER\PDOX40 dialog box, where
- "SERVER" is your server name. Choose the R:Read and X:Execute
- permissions.
-
- j. Move to the Not permitted list and highlight the *USERS group. Choose
- Permit (or press [Alt][P]) to transfer the *USERS group to the
- Permitted list. You should see *USERS (RX) in the Permitted list.
- Repeat this step for additional groups or users needing access to
- Paradox.
-
- NOTE: A user with Admin privileges has all permissions. You
- therefore don't need to move the Admins group (*ADMINS) explicitly
- to the Permitted list.
-
- k. Choose OK to confirm your settings.
-
- l. LAN Manager returns to the Select a File for Access Permissions
- dialog box. Choose Done.
-
- m. LAN Manager returns to the Shared Resources at \\SERVER dialog box,
- where "SERVER" is your server name. Choose Add share to add another
- sharename.
-
- n. Choose Disk directory.
-
- o. Choose OK to confirm.
-
- p. You see the Share a Directory With the Network dialog box. In the
- Sharename text box, type
-
- PDOXDATA
-
- q. In the Path text box, type
-
- C:\PDOXDATA
-
- If you're not installing to drive C, substitute the correct drive
- letter for C.
-
- NOTE: If you have more than one server, or if your server has more
- than one hard disk, your choice of which server disk drive to use
- for the PDOXDATA directory should depend on how heavily Paradox
- will be used. Take into account the probable growth of your shared
- data and pick a drive that has enough available storage space.
-
- As your network users become familiar with Paradox, they will
- probably create new Paradox tables and applications. When in doubt,
- overestimate the amount of space you'll need.
-
- r. You can assign a password in the Password text box, but we don't
- recommend it. If you assign a password, each user will have to enter
- that password every time they try to access any shared data in this
- directory.
-
- s. Choose OK to confirm your settings.
-
- t. Choose OK to confirm that LAN Manager should create the directory.
-
- u. LAN Manager opens the Select a File for Access Permissions dialog
- box. (A single dot in the text box indicates you'll be setting access
- rights for all files in the current directory.) With <current
- directory> selected in the pick list, press [Enter].
-
- v. LAN Manager opens the Access Permissions dialog box. Choose
- read/write/create/delete rights by choosing RWCDA (or by pressing
- [Alt][S]).
-
- w. Move to the Not permitted list box and highlight the *USERS group.
- Choose Permit (or press [Alt][P]). *USERS (RWCDA) appears in the
- Permitted list. Repeat this step for additional groups or users
- needing access to the PDOXDATA directory.
-
- NOTE: A user with Admin privileges has all permissions. You
- therefore don't need to move the Admins group (*ADMINS) explicitly
- to the Permitted list.
-
- x. Choose OK to confirm your settings.
-
- y. LAN Manager returns to the Select a File for Access Permissions
- dialog box. Choose Done.
-
- z. LAN Manager returns to the Shared Resources at \\SERVER dialog box,
- where "SERVER" is your server name. Choose Done.
-
- aa. Exit from the LAN Manager by choosing View|Exit.
-
- 3) Establish drive assignments for the PDOX40 and PDOXDATA sharenames on
- a workstation.
-
- 4) Install the Paradox system files and optional software from the
- workstation where you established drive assignments for the PDOX40 and
- PDOXDATA sharenames. Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 of the Paradox
- "Network Installation Guide." The Paradox INSTALL program copies your
- Paradox system files and optional software from the program disks into
- the Paradox system files directory, PDOX40.
-
- When you finish installing the Paradox software, return to this file to
- learn how to make Paradox available to your users.
-
- 5) Create or modify the CONFIG.SYS file of each workstation to set the
- number of buffers and files needed by Paradox:
-
- FILES=40
- BUFFERS=40
-
- A workstation's CONFIG.SYS file must be stored in the root directory of
- the workstation's hard disk (or on the boot disk if the workstation is
- started from a floppy disk). See Chapter 2 of the Paradox "Network
- Installation Guide" for details on CONFIG.SYS.
-
- NOTE: After editing the CONFIG.SYS file, you must reboot the workstation
- before you can run Paradox. To reboot, press [Ctrl][Alt][Del].
-
- 6) Establish a private directory for each user. The private directory must
- be either a network home directory or a private directory on a local hard
- disk. Use NET USE to link a user's private directory to his or her
- network home directory.
-
- For information on establishing a private directory, see "Linking Users
- and Setting User Paths" later in this file.
-
- For information about private directories, see Chapter 1 of the Paradox
- "Network Installation Guide."
-
- 7) Use NET USE to link each user to the Paradox system files directory,
- PDOX40. For information, see "Linking Users and Setting User Paths"
- later in this file.
-
- 8) Use NET USE to link each user to the directory containing PDOXUSRS.NET,
- PDOXDATA. For information, see "Linking Users and Setting User Paths"
- later in this file.
-
- 9) Change each Paradox user's path to search for the user's private
- directory and the Paradox system files directory, IN THAT ORDER. For
- information, see "Linking Users and Setting User Paths" later in this
- file.
-
- The user's private directory must precede all other Paradox-related
- directories in the path, since Paradox searches for PARADOX.CFG in the
- private directory to determine the user's private directory and other
- default settings. See Chapter 4 of the Paradox "Network Installation
- Guide" for details about the PARADOX.CFG file.
-
- 10) Create PARADOX.CFG files. See Chapter 4 of the Paradox "Network
- Installation Guide" for details.
-
-
- 3. LINKING USERS AND SETTING USER PATHS
- ---------------------------------------
-
- You can establish the necessary links and paths for each workstation (steps
- 6, 7, 8, and 9) in different ways. In theory, network users can enter them
- manually from their keyboards when they want to use Paradox, but we strongly
- recommend against this, because a mistake can cause problems for network
- Paradox users. Instead, we recommend you automatically create the correct
- links and path for each user.
-
- We recommend you use a login batch file that automatically sets up every user
- to run Paradox when he or she logs in to the network. Use this method for
- networks where Paradox is used frequently.
-
- On LAN Manager, each user has an individual batch file (or series of batch
- files) that logs the user in to the network. The login batch file method uses
- these batch files to establish the links and paths for Paradox use.
-
- The way you structure your login batch commands depends on your network
- configuration. For example, on a network using the three-drive pattern of
- drive assignments, include the following lines in a login batch file after
- the line in the batch sequence that logs the user in to LAN Manager:
-
- NET USE E: \\SERVER\APPS\PDOX40
- NET USE H: \\SERVER\USERDIRS
- NET USE F: \\SERVER\PDOXDATA
- PATH=C:\PDOX40;H:\USERDIRS;E:\APPS\PDOX40
-
- where "USERDIRS" is the sharename for the location of the user's network home
- directory.
-