This is version 1.72 of !NWClient.
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NWClient allows you to access a Novell NetWare (R) fileserver from
RiscOS as the file system NW.  It also provides a file system called
NWPrint, which you can use to print to NetWare printer queues.

Prepare the file server
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Enable bindery emulation on the server: !NWClient does not use
NDS authentication.  For NetWare 5, make sure that you have IPX
enabled on a frame type of your choice.

Make sure you have the OS2 or LONG name spaces loaded on your file
server.  If you haven't, type the following commands on the file
server console:

   LOAD LONG.NAM
   ADD NAME SPACE LONG TO SYS

If you have an older server (before 4.11), then the LONG name space
is known as OS2 name space, and the commands to execute become

   LOAD OS2.NAM
   ADD NAME SPACE OS2 TO SYS

You may want to add the name space to any other volumes you have as
well.

Note: You can run !NWClient without having the LONG name space
loaded, but that way you will not be able to change file types
on the file server.  In that case all files will come out as text
files (type FFF), except when they have pre-defined extensions
(see the NW:Extensions command) or have the Shared flag set in
combination with either Hidden or System.  Those flags are used
in our Linux client for soft links and executable files, and they
come out with a type to match.

Install RiscOS client
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Copy the !NWClient application onto a directory on your RiscOS
machine, and then run it.  It will try to attach to whatever
NetWare server answers first, and then allow you to login.
Login as Admin or as any other user with RWCEMF rights to the
SYS:LOGIN directory on the file server.

Copy software to the file server
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At this point you'll probably have the SYS volume mounted on your
RiscOS machine.  If not, try mounting it manually, by typing

   nw:mount SYS SYS:

You may now want to copy some shared RiscOS applications and
data onto the file server.  You can make a RiscOS.Apps directory
on a file server volume for applications.

Mount the Login directory by typing

   nw:mount Login SYS:Login -nl

The -nl option disables long file names and RiscOS file types
on that mounted disc, which is how that directory will be
auto-mounted by NWFiler.

Create a !Boot file on the file server LOGIN directory.  This
file will be run whenever a RiscOS user logs in, and should
normally contain some nw:mount commands for frequently used
directories on the file server.  It is also usually a good idea
to allow users their own private !Boot directory, e.g. by
including

   nw:mount Home SYS:Home/<NW$User>
   ifthere nw::Home.$.!Boot then filer_run nw::Home.$.!Boot

somewhere in the login sequence.

Make sure that all files you use on the nw::Login disc have
the correct file type, as the NWFiler application always mounts
Login without file types.
It may be necessary to add [RF] rights to the SYS:Login directory
on the file server to group EVERYONE (for NetWare versions before
4.00) or to the container in which the users that will be using
!NWClient are located.


Finish
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Try if everything works by restarting your machine, running 
!NWClient and logging in as a regular user.
For all other machines on your network you only need to copy
the !NWClient directory onto their disc.  If you want, you can
use ShareFS to re-export the login directory on the file server
(use the -readonly flag!) so that users can grab !NWClient using
ShareFS.

For ease of use you'll probably want to run !NWClient in your boot
sequence.  If you set NW$User before you run !NWClient, then it
will fill in the user name automatically when you log in.


Copyright
=========
   !NWClient and the RiscIPX and NWClient modules are Copyright
   1998-1999 by Frank A. Vorstenbosch but can be redistributed freely.
   For questions or bug reports, email nwclient@falstaff.demon.co.uk.
   This work has been very kindly supported by my employer Eidos
   Technologies Ltd. (www.eidos.com), where we are using !NWClient all
   the time.  At some point I may make the source available under GPL.
   Check http://www.falstaff.demon.co.uk/nwclient.html for frequent
   updates.


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