What is the proper way to create a search/root/regular MAP in NetWare 5.1?? I don't get it :(

[PeeluckyDuckee]

I'm very new to this OS, please give a newbie a helping hand 🙂

OK, say I have a server called Constellation, a volume named Constellation_SYS, a folder under that volume called Public, and another subfolder under Public called Shares.

Now if I want to create a mapping to the shares directory in Windows 98SE, from the command prompt how would I do it?

Do I need to be in a specific directory to run the MAP command? Do I need to create a search MAP first before I can add other regular/root MAPs??

Please provide the commands that I would need to type, thx. Do I need to incude the Server's name, or can I just start by specifying the Volume? Also, when would I use "\\" ":" or "\" ??

Thx for the help 🙂
Plucky

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

tops

 

[RigorousT]

Any reason you want to do it from the command line? I might not understand exactly what you're looking to do, but you can map a "network drive" to any folder and specify to keep it always running even through restarts. As long as they're on the same network, you should see your server, right?

And it's \\Constellation\Public\Shares if you want to access the dir from your other computer (I think they might have to be in the same workgroup, not sure).

Lil' more info?

 

[RigorousT]

One more thing.. if you locate the folder you want to access off your server using your other computer, you can right click on it and chose "Map Network Drive." Then it has a box you check to always keep the connection.

 

[Wizkid]

Try this:

net use L: \\Constellation\Public\Shares


where L: is the driver letter you want to map to.

 

[bozo1]

If map.exe is in your path, you don't need to be its directory.

map i:=constellation\constellation_sys:ublic\shares

will map I: into that directory. Changing to I: will put you at an i:\public\shares prompt. If you want i: to just be the shares directory, do:

map root I:=constellation\constellation_sys:ublic\shares

Note: sys:ublic should be public, I can't do a : and a p together without getting emoticons!

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

ok, I think I'm getting it.

So for every map that you do, you would always need to specify the name of the server, in this case, Constellation. Follow that by the volume name. Do I always need a colon : to specify to the computer that constellation_sys is a volume? Prior to the name of the server constellation, I don't need the double whack-whack \\?

Mapping the shares folder as a root will make it seem as if "shares" is @ the root, the highest in the hierarchy correct?

Where does the command map.exe reside? Do I need to do a search mapping before I can do any other kinds of mappings (regular, root)?

My teacher talks about something about having to be in the right context? Its kind of confusing for me cause our teach just tells us about these drive pointers, but doesn't give an example of how to actually do the mapping or situations where we need to use certain types of mappings. And I thought I was lost in Linux, I'm even more lost now.

The book doesn't seem to help either as their mapping examples are not consistent, and are different from what you guys tell them as. The book starts with "=constellation/sys" , so can that be another representation of the volume or server and volume in one short form??

I'm lost 🙁
Plucky

 

[bozo1]

There are many different ways to do a map which is why the book probably doesn't seem consistent. You really just need to read up on it and play with it. You can map a drive by pointing to the server/volume: which is the old pre-Netware 4.0 way but many of us still do it or by giving its complete NDS name or you can map to the NDS object, or you can use UNC to map, like map I:=\\server\volume\directory, etc. Many many ways.

The map command resides in the \public folder of your 1st volume. Most people create a login script that does a search mapping for that directory assigning it to z:.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Yeah, that's what's confusing me, there's just so many ways you can do it. I need to find a method I'm familiar with, which is UNC naming, and try it with that for now.

I'll give it another shot tomorrow @ school, thx fella 🙂
Don't worry, before I die I'll prolly get the jist of it 😉

Plucky

 

[bozo1]

Good luck! It's a different way of thinking. I started out in the Netware 2.x days and got dragged kicking and screaming into the NT world later.