Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Planning a Workgroup
Services for Data Exchange with Personal Computers
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Network Operating Systems
Network Operating Systems such as Novell NetWare, AppleShare by
Apple Computer, Inc., or Microsoft’s LAN Manager are still another way
that you can share data between HP-UX systems and your personal
computers.
With a network operating system (NOS), a portion of the HP-UX
directory tree is allocated for use by PC clients. PC clients of a network
operating system cannot access HP-UX files outside of the portion of the
HP-UX directory tree that is allocated to the NOS.
Although each may do it in a different way, every NOS has the
responsibility of handling differences between the HP-UX operating
system’s access permissions for each file or directory, and your personal
computer’s access permissions for the same files and directories.
Electronic Mail
Data can also be exchanged between a personal computer and an HP-UX
system by electronic mail. Most electronic mail programs are now able to
handle binary data such as graphics, animations, and sound files
through a system known as MIME (for Multimedia Internet Mail
Exchange); therefore, it is possible to include these in an electronic mail
message when mailing the message between HP-UX and a personal
computer.