NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary
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NET.CFG
A workstation boot file, similar to DOS CONFIG.SYS, that contains
configuration values that are read and interpreted when your workstation
starts up.
These configuration values adjust the operating parameters of the NetWare
DOS Requester, IPX, and other workstation software.
Applications such as database, multitasking, or NetBIOS (involved in peer-
to-peer communications or distributed processing) may require parameter
values different from the default values to function properly on the network.
Some network problems such as printing and file retrieval might also be
solved by adjusting workstation parameters.
NET.CFG is created with an ASCII text editor and needs to be included on
the workstation boot diskette with other boot files. NET.CFG replaces
SHELL.CFG, used in earlier NetWare versions.
NetWare daemon
The process that starts and initializes NetWare Services.
The NetWare daemon
• Runs as a root user
• Links the protocol stacks to NEMUX by building the stream
• Initializes the NetWare Services environment by such operations as allocation of
shared memory
• Starts NetWare Services ancillary processes
• Starts engine processes, in conjunction with NEMUX, and informs NEMUX
which processes started are engines.
• Performs various types of asynchronous event handling, such as watchdog
timeouts.
• Communicates stream events between the SNMP Agent and the protocol stacks