NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary
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Fake root
A subdirectory that functions as a root directory. NetWare allows you to map
a drive to a fake root (a directory where rights can be assigned to users).
NOTE: Fake roots work with the NetWare 4 DOS Requester, as well as with NetWare shells
included with NetWare 2.2 and 3.x. . ( The search functionality is provided with the
OS/2 PATH, LIBPATH, and DPATH commands.)
Some applications cannot be run from subdirectories; they read files from
and write files to the root directory. However, for security, don’t assign users
rights at the root or volume directory level.
To use an application that must be installed at the root, load the files in a
subdirectory and designate it as a fake root directory in the login script.
You cannot use the DOS CD (change directory) command at the fake root to
return to the original root. To change the fake root back to the original root,
remap the drive.
Related utility: “MAP” (Utilities Reference).
See also “Security.”
FAT
See “File Allocation Table (FAT).”
File Allocation Table (FAT)
An index table that points to the disk areas where a file is located on a DOS
workstation.