User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Using LAN Manager Basic

Using Shared Directories

NOTE: If you want to use a shared directory in an MS-DOS command but the directory

requires a password, you must type net use, the network path, and the password.

You don’t need to specify a devicename.

You cannot use network paths with the following MS-DOS commands:

• dir

• copy

However, after you’ve assigned a devicename to a remote directory (for

example, D:), you can use the dir and copy commands as you do with a

local subdirectory.

The following MS-DOS commands, which read from and write to a disk,

cannot be used with shared directories and their ﬁles:

• chkdsk

• diskcopy

• format

• join

• recover

• subst

• sys

If you try to use a command that reads from or writes to a disk with a shared

directory, the following message appears:

Cannot [command] a Network drive

where

[command]

is the name of the command you typed.

Disconnecting From a Shared Directory

You can disconnect your workstation from a shared directory when you

ﬁnish using it or when you want to assign the devicename to another

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