User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Getting Started with LAN Manager Enhanced
Starting LAN Manager Enhanced
Starting LAN Manager Enhanced
Starting LAN Manager Enhanced involves two separate actions:
• Starting the Workstation service
• Logging on to the network
A service is a program that performs one of the major functions of LAN
Manager. The Workstation service connects your workstation to the
network, so that you can use network resources. The Workstation service
must be running in order for other services to run.
When you start the Workstation service, information that lets you use shared
resources and send and receive messages is loaded into your computer's
memory.
Logging on identifies you on the network and establishes you as the user of
the workstation you logged on from. When you log on, you supply your
username and password, which identify you as a member of a domain, a
collection of workstations and servers on the network. Logging on also
restores the connections that were in effect the last time you logged on. If
you don’t want to have connections restored each time you log on, you can
turn this feature off, following the directions in Chapter 2, “Using Shared
Directories.”
Domains are used on networks that have Windows NT Advanced Servers or
LAN Manager servers.
Domains keep the network organized and simplify administration. They
have names, just like workstations and servers. When you log on, you
automatically log on in the workstation domain. You don't need to specify
the workstation domain name; it is specified in the LAN Manager Enhanced
software. You can override the workstation domain by supplying the name
of a different domain in which to log on. This domain is called the logon
domain.
A server called a domain controller or logon server verifies that you are
allowed to log on in a particular domain. On this server, the administrator
maintains a record of user accounts, which define the hours that each user
can log on and the access that users have to resources in the domain.