User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Glossary
logon script runs automatically every
time the user logs on. It can be used to
configure a user’s working environment
at every logon, and it allows an
administrator to affect a user’s
environment without managing all
aspects of it. A logon script can be
assigned to one or more user accounts.
logon server The server that verifies
your username and password when you
log on to the network.
menu A set of related commands
accessible from the LAN Manager
Screen.
menu bar The horizontal bar at the top
of the LAN Manager Screen that
contains menus from which you choose
commands.
menu command A command you can
choose from a menu on the
LAN Manager Screen. See also
LAN Manager Screen, menu, menu bar.
message alias See alias.
message box A box that displays
messages received at a LAN Manager
Enhanced workstation when the
Messenger service and the Netpopup or
the Minipop service are running. See
also Messenger service, Netpopup
service.
message buffer A buffer used to hold
incoming messages. The size of this
buffer determines the size of messages
that the workstation can receive. See also
buffer.
message forwarding To use aliases to
reroute messages from one
LAN Manager Enhanced workstation to
another. See also alias.
message line Text displayed at the
bottom of the LAN Manager Screen that
provides information about the current
menu, command, dialog box, or task. See
also LAN Manager Screen.
message log A LAN Manager
Enhanced file used to store a
workstation’s messages as they are
received.
message logging To save a
LAN Manager Enhanced workstation’s
messages in a file. See also error log,
message log.
Messenger service A LAN Manager
Enhanced service that enables a
workstation to receive messages from
other network users and from the Alerter
service. This service can also store
messages in a log file. See also Netpopup
service.
Microsoft Windows An operating
system that permits you to run several
programs at once, and to move easily
from one program to another.
modem A device that allows computer
information to be transmitted and
received over a telephone line. The
transmitting modem translates digital
computer data into analog signals that
can be carried on a phone line. The
receiving modem translates the analog
signals back into digital form.