How this book is organized
introducing SCO OpenServer networking concepts and components,
this book describes how to:
Use the network,
to log into other machines, share files,
and transfer files across the network.
including configuring subnets,
adding pseudo ttys, configuring anonymous ftp, enabling
UUCP over TCP/IP, configuring user equivalence, and troubleshooting
Manage and troubleshoot the IPX/SPX protocol stack
to provide networking services to other systems, including
Novell® servers, running the IPX/SPX protocol stack.
gateway and routing protocols
on your system, and configure the operation of the gated,
irdd, and routed routing daemons.
Create and maintain a distributed database of system names, IP
addresses, and other information with the
Domain Name Service (DNS).
Topics covered include server and
client configuration, troubleshooting, and administration.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP), which allows a
host on a network to receive configuration
parameters (including IP addresses) at boot time.
Address Allocation Server
(AAS) to allocate IP addresses
for use by other network services (including PPP
Manage user and system data across the network, with the
Network Information Service (NIS).
Topics covered include creating and maintaining NIS maps, creating
and administering NIS servers and domains, and troubleshooting
Manage TCP/IP networks and network devices with the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Topics covered include configuration, the Management Information
Base, SMUX peers, and using SNMP to monitor and
correct network problems.
Configure TCP/IP to operate over serial lines via either the
Point to Point Protocol (PPP)
Serial Line Interface Protocol (SLIP).
Topics covered include authentication, negotiation, gateways,
interoperability, and troubleshooting.
Verify connectivity between sites via the TCP/IP or IPX/SPX
protocol stacks with the
Node Check Manager.
Topics covered include
adding and deleting sites from the ping list, altering
the interval time, and configuring actions and alerts taken when a
node is down.
Sharing files over the network with the
Network File System.
Topics covered include mounting, exporting, and enabling
NFS® filesystems, NFS troubleshooting,
and using the Filesystem Manager.
Modifying the filesharing capabilities of NFS to
mount on an as-needed basis (automount).
Topics covered include configuring, administering,
and troubleshooting automount configurations.
Enable remote printing for your users with the
remote printing capabilities
of TCP/IP. Topics covered
include setting up print clients and servers, adding and deleting
printers and clients, and interoperating with other releases of lpd.
Create a networked
Calendar database server or client.
Topics covered include creating and merging calendar databases,
setting up calendar servers and clients, and troubleshooting.
Synchronize clocks on a local network or on the Internet by
Network Time Protocol (NTP),
or by using the
Time Synchronization Protocol (TSP),
which enables you to synchronize clocks across multiple networks.
Topics covered include creating clients and servers, testing and
tuning your time server, and troubleshooting.
Distribute updated files to a number of sites on your network with the
TCP/IP rdist command.
Topics covered include writing distribution files and notifying
users of new software.
Install or upgrade
or the entire operating system across the network.
Topics covered include installing products onto or from a
remote machine, removing and examining software on a remote machine,
initiating an operating system on a client that loads the software from
a remote server, and understanding the new software storage
object (SSO) product structure.
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About this book
© 2003 Caldera International, Inc. All rights reserved.
SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003