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The Configuration Manager lets you select name resolution for wide-area network support, using LMHOSTS, WINS, and DNS name resolution. (You can enable one, two, or all three of these name resolution methods.)

• The Enable LMHOSTS Resolution option allows the server to resolve NetBIOS names by looking them up in a local database that maps NetBIOS names to TCP/IP addresses.
• The Enable DNS Resolution option allows the server to use DNS services to resolve NetBIOS names as a last resort if all other methods fail to resolve a NetBIOS name.

  Note DNS is not configured as a replacement for WINS or LMHOSTS but rather as a supplement. DNS is used primarily for resolving node or computer names; it is not used for resolving domain names. With DNS, the Advanced Server still uses WINS, LMHOSTS, or both methods for resolving domain names and certain other names.

• The Enable WINS Resolution option allows the server to act as a WINS client, which will use a specified WINS Server for NetBIOS name registration and resolution.
  The WINS Server Address field allows you to specify the TCP/IP address for the WINS Server if WINS Resolution is enabled.

For additional procedures required to set up wide-area networking, refer to the Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Installation and Configuration Guide.

To enable or disable LMHOSTS, on the Transport Configuration Parameters screen, select Enable LMHOSTS Resolution. The checkbox contains an X when LMHOSTS Resolution is enabled.

To enable or disable DNS name resolution, on the Transport Configuration Parameters screen, select Enable DNS Resolution. The check box contains an X when DNS name resolution is enabled.

To enable or disable WINS name resolution, on the Transport Configuration Parameters screen, select Enable WINS Resolution. The check box contains an X when WINS name resolution is enabled.

When WINS name resolution is enabled, you must supply the TCP/IP address for the WINS Server.

To supply the TCP/IP address for the WINS Server, on the Transport Configuration Parameters screen:

1. Be sure Enable WINS Resolution is enabled.
2. Enter the TCP/IP address of the WINS Server in the WINS Server Address field.

You can save the changes you have made to the transport configuration, or you can quit without saving your changes.

To save transport configuration parameter changes, on the Transport Configuration Parameters screen, choose the OK command button. If any setting is not appropriate, the Configuration Manager displays an Information screen, such as the one shown in Figure 7-5, Information Screen. If all the settings are appropriate, the Basic Configuration Parameter screen reappears.

To ignore transport configuration parameter changes, on the Transport Configuration Parameters screen, choose the Cancel command button, or press Ctrl/C. The Basic Configuration Parameters screen reappears.

7.2.7 Verifying and Saving the New Configuration

When you verify the configuration, the Configuration Manager determines whether the new configuration can be supported.

To verify the new configuration, on the Basic Configuration Parameters screen, select the Verify command button.

• If any basic configuration parameter settings are inappropriate, the Configuration Manager displays an Information screen, such as the one shown in Figure 7-5, Information Screen.
• If all the settings are appropriate, the Configuration Manager displays either a Confirmation screen, such as the one shown in Figure 7-4, Confirmation Screen, or an Information screen, depending on whether the configuration can be supported.

If the configuration can be supported, the Configuration Manager displays a Confirmation screen that allows you to accept or reject the new configuration. The Confirmation screen also tells you whether the server must be restarted for the new settings to take effect, or if AUTOGEN and/or reboot will be necessary to use the new configuration.

Figure 7-4 Confirmation Screen

• Choose the Yes button to accept the configuration you have established.
  If you select Yes, the Configuration Manager saves the new configuration and allows you to choose whether the AUTOGEN, reboot, or both should be performed immediately, if required.
• Choose the No button to reject the configuration you have established.
  If you select No and reject the configuration, the Basic Configuration Parameters screen reappears.

If the configuration cannot be supported, or if it requires AUTOGEN, reboot, or both, the Configuration Manager displays an Information screen, such as the one shown in Figure 7-5, Information Screen, which allows you to view the configuration log file for details.

Figure 7-5 Information Screen

To view the log file, select the View Log File button. The log file shows the OpenVMS SYSGEN parameter changes required to support the new configuration, or why the configuration cannot be supported at all.

To dismiss the Information screen, select the OK button.

7.2.8 Navigating the Configuration Manager Using a Keyboard

You can control the Configuration Manager using a mouse or using keys on the keyboard. Using the mouse, you can navigate through the Configuration Manager screens by pointing and clicking on the desired item to select (highlight) items in the menus, scroll boxes, or dialog boxes. (You must have a DECterm window or equivalent emulator.) Table 7-2, Keys for Controlling the Configuration Manager, lists the keys you use to control the action of the Configuration Manager.

The LANMAN.INI file defines the basic configuration of the server. This file is located in the OpenVMS PWRK$LMROOT:[LANMAN] system directory and contains a collection of keywords with associated values. The values define the configuration of a server running PATHWORKS Advanced Server software. When the PATHWORKS Advanced Server is installed, default values are assigned to these keywords.

This section contains the following topics:

• Section 7.3.1, File Organization --- describes the way the LANMAN.INI file is organized and provides an example of the default file.
• Section 7.3.2, File Contents --- describes the syntax used in the LANMAN.INI file and the keywords you can use in each file section.
• Section 7.3.3, Defining Autoshares --- describes the syntax for the Autoshare and Noautoshare keywords.

$ SET PROTECTION LANMAN.INI/PROTECTION=(WORLD:READ)

This section describes the organization of the LANMAN.INI file and provides hints on how to adjust certain parameters that affect server performance.

The LANMAN.INI file contains several sections. Within each section, you can use keywords that define specific server functions. Sections can appear in any order in the LANMAN.INI file.

The LANMAN.INI section names are:

• BROWSER, which contains keywords that control browser activity on a server.
• NETLOGON, which contains keywords used to configure logon validation.
• NODE, where servername contains keywords that control parameters that apply only to the specified node (servername).
• SERVER, which contains keywords common to all PATHWORKS for OpenVMS Advanced Servers.
• VMSSERVER, which contains keywords that specify PATHWORKS for OpenVMS Advanced Server characteristics.
• WORKSTATION, which contains keywords that identify the server's domain.

The following example shows the default PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) LANMAN.INI file. The entry nodename is replaced with the actual node name of the node where the configuration is established.

; Advanced Server initialization file, for server configuration.
;
; Refer to the PATHWORKS V6 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server
; Administrator's Guide for information on keywords and keyword values.
;
;                               W A R N I N G
;
; DO NOT modify DOMAIN, LISTENNAME, or PWRKALIAS. Doing so will have adverse
; effects on the server.  To change these parameters use PWRK$CONFIG.COM or
; PWRK$SETINI.COM.
;
[server]
  srvcomment = PATHWORKS V6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)
  srvservices = alerter,netlogon

[vmsserver]
  autoshare =
  noautoshare = dad, _dfs
  pwrkalias =

[workstation]
  domain = LANGROUP

[netlogon]
  scripts = PWRK$LMROOT:[LANMAN.REPL.IMPORT.SCRIPTS]

When the PATHWORKS Advanced Server is installed, the LANMAN.INI file contains values for certain keywords. Other keywords, and the titles of the sections to which they belong, are added when you run the Configuration Manager or edit the LANMAN.INI file. If a keyword does not appear in the file (or is commented out with a semicolon), it is set to its default value.

7.3.2.1 Syntax of the LANMAN.INI File

Within each section of the LANMAN.INI file, keywords are listed as follows:

• Each keyword begins a line, followed by an equal sign and the value assigned to it, for example, keyword=value.
• Comments start with a semicolon (;). If a semicolon precedes a keyword on the line, that keyword is ignored.
• When a list of values is assigned to a keyword, the values are separated by commas. For example:

  [NODE_DOT] AUTOSHARE = DUA1:=D,DUA2:=E

  
  For specific information, refer to the description of the appropriate keywords in tables in this section.
• When a value consists of a path, the path can be absolute, or it can be relative to the PWRK$LMROOT:[LANMAN] directory.
• When a keyword has no assigned value (nothing to the right of the equal sign), the default value is 0 for a keyword that requires a number and NULL for a keyword that requires a character string. A null value is not valid for all keywords.

Before you change any keywords in the LANMAN.INI file, you should understand the relationship between the LANMAN.INI file entries and server parameter default settings. All server parameters have default settings.

With certain exceptions, you can edit the LANMAN.INI file to set keywords to values other than the server defaults. Server parameter defaults do not appear in the LANMAN.INI file. A value assigned to any keyword in the LANMAN.INI file always supersedes the default value for that keyword.

The keywords whose value you cannot change by editing the LANMAN.INI file are:

• domain
• listenname
• pwrkalias

To change these parameters, use the PWRK$CONFIG.COM configuration command procedure.

When you want to set the value of a keyword to something other than the default, you must edit the LANMAN.INI file, locate or add the appropriate section title in the file, and then add the desired keyword=value entry.

To change a keyword in the LANMAN.INI file:

Edit the LANMAN.INI file with an ASCII editor or use the PWRK$CONFIG.COM configuration procedure.

The following sections describe each LANMAN.INI keyword. The keywords are grouped according to the section of the LANMAN.INI file in which they reside. Sections are in alphabetical order.

7.3.2.3 BROWSER Section

7.3.2.4 NETLOGON Section

7.3.2.5 NODE_servername Section