1 About the chapters of this manual

In the following, we give a brief summary of every chapter of this manual. These summaries are supposed to help you find the information you are looking for.

Chapter "Introduction" gives background information about networks in general, and the components that make up PCShare. For those who are already familiar with the product it explains the new features of PCShare version 3.1.

Description of the server software modules

Chapter "PCShare Admin" thoroughly explains the UNIX host administration program PCShare Admin. It explains key navigation within PCShare Admin and shows how to configure PCShare (e.g. users, groups, volumes, and printers), and how to control print jobs, and IP access.

Chapter "PCShare UNIX software reference" helps to configure IP addresses and host names for PCShare clients.

Chapter "PCShare services" describes the file and print server utility programs, the server configuration files, the configuration with NIS, the server and printer accounting files and gives information about WINS, WINS Proxy, Browsing, and DHCP support for dynamic DNS updates.

In the chapter "Server preferences" the most impotant preferences of the PCShare server are listed, and it is explained what they effect when set.

Technical support

Chapter "Technical support" provides information on standard UNIX utility programs, as well as "license", "generic", and "printer interface" error messages are explained.

Additional information

Appendix "Connecting Windows clients to the PCShare server" gives instructions on how to set up the IP configuration settings between Windows clients and PCShare.

Appendix "Glossary" briefly explains some terms of the network terminology.