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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/OS2-Client-HOWTO.html b/docs/htmldocs/OS2-Client-HOWTO.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..84a424c017 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/htmldocs/OS2-Client-HOWTO.html @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@ +<HTML +><HEAD +><TITLE +>OS2 Client HOWTO</TITLE +><META +NAME="GENERATOR" +CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.57"></HEAD +><BODY +CLASS="ARTICLE" +BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" +TEXT="#000000" +LINK="#0000FF" +VLINK="#840084" +ALINK="#0000FF" +><DIV +CLASS="ARTICLE" +><DIV +CLASS="TITLEPAGE" +><H1 +CLASS="TITLE" +><A +NAME="AEN1" +>OS2 Client HOWTO</A +></H1 +><HR></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN3" +>FAQs</A +></H1 +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN5" +>How can I configure OS/2 Warp Connect or + OS/2 Warp 4 as a client for Samba?</A +></H2 +><P +>A more complete answer to this question can be + found on <A +HREF="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/warp.html" +TARGET="_top" +> http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/warp.html</A +>.</P +><P +>Basically, you need three components:</P +><P +></P +><UL +><LI +><P +>The File and Print Client ('IBM Peer') + </P +></LI +><LI +><P +>TCP/IP ('Internet support') + </P +></LI +><LI +><P +>The "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" driver ('TCPBEUI') + </P +></LI +></UL +><P +>Installing the first two together with the base operating + system on a blank system is explained in the Warp manual. If Warp + has already been installed, but you now want to install the + networking support, use the "Selective Install for Networking" + object in the "System Setup" folder.</P +><P +>Adding the "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" driver is not described + in the manual and just barely in the online documentation. Start + MPTS.EXE, click on OK, click on "Configure LAPS" and click + on "IBM OS/2 NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP" in 'Protocols'. This line + is then moved to 'Current Configuration'. Select that line, + click on "Change number" and increase it from 0 to 1. Save this + configuration.</P +><P +>If the Samba server(s) is not on your local subnet, you + can optionally add IP names and addresses of these servers + to the "Names List", or specify a WINS server ('NetBIOS + Nameserver' in IBM and RFC terminology). For Warp Connect you + may need to download an update for 'IBM Peer' to bring it on + the same level as Warp 4. See the webpage mentioned above.</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><HR><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN20" +>How can I configure OS/2 Warp 3 (not Connect), + OS/2 1.2, 1.3 or 2.x for Samba?</A +></H2 +><P +>You can use the free Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2c Client + for OS/2 from + <A +HREF="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN.OS2/" +TARGET="_top" +> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN.OS2/</A +>. + See <A +HREF="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/lanman.html" +TARGET="_top" +> http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/lanman.html</A +> for + more information on how to install and use this client. In + a nutshell, edit the file \OS2VER in the root directory of + the OS/2 boot partition and add the lines:</P +><P +><PRE +CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +> 20=setup.exe + 20=netwksta.sys + 20=netvdd.sys + </PRE +></P +><P +>before you install the client. Also, don't use the + included NE2000 driver because it is buggy. Try the NE2000 + or NS2000 driver from + <A +HREF="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/" +TARGET="_top" +> ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/</A +> instead. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><HR><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN29" +>Are there any other issues when OS/2 (any version) + is used as a client?</A +></H2 +><P +>When you do a NET VIEW or use the "File and Print + Client Resource Browser", no Samba servers show up. This can + be fixed by a patch from <A +HREF="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/fix.html" +TARGET="_top" +> http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/fix.html</A +>. + The patch will be included in a later version of Samba. It also + fixes a couple of other problems, such as preserving long + filenames when objects are dragged from the Workplace Shell + to the Samba server. </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><HR><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN33" +>How do I get printer driver download working + for OS/2 clients?</A +></H2 +><P +>First, create a share called [PRINTDRV] that is + world-readable. Copy your OS/2 driver files there. Note + that the .EA_ files must still be separate, so you will need + to use the original install files, and not copy an installed + driver from an OS/2 system.</P +><P +>Install the NT driver first for that printer. Then, + add to your smb.conf a paramater, "os2 driver map = + <TT +CLASS="REPLACEABLE" +><I +>filename</I +></TT +>". Then, in the file + specified by <TT +CLASS="REPLACEABLE" +><I +>filename</I +></TT +>, map the + name of the NT driver name to the OS/2 driver name as + follows:</P +><P +><nt driver name> = <os2 driver + name>.<device name>, e.g.: + HP LaserJet 5L = LASERJET.HP LaserJet 5L</P +><P +>You can have multiple drivers mapped in this file.</P +><P +>If you only specify the OS/2 driver name, and not the + device name, the first attempt to download the driver will + actually download the files, but the OS/2 client will tell + you the driver is not available. On the second attempt, it + will work. This is fixed simply by adding the device name + to the mapping, after which it will work on the first attempt. + </P +></DIV +></DIV +></DIV +></BODY +></HTML +>
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