From 5d5395f48d1aac60928ddc324439d238f54c6628 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:41:24 +0000 Subject: Bug fix and update to clarify reason for upper-case share name. (This used to be commit 101f214c0574c891fb9698b32c669f702e4a231b) --- docs/Samba-Guide/Chap02-SimpleOfficeServer.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap02-SimpleOfficeServer.xml b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap02-SimpleOfficeServer.xml index dc45f02a4d..8adc2ef78c 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap02-SimpleOfficeServer.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap02-SimpleOfficeServer.xml @@ -361,12 +361,25 @@ use any PC. Only two Windows applications are used: a custom funds tracking and management package that stores all files on the central server and Microsoft Word. The office prepares mail-out letters, letters of invitation, and thank-you notes. All files must be stored in perpetuity. - The custom funds tracking and management software has been configured to use a server named + The custom funds tracking and management (FTM) software has been configured to use a server named SERVER, a share named FTMFILES, and a printer queue named PRINTQ that uses preprinted stationery, thus demanding a dedicated printer. This printer does not need to be mapped to a local printer on the workstations. + + The FTM software has been in use since the days of Windows 3.11. The software was configured + by the vendor who has since gone out of business. The name of the identities of the file + server and the printer are hard coded in a configuration file that was created using a + setup tool that the vendor did not provide to Abmas Vision NL or to its predecessors. The + company that produced the software is no longer in business. In order to avoid risk of + any incompatibilities the share name and the name of the target print queue is being set + precisely as the application expects. In actual fact, share names and print queue names + should be treated as case insensitive (i.e.: Case does not matter) but Abmas Vision claim + that if the share name is not in lower case the application claims it can not find the + file share. + + print queue @@ -778,7 +791,7 @@ C:\WINDOWS: regedit ME-dpwc.reg On each Windows Me workstation, configure a network drive mapping to drive G: that redirects to the uniform naming convention (UNC) resource - \\server\officefiles. Make this a permanent drive connection as follows: + \\server\office. Make this a permanent drive connection as follows: -- cgit