5.3 NetWare 4.x/5.x Installation & Setup
This chapter tells how to configure your print server for
operation with NetWare 4.x/5.x file servers and clients using
NDS (NetWare Directory Services). Only some print server
models can support NDS. Please see section 1.2. If you need
to install NetWare 4.x/5.x bindery mode network printing,
please refer to the previous chapter. The installation
procedure is the same as NetWare 3.x.
How NetWare 4.x/5.x is Different
Novell NetWare version 3.x uses a database called the
bindery
for storing information such as user and group
information, server configuration, and information about
network services. Each NetWare 3.x file server has its own
bindery, which is administrated separately from other file
servers using commands such as SYSCON, PCONSOLE, and
so on.
NetWare version 4.x/5.x improved on the bindery
concept by introducing
NDS
, NetWare Directory Services.
NDS is a tree-structured directory that is shared by a group
of file servers on a network, allowing centralized
administration and easy coordination of users, permissions,
and resources between servers.
To make it possible for NetWare 4.x/5.x servers to
coexist with NetWare 3.x servers, NetWare 4.x/5.x supports
bindery emulation
, which makes parts of the NDS directory
visible to NetWare 3.x clients, just as if the information were
stored in a NetWare 3.x bindery. This allows clients to
access NetWare 4.x/5.x servers without being upgraded to the
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