Terminology

$TNHOME

The TotalNET home directory where TAS files and programs reside, located at /var/opt/totalnet.

attach points

Aliases for directory paths in a volume. Users see attach points as volumes and cannot move up directory trees past them.

realms

Domains in the TAS environment. TAS has the following three realms, based on the three types of clients and transport protocols:

LM-NT-OS/2 realm -- The realm for LAN Manager, Windows NT, Windows 95, and IBM OS/2 clients running NetBIOS-over-TCP/IP or NetBIOS-over-NetBEUI transports.

NetWare realm -- The realm for NetWare clients running the IPX/SPX transport.

AppleTalk realm -- The realm for Macintosh clients running the AppleTalk transport.

services

File, print, and terminal services in the TotalNET environment.

TNAS

TotalNET Administration Suite, a task-oriented graphic administration and configuration interface for TotalNET product administration, licensing, and system administration. TNAS includes the TotalAdmin sphere for administering TAS. For more information on TNAS, refer to TAS Administration Manual.

TotalNET system manager

The daemon that performs general management of the TotalNET system. For more information, refer to TAS Administration Manual.

transports

Low-level networking protocol suites defined at the system level and referenced from all realms. TAS provides services for each realm over the appropriate transport protocols: NetBIOS-over-TCP/IP, NetBIOS-over-NetBEUI, IPX/SPX, and AppleTalk.

volumes

Short names for UNIX directory paths made known to TAS and its clients. File services export volumes to clients. You must define a volume and its corresponding directory path to make it accessible to network clients. Include a reference to a volume for all the file services you wish to enable for client access.

zone

In the AppleTalk environment, a zone consists of a logical grouping of clients. It simplifies browsing the network for resources, such as servers and printers, in similar domains. In a DNS (Domain Name System) database, a zone consists of a subdirectory of the DNS database. It serves as a DNS name server. This may contain a single domain or several sub-domains. You can set up one or more name servers for each zone.

zone list

All of the zones associated with a particular network.