Installing Clients From The Network; Creating A Folder - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Installing Clients from the Network

Creating a Folder

You can install Novell Client software on multiple workstations from the
network by copying files to the server and modifying the login script. This
installation is sometimes referred to as an Automatic Client Upgrade (ACU).
HINT:
You can install the Novell Client using the Application Launcher component
of ZENworks. Application Launcher lets you distribute applications such as the
client software to workstations and manage those applications as objects in the
NDS tree. For more information, see the ZENworks for Desktops documentation.
On Windows XP, you can
workstations running the Microsoft Client Service for NetWare. Run the
install by logging into the server using bindery emulation.
You can install and upgrade the client software on all platforms when users
log in. The process involves six tasks:
1. Creating a folder on the server.
2. Copying Novell Client files and other required files to the new folder.
Workstations can then read the files during login.
3. Granting rights to the new folder.
4. Modifying the ACU configuration file.
5. (Optional) Creating or update the platform-specific configuration files.
6. Creating or modifying the login script. (A sample login script is
included.)
When the login script runs, ACU.EXE determines if the client needs to be
upgraded. This initial check saves network bandwidth during login because
the setup utility is run only if the client needs to be updated.
1
Log in to a server as Admin or as a user with Admin equivalence.
Make sure that you have rights to copy files to a network folder that all
users can access, as well as rights to modify login scripts.
2
Create a folder in SYS:PUBLIC.
For example:
SYS:\PUBLIC\CLIENT
install the client software from the network on
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