Fake Root; Directory Map Objects - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Fake Root

Directory Map Objects

characters in a directory path (counting the drive letter and delimiters), but
DOS permits only 127 characters.
Also, some applications restrict the number of characters in the directory path.
For more information, check the application's documentation.
A fake root is a subdirectory that functions as a root directory.
NOTE:
Fake roots work with the NetWare DOS Requester, with NetWare shells,
and clients including Windows* 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT*. Fake roots do
not work for OS/2* clients. (Under OS/2, all mapped drives are roots, and search
drives don't exist.)
Some applications require their executable files to be located in a root
directory. However, for security, you should not assign users rights at the root
or volume directory level.
NetWare allows you to map a drive to a fake root. This allows you to place
applications in a subdirectory and assign rights to them there.
Thus, to use an application that must be installed at the root, load the files in
a subdirectory and designate it as a fake root directory in the login script using
MAP ROOT.
For example, you might have an application in a FORM directory that must
reside in the root directory of drive P:, but you don't want to put the application
in the root directory for security reasons. You can map a fake root to the
directory and map a search drive to it at the same time by adding the following
line to the login script:
MAP ROOT S16:=P:= SYS:APPL\FORM
You cannot use the DOS CD (change directory) command at the fake root to
return to the original root. To change the fake root back to the original root,
remap the drive.
A Directory Map object represents a particular directory in a file system.
Directory Map objects can point to directories that contain frequently-used
files such as applications.
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