Application Directories - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Application Directories

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deleted directory are moved to the DELETED.SAV directory. Deleted
files can be salvaged if they have not yet been purged.
SYS:ETC contains sample files to help you configure the server.
SYS:LOGIN contains the programs necessary for users to log in to the
network, such as LOGIN.EXE. An NLS subdirectory contains
subdirectories for login message files for each supported language.
SYS:MAIL might or might not contain subdirectories or files. If you
upgrade your server from a previous version of the NetWare operating
system, existing users might still have directories here for their login
scripts, but their login scripts will become properties of the new User
objects. If you create new users after upgrading, the new users will not
have directories in SYS:MAIL
SYS:SYSTEM contains NetWare operating system files as well as
NetWare utilities and programs for the network administrator.
SYS:SYSTEM also has an NLS subdirectory, containing subdirectories
for each supported language for message files.
SYS:PUBLIC allows general access to the network and contains
NetWare utilities and programs for network users. SYS:PUBLIC has
subdirectories for Windows 95 and Windows NT/2000, as well as a
subdirectory called NLS, containing the message files for utilities.
For ease of management, you should keep application files in a directory apart
from the data files. Since the application programs do not normally change,
you can keep one set of application files on backup media and skip the
application directories when you do network backups.
When creating application directories, you should also consider issues related
to ease of distribution, installation, and operational control for network
applications. For more information on creating application directories, see the
ZENworks for Desktops 3.2 (http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/zdfs/
index.html).
Although you can access applications from local drives, installing them on the
network provides convenient access. Several structures are possible for
application directories:
Create a separate volume for applications with a separate directory for
each application off the root. Make trustee assignments for each
application. Then go into the system or profile login script and map a
search drive to each application.