RE: New drive mapping question -- MIDRANGE-L

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  12. RE: New drive mapping question (Joe Pluta)
>
>> From: Steve Landess
>>
>> 1)You need to have Netserver running.
>> 2) The AS/400 or iSeries must be a member of the same Windows domain,
>
>This is the part I don't get.  What the heck is a Windows domain and how do
>you create one?  Do you have to have a box running a special (server)
>version of Windows to be the domain server?  Or can a W2K workstation be a
>domain server?  Can a Linux box be a domain server?  Can an AS/400 (with no
>integrated PC card) be a domain server?
>
>I'm soooo confused.

Joe, you can ignore this piece I'm going to add because it probably won't 
affect you in your network but it's a "nit" that's begging to be picked. This 
whole area is a part that almost NObody outside of _competent_ certified 
Windows networking pros gets.

The iSeries system doesn't need to be a member of the same Windows domain in 
order to access a share. As long as the domain that the iSeries belongs to and 
the domain the share is in have the proper trust relationship, and the route 
between them allows the right kinds of traffic, and you are on V5R1 or later 
and you have the right PTFs, and your iSeries 'domain search order' is properly 
set, and all the profile/password issues are resolved, and possibly other 
requirements are also correctly met, the domains don't have to match. I'm not 
sure but I don't think you even need a matching profile/password in the other 
domain if the trust is correct.

In order to set the route, you must explicitly create the link under /QNTC; it 
will not be shown automatically and the link will not survive IPLs. Use the 
MKDIR or MD command and specify the IP address of the remote Windows system 
rather than the computer name. (Proper PTFs are extremely critical.)

If all is more or less perfect on every system that participates in everything 
needed for this to work, it'll work. If it doesn't work, make sure _everybody_ 
with responsibility for Windows networking and authentication is available at 
the same time -- in a significantly sized network, that alone can be impossible.

For anybody who doesn't "get" Windows networking -- don't feel bad. A big bunch 
of the experts there don't seem to "get" it either.

Oh, wait... It's Win2K Servers? Active directory? Um.... sigh. Go find the 
experts again.

Tom Liotta

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Kent, WA 98032
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