7 .Nd create permanent connection to a NetWare server
22 .Op Fl R Ar retrycount
36 .Op Fl R Ar retrycount
39 .No / Ns Ar server Ns : Ns Ar user
43 server can be created and used independently of the
46 Connections can be created by any user.
47 Each user can have multiple
49 .Ar NetWareServer Ns : Ns Ar NetWareUser
50 pair should be unique.
54 command is used to create a permanent connection to a
57 Permanent connections will stay open even if no application uses them.
58 This allows users to run different
61 without specifying a file server and user to use.
62 Established connections can be destroyed with the
66 Upper case options described in this manual page
69 programs and are referred to as
70 .Dq connection options .
75 are mutually exclusive with the
76 .No / Ns Ar server Ns : Ns Ar user
79 The following options are available:
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82 Specify the name of the
88 For servers supporting
94 Specify the name of the user used in the login sequence.
98 protocol to connect to a
100 5.x server specified by the
104 Do not convert the password to uppercase.
106 Mark the connection as primary.
107 The option can be used to modify existing connections.
110 program accepts this option.
111 .It Fl I Ar signature_level
113 .Ar signature_level .
114 Available values are:
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122 enable (use if required by server)
124 request but do not require signing
129 Note that only packet header signing is implemented.
131 Share this connection.
134 argument are similar to standard file permissions:
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141 connection will be visible.
144 connection can be closed/modified.
147 user is allowed to execute requests.
150 By default, the connection is created with
153 and only the owner can use it.
154 Specifying 0750 as the argument to the
156 option would allow read-only group access as well.
157 This would allow the group to perform
160 but not to destroy the connection.
161 When a server is not explicitly specified,
163 programs try to find a suitable connection in the following order:
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166 Try to find a connection owned by the user.
167 If there is more than one such
168 connection, try to determine which one is primary.
169 (The primary flag is set with the
173 If the primary connection could not be determined,
174 the first shared connection will be used.
177 Do not prompt for a password.
182 file for additional configuration parameters and a password.
183 If no password is found for the specified
184 .Ar server Ns : Ns Ar user
193 attributes for the connection.
194 By default, newly created connections take the
196 attribute from the creating user's username and the
198 attribute from the creating user's primary group.
199 This option overrides that behaviour.
200 Only the superuser can override the
202 attribute for a connection.
204 Mark the connection as permanent.
207 utility always creates permanent connections.
208 This option can be useful in other
211 .It Fl R Ar retry_count
212 Specify the number of retries to be performed
213 before dropping the connection.
214 The default value is 10.
216 Note: after a connection is marked
218 each request will try to restore it.
219 This process restores only the
222 it does not reopen any files that were open
223 at the time that the connection was marked
226 Specify the server request timeout in seconds.
227 The default is 5 seconds.
228 .It / Ns Ar server Ns : Ns Ar user
229 This syntax is provided for the sake of simplicity
230 and is mutually exclusive with the
236 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
237 Low-level connection management is implemented in the
242 program is also required for
246 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa ~/.nwfsrc"
248 keeps static parameters for connections and other information;
250 .Pa /usr/share/examples/nwclient/dot.nwfsrc
256 command first appeared in
259 .An Boris Popov Aq bp@butya.kz ,
262 Please report any bugs to the author.