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From: mark@shl.com (Mark Batten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Mac Token Ring Connection to OS/2 Servers?
Message-ID: <1990Nov05.051105.21758@shl.com>
Date: 5 Nov 90 05:11:05 GMT
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I have a Token Ring network with OS/2 machines running Microsoft Lan Manager.
I have Mac users who want to be added to the Token Ring network soley to
get at the WordPerfect files stored on the OS/2 Server (ie. read the existing
files and create their own for the PC users to read).

So, using Apple's Token Ring card, I can physically connect the Macs to the
Token Ring network, but how do I get the machine to store/retrieve files
on the OS/2 server?

(Note: With PC LAN servers instead of OS/2 servers, the solution was to just
use the software that Apple provided with the boards.  I am told that this
does not work with the OS/2 servers, though, because we are using USER-level
security, not SHARE-level security like PC LAN servers have.  This note may
very well be irrelevant.)

If the Macs cannot directly access the OS/2 server, are there any other
solutions?

Mark Batten     mark@shl.com     (613) 236-1428