Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!dorm.rutgers.edu!medici From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: SYS:PUBLIC/MSDOS/Vx.xx Message-ID: Date: 31 Mar 91 06:19:10 GMT References: <3125@beguine.UUCP> <1991Mar28.214236.5688@eecs.wsu.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 20 I map in the DOS directory because, on public systems in a student lab, you can never be sure what files might be deleted from the local DOS directory. However, I can think of a couple of reasons NOT to map in this dir: 1. There is more than 1 version of IBM's DOS 3.3. The only way to tell which you've got is to check the file dates. 2. NetWare can't tell the difference between DOS 4.00 and DOS 4.01. Granted, these problems are moot if you have complete control over the configuration of all your clients workstations. But some users are touchy about DOS versions and such. I had to lock one user off the LAN becuase he refused to let me upgrade his ipx/net3. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Medici/SysProg3 * RUCS/User Services * medici@elbereth.rutgers.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------------