If a tree had 10 servers installed, auser could potentially access all 10 servers if the appropriate rights wereassigned. It no longer mattered which server anapplication, service, or resource was on. After theywere authenticated, based on the rights assigned, users could access all networkresources available to them in the tree. With NDS, users no longer logged in to a server, but to a tree. It is theprecursor to the current directory service called eDirectory. It keeps track of all network resources through ahierarchical, relational database that is distributed and loosely consistent.Many consider it the main network service provided by NetWare 4.x. Novell Directory Services (NDS) was introduced with NetWare 4. NetWare 4.x supportedup to 1,000 users, with licenses becoming additive with the release of NetWare4.10. NetWare 4.x offered the same fileand print services that were the mainstay of NetWare 3.x. NetWare 4.0 was introduced in early 1993. NetWare 4.x, including the following versions: A group EVERYONE existed when you wanted to grant rights to allusers in the bindery. Rights assignments, also known as Trustee assignments, were made to users andgroups. The processwas to log in to the first server and attach to the second andsubsequent servers. Users had to log in to each server that they wanted to access.

The only objects you would see in the bindery, when working in the SYSCONmanagement utility, would be users, groups, printers, print servers, and printqueues. NetWare 3.x stored user accounts in the bindery, which is a flat-file database that is stored on each server. NetWare 3.x primarily provided file and print services. With the release of 3.11, NetWarebecame a full 32-bit operating system that supported NetWare Loadable Modules(NLMs).

NetWare 3.x, including the following versions: The versions, their major features and services,and their importance are covered in Table 2.1.

The versions that are of interest to you, as you prepare forthe exam, start with NetWare 3. It is beyond the scope of thisbook to go all the way back to the early days of NetWare, when it was calledShareNet or S-Net. From the early 1980s on,NetWare has gone through many version upgrades. Novell NetWare has a long and winding history. A Brief History of the NetWare Operating System

The content for this section is covered in theNovell authorized courseware under the objective 'Identify NetWare 6.5Features.' The material covered in this section is on the exam, sodon’t overlook it. The first objective in this chapter is the only one that is not on the listof official test objectives.

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