Determining access mode

To determine which name spaces are loaded on a particular volume and the access mode of the volume:

• Ask the NetWare Administrator.

  The easiest way to determine the configuration of a particular NetWare server is to ask the NetWare administrator to tell you which volumes support the DOS name space, and which support the NFS (UNIX) name space. For those that support the NFS name space, ask the administrator which volumes support NetWare mode and which support UNIX mode.

• Use the NetWare Console.

  If you have access to the NetWare console (or can access it remotely from UnixWare via XCONSOLE) you can determine the access mode of each mounted volume by examining the output of the NetWare console VOLUMES command and the load nuc line in the file SYS:SYSTEM\UNISTART.NCF file.

  See ``Example volume configuration'' for an example of using the VOLUMES command and UNISTART.NCF file to determine volume modes.

  See ``Using the NetWare console from UnixWare'' for information on XCONSOLE.

• Use the UnixWare command line

  Examine the permissions and ownership listed for various files on the volume, using, for example, the ls(1) command from the UnixWare shell. The following clues will help you determine the volume's mode:

  • DOS Mode: if your login and group names are the only ones listed and the group and other permissions are always unused, then the volume is in DOS mode.

  • NetWare Mode: if other login and group names are listed, but you cannot use the chown(1) or chgrp(1) commands on files that you own, then the volume is in NetWare mode.

  • UNIX Mode: if other login and group name IDs are listed and you can use the chown(1) or chgrp(1) commands, then the volume is in UNIX mode.