VisionFS can authenticate users on a Windows NT server before they access the VisionFS server. This provides better integration with your existing Windows NT servers.
Alternatively, you can authenticate users on a different VisionFS server. If you have a number of VisionFS servers on your network, you can use just one of them to authenticate all users. This provides centralized password storage for all your VisionFS servers.
The versatile visionfs print command lets you use shared printers on your network from the UNIX command line.
Prior to Version 2.01, VisionFS used the Vision License Services from Vision97 and required a VisionFS license separate from the operating system.
VisionFS provided with UnixWare uses the SCO License Manager. By default, VisionFS accepts connections from a number of client computers equal to the number of user logins licensed for the UNIX operating system. VisionFS uses its own license pool and will not reduce the number of UNIX shell logins or network logins allowed. No special VisionFS licensing is needed.
VisionFS and Advanced Server cannot run concurrently over NetBIOS on the same server because of port conflicts. If Advanced Server is running, VisionFS will not start and will give errors about port conflicts.
To allow VisionFS to start, you must stop Advanced Server from running over NetBIOS. For details, see ``Can't start server'' in VisionFS troubleshooting in SCOhelp on the UNIX server.
SCO Vision97 is a suite of Windows-to-UNIX integration products, designed to bring the benefits of the new Internet computing model to Windows PC users.
Vision97 includes VisionFS for file and print sharing. Because VisionFS is part of both Vision97 and UnixWare and might be at different version levels in each product, you need to be careful when installing.
You can easily install any other Vision97 product, but do not install the VisionFS from Vision97 until you check the latest documentation and the version compatibilities.
If you install the version of VisionFS from Vision97, licensing will no longer work properly. You can correct this by re-installing VisionFS from the UnixWare CD-ROM. See ``Installing VisionFS'' in SCOhelp on the UNIX server.
By default, the VisionFS software package provided with UnixWare installs into the directory /usr/vision.
If the installation software detects an older version of VisionFS on your UnixWare system (even if it's not in the default installation directory), an automatic upgrade will take place. The upgrade replaces the older version in the same directory in which it was found.
SCO TermLite is the simple, lightweight Windows terminal emulator from SCO. It provides fast emulation of SCO ANSI and VT320 terminals.
TermLite has a single executable design that makes it ideal for locating centrally on a server, providing a zero-footprint on the client.
TermLite is accessible through the VisionFS visiontools share on the Windows client. Run TermLite directly from the visiontools share by opening the TermLite folder and double-clicking termlite.exe.
For more information, run TermLite to see Windows Help.
Alternatively, TermLite can be installed locally on the Windows client, taking up less than 1MB of disk space. To install a pre-licensed version of TermLite on the local hard drive of the Windows client, double-click setup.exe directly from the TermLite folder. Do not copy the setup program to another directory for installation -- if you do, the installation will not be licensed properly.
The visionfs status command always displays the licensing mode as ``UnixWare 7'' even when the VisionFS server is configured to use the Vision License Server.