This book provides information about concepts, tools, and techniques for networking AIX Fast Connect to personal computer clients running Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 95, or OS/2 operating systems. AIX Fast Connect is a licensed program product (LPP). You must have purchased this software separately to use the features described in this book.
This book is intended for network administrators, enterprise system administrators, experienced system administrators, system engineers, and system programmers who network AIX Fast Connect servers to share files and printers with personal computer clients running Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, or OS/2 operating systems.
The following highlighting conventions are used in this book:
| Bold | Identifies commands, subroutines, keywords, files, structures, directories, and other items whose names are predefined by the system. Also identifies graphical objects such as buttons, labels, and icons that the user selects. |
| Italics | Identifies parameters whose actual names or values are to be supplied by the user. |
| Monospace | Identifies examples of specific data values, examples of text similar to what you might see displayed, examples of portions of program code similar to what you might write as a programmer, messages from the system, or information you should actually type. |
Everything in the AIX operating system is case-sensitive, which means that it distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase letters. For example, you can use the ls command to list files. If you type LS, the system responds that the command is "not found." Likewise, FILEA, FiLea, and filea are three distinct file names, even if they reside in the same directory. To avoid causing undesirable actions to be performed, always ensure that you use the correct case.
Case-sensitive file names on AIX can also cause problems for personal computer clients running Windows operating systems because these operating systems normally treat file names as caseless. AIX file names that differ only in case would be perceived as the same file name from a PC client.
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