AcuServer Version 5.2 User's Guide

Table of Contents

1 Introduction
1.1 Overview 1.2 Implementation Details 1.2 Implementation Details 1.2.1 Remote File Access Performance 1.2.2 Record Locking 1.2.3 System Security 1.2.4 System Load Balancing 1.2.5 Server Licensing 1.2.6 Vision Files 1.2.7 International Character Handling 2 Preparing Your UNIX Network
2.1 Getting Started on UNIX 2.2 UNIX System Requirements 2.3 Installing a UNIX Server 2.4 Ownerships and Permissions 2.5 Installing the Client 2.5 Installing the Client 2.5.1 Passwords for Clients 2.5.2 Setting Up the Host Name 2.5.3 Setting Up the User Name 2.5.4 Confirming Network Services 3 Preparing Your Windows NT or Windows 2000 Network
3.1 Getting Started in Windows 3.2 Windows Installation Requirements 3.3 Installing a Windows NT/2000 Server 3.4 Setting Up Accounts 3.5 Windows Security vs. AcuServer System Security 3.6 Ownerships and Permissions 3.6 Ownerships and Permissions 3.6.1 Ownerships and Permissions on New Files 3.7 Installing the Client 3.7 Installing the Client 3.7.1 Passwords for Clients 3.7.2 Setting Up the Host Name 3.7.3 Setting Up the User Name 3.7.4 Confirming Network Services 3.8 Using AcuServer's Graphical User Interface for Windows 3.8 Using AcuServer's Graphical User Interface for Windows 4 Configuration
4.1 Configuring AcuServer 4.2 Configuration Variables 4.2 Configuration Variables 4.2.1 Runtime Configuration Variables 4.2.1 Runtime Configuration Variables AS_CLIENT_ENCRYPT DEFAULT_TIMEOUT filename_MRC (Multi_Record_Count) USE_LOCAL_SERVER 4.2.2 Server Configuration Variables 4.2.2 Server Configuration Variables ACCESS_FILE ACUSERVER_PORT filename_DATA_FMT DEFAULT_UMASK DEFAULT_USER ENCRYPTION_SEED FILE_TRACE FILE_TRACE_FLUSH filename_INDEX_FMT LOCK_ALL_FILES LOCKS_PER_FILE, MAX_FILES, and MAX_LOCKS MAX_ERROR_LINES MULTIPLE_RECORD_COUNT NT_SECURITY PASSWORD_ATTEMPTS PROVIDE_PASSWORD_MESSAGES SERVER_IP and SERVER_NAME TEXT V_BUFFERS V_BUFFER_DATA V_READ_AHEAD V_SEG_SIZE V_VERSION filename_VERSION 5 The acuserve Command
5.1 The acuserve Command 5.2 acuserve Command Options 5.2 acuserve Command Options 5.2.1 acuserve -access 5.2.2 acuserve -config 5.2.3 acuserve -info 5.2.4 acuserve -install 5.2.5 acuserve -kill 5.2.6 acuserve -query 5.2.7 acuserve -remove 5.2.8 acuserve -start 5.2.9 acuserve -unlock 5.2.10 acuserve -version 5.3 Starting acuserve at System Startup 5.3 Starting acuserve at System Startup 5.4 Status Reports 5.4 Status Reports 5.5 Closing Stranded Files 5.5 Closing Stranded Files 6 System Security
6.1 Security Overview 6.2 The Server Access File 6.3 Access Records 6.4 Using the Access File Manager 6.4 Using the Access File Manager 6.4.1 Starting the Access File Manager 6.4.2 Creating or Opening an Access File 6.4.3 Adding an Access Record 6.4.4 Removing an Access Record 6.4.5 Modifying an Access Record 6.4.6 Displaying an Access Record 6.4.7 Exiting the Access Manager 6.5 AcuServer Connection Logic 6.5 AcuServer Connection Logic 6.5.1 Passwords 6.6 Encryption 6.6 Encryption 7 Programming for AcuServer
7.1 Programming Considerations 7.2 Accessing Remote Files 7.2 Accessing Remote Files 7.2.1 Remote Name Notation 7.2.2 Using FILE_PREFIX and CODE_PREFIX 7.2.3 Remote Name Notation on Command Line and in Configuration File 7.2.4 Using Name Aliases 7.3 Server Name Management 7.3 Server Name Management 7.4 Multiple-Record Mode 7.4 Multiple-Record Mode 7.4.1 File Limitations 7.4.2 Other Considerations 7.5 Restrictions to Library Functions 7.5 Restrictions to Library Functions 7.5.1 C$COPY 7.5.2 C$FILEINFO 7.5.3 RENAME 8 System Management
8.1 Machine Failures 8.2 Error Codes 8.3 Diagnosing AcuServer Errors 8.4 Troubleshooting 8.4 Troubleshooting 8.4.1 Ambiguous File Error 8.4.2 Connection Times Out 8.4.3 File Access Denied 8.4.4 Unexpected User Name 8.4.5 Connection Refused 8.4.6 Invalid Password 8.4.7 Client and Server Both Hang When Connecting 8.5 Frequently Asked Questions 8.5 Frequently Asked Questions 9 Technical Support
9.1 Contacting Acucorp Technical Support Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms

Acucorp, Acucobol, AcuBench, AcuConnect, AcuLaunch, AcuServer, AcuSQL, Acu4GL, and extend are trademarks of Acucorp, Inc. AcuODBC is a registered trademark of Acucorp, Inc. Acu4GL is protected by U.S. patent no. 5,640,550. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their holders.