NetManage ChameleonNFS32
NetManage offers a single product to address both NFS client and server functions: ChameleonNFS32. This product is part of NetManage's existing Windows ChameleonNFS products and, therefore, has a mature, well-honed Windows look-and-feel.
ChameleonNFS32 is installed using a setup program. No dialogs or initial settings are required. Installation, configuration, and usage information are provided in a comprehensive printed manual. No automatic removal program or procedure is required.
Once the product is installed, you must reboot NT to enable the underlying services. When the system comes back up, you'll find new services running, a new option on the Control Panel, and a new program group containing the product applets (see
Screen 4). The Control Panel option is used to configure the NFS client options. The applets configure the NFS server and launch or configure other product functions.
ChameleonNFS32's NFS server function is configured using the NFS applet in the product's program group. This applet allows you to map UNIX users/groups into NT users/groups. By default, the NFS server function permits global access from all clients. The NFS applet is also where you identify the directories available to NFS clients and the access rights (if any) that are associated with those directories. Last, but not least, ChameleonNFS32 includes a PCNFSD module to support directory and printer access from PC-NFS clients.
The NFS client function in ChameleonNFS32 allows you to use your NT username/password for PCNFSD authentication, or you can supply a UNIX username/password whenever you access an NFS directory or printer. NFS directories and printers are mounted as network drives and network printers through the NT File Manager and Print Manager--no command-line programs are provided.
In addition to providing NFS client and server functions, ChameleonNFS32 also includes a number of other TCP/IP client and server functions. The client functions include Telnet, TN3270, TN5250, PING, FTP, TFTP, Mail, LPR, Phone, Gopher, WHOIS, Finger, and a news reader. The server functions include FTP, LPD, and a name server. ChameleonNFS32 includes only a simple Remote Procedure Call (RPC) monitor to view the status of its operations.
[Editor's Note: NetManage released a new version of this product at press time. Chameleon32NFS v5.0 includes Web client and server modules, an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client, a "network whiteboard" facility, and various enhancements to its Telnet, FTP, and Mail client modules.]