Glossary, Services and shared resources – Siemens Unix V4.0 User Manual

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Glossary

administration shell

Users can manage the

servers

from this shell. The administration shell can be

called up for both local and remote administration.

administrator

The person responsible for the management of the

local network

. The adminis-

trator is generally responsible for the configuration of the local network and
organizes the

shared resources

in the network. In addition, the administrator has

the task of assigning privileges and assisting users with network problems.

Advanced Server

Advanced Server is a network operating system for

local networks

. Appropriate

software is required on the

client

in order to request

services

(workstation distri-

bution); software is also required on a

server

to process services (server distri-

bution).

alerter

This service enables the

server

to send warning and error messages to a

specific list of

client

users. These alarm messages deal with access violations

when using

shared resources

, and exceeding important limit values (free storage

area on the hard disk, maximum error rate for network and hard disk access and
maximum number of logon attempts).

announce process

The

server

uses the announce process to announce itself at regular intervals in

the network. This function is undertaken by the

Browser

in Advanced Server for

UNIX.

Application Programming Interface (API)

Using the programming interface of Advanced Server for UNIX, the application
programs are given access to the

services

and

shared resources

of Advanced

Server for UNIX.

LM named pipes

mailslots

can be accessed, for example, from

application programs.