FRONTDOOR Administrator Guide FRONTDOOR Administrator Guide Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2001 Definite Solutions HB; All rights reserved. All Definite Solutions products and trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Definite Solutions HB; with the exception of FrontDoor which is a registered trademark of Joaquim Homrighausen. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. This publication is protected by international copyright laws and treaty provisions. It may only be distributed and used in accordance with those laws and treaty provisions. DEF-E-FDADMIN-Z-1/2001-EP Produced in Sweden. To the memory of Catharina Frödin and Alva Gårdlund. And to Alexander, Janet, Christian, Katja, and Igor. Party on Fred, we miss you. Special thanks to Bruce Bodger for his help with the production of the entire FrontDoor package. Special thanks to Colin Turner for his help with the production of this document. Special thanks to Jim Louvau for his help with the initial development of the communications module for the OS/2 version of FrontDoor. FrontDoor Administrator Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................... 8 ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 VERSION NOTATION .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 EXECUTABLES ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 FDSETUP OPTIONS.................................................................................................................................................................... 8 2. PROGRAMS............................................................................................................................................................................ 9 FD .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 FM.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 FDSETUP .................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 FDNC......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 X00............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 3. HARDWARE/SOFTWARE ................................................................................................................................................. 10 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................................................................................... 10 SOFTWARE NOTES..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 4. INSTALLATION................................................................................................................................................................... 12 DIRECTORY STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 REMOVABLE AND VOLATILE MEDIA.......................................................................................................................................... 12 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 CONFIG.SYS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 13 5. FDSETUP............................................................................................................................................................................... 14 RUNNING FDSETUP ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 MENU NAVIGATION .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 CURRENT TASK NUMBER........................................................................................................................................................... 14 MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENTS ................................................................................................................................................... 14 FILE MENU ................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 GLOBAL MENU.......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 MAILER MENU .......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 EDITOR MENU ........................................................................................................................................................................... 25 TERMINAL MENU ...................................................................................................................................................................... 29 MODEM MENU .......................................................................................................................................................................... 32 PRINTER MENU.......................................................................................................................................................................... 32 MANAGER MENU....................................................................................................................................................................... 34 6. THE NODELIST ................................................................................................................................................................... 35 BASE COMPONENTS .................................................................................................................................................................. 35 ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS....................................................................................................................................................... 35 ADDRESSES............................................................................................................................................................................... 35 LAYOUT .................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 NODELIST FLAGS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 38 POINTS...................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 7. FDNC...................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 FDNODE.CTL......................................................................................................................................................................... 41 PVTLIST AND POINTLIST..................................................................................................................................................... 44 NODELIST GROUPS .................................................................................................................................................................... 44 COMMAND-LINE USE OF FDNC ................................................................................................................................................ 44 INTERACTIVE USE