User manual APPLE APPLESHARE IP 6.1 GETTING STARTED MANUAL

[. . . ] AppleShare IP 6. 1 Getting Started Includes preparation, installation, and setup information K Apple Computer, Inc. © 1998 Apple Computer, Inc. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Apple. Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement. The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. , registered in the U. S. [. . . ] Custom Setup guides you through the process of setting up MacDNS, a domain name system program that comes with AppleShare IP. If you use Custom Setup, you need to configure your MacDNS file after you've finished using Easy Setup. For instructions, see the MacDNS Administrator's Guide in the MacDNS folder inside the AppleShare IP 6. 1 folder on your startup disk. Important 36 Chapter 2 After you choose the Custom Setup option, AppleShare IP Easy Setup displays the following window. 1 Type the AppleShare IP serial number in the text box, then click the right arrow. Note: If you are upgrading from a previous version of AppleShare or AppleShare IP, your previous serial number appears in the window. You can find your serial number on the label of your AppleShare IP CD holder or on the sheet you received when purchasing a new serial number. You may also want to keep a photocopy of the number in another location. For convenience, the serial number comes printed on a small adhesive label. The label could come loose while inside a disk drive and damage the drive. Important Setting Up AppleShare IP 37 AppleShare IP Easy Setup displays the following window, summarizing the information that you need to provide. 2 Click the right arrow. The following window appears. 3 Type your organization's domain name in the text box. This is the name by which the computers on your network are known to the DNS service on your network--for example, "yourdomain. edu. " Your network administrator (or Internet service provider) should provide you with this name. 38 Chapter 2 Note: After you've finished setting up AppleShare IP, you can learn more about the DNS in AppleShare IP Help or in the MacDNS Administrator's Guide in the MacDNS folder inside the AppleShare IP 6. 1 folder. 4 Click the right arrow button. The following window appears. 5 Type your computer's DNS name in the text box. The DNS name is the name that your DNS server associates with your computer's unique IP address when communication with that address is taking place. Users can connect to your server by entering an easy-to-remember name in place of an IP address. A DNS name cannot contain spaces, punctuation, or Option-key characters. You may want to use a name that is similar to the computer name defined in the File Sharing control panel. Shasta, " its DNS name can be "shasta" or "mtshasta, " but it cannot be "Mt. Shasta" or "mt. shasta. " Note: If you will be turning on Windows file sharing service, the DNS name should be less than 13 characters. 6 Click the right arrow. Setting Up AppleShare IP 39 The following window appears. 7 8 Type the e-mail address of the person who should receive mail if a problem arises. The following window appears, summarizing the services that will be set up and the network protocols over which the services will be available. 9 Click the Set Up Servers button. Click the right arrow. 10 40 Chapter 2 The following window appears. By default, AppleShare IP Easy Setup will start the servers that are installed on your computer. If you don't want to start the servers now, deselect the checkbox. 11 Click the right arrow. If Start Servers was checked, AppleShare IP Easy Setup starts the servers and displays a progress bar. The following window appears. 12 Click the Start Manager button. [. . . ] Make sure that the new hard disk has a different name from the startup disk. Install Mac OS 8. 5 and the AppleShare IP 6. 1 software on the new hard disk. For instructions, see Chapter 1, "Installing Your Software, " on page 9. Copy the Users & Groups Data File from the Preferences folder inside the System Folder on your startup disk to the same location on the new hard disk. [. . . ]