File Server

7.1 Introduction

"Rainmail Server" includes a File Server. Using this facility, all files for your organizations can be stored in a single place for easy access and backup. The storage area created for storing files are reffered to as Shares. Eash share is associated with an unique name. Shares are areas in your system that can be accessed by one or more users in your system. Shares provide an easy, secure and fast way of organizing your data. One can think of shares as virtual directories that are accessible from anywhere in the LAN. Users can connect to the share from anywhere in the LAN (from any machine running Windows 95/98/NT or Mac) and read files in the share or write to files in the share. They can also create and use directories under this share. Shares can be public or private. A public share is accessible to any valid user in the system. A private share is accessible only to users you give access to.

7.2 Configuration

1. You can right-click My Computer or Network Neighborhood
   
   
   
   
2. Click Map Network Drive.
   
   
   
   
3. To map to a computer or folder you've used recently, click the arrow to the right of Path, and then click the resource you want.
   
   

You can find a computer by clicking the Network Neighborhood icon on the desktop.The Network Neighborhood allows access to the shared resources on the local area network (LAN). Trying it via FIND/COMPUTER does locate any system on the network.

7.3 Login

Login to Windows'98 with Rainmail Server Username and Password to access shares.

1. In the Start menu, point to Find and then click Computer.

   

2. If you know the name of the computer you are looking for, type its name. For example: marketing.If you know the path to the shared folder you are searching for, you can specify both the computer and folder name. For example: \\marketing\reports

   In the Find:Computer dialog that appears,

   1. Enter the IP address of the Rainmail Server (in this case 192.168.1.4) in the Named field.
   2. Click on the Find Now button.

   

3. To see the shared resources on this specific computer, click on the computer Name ( in this case 192.168.1.4) to access the public shares.

   

4. All the shares (public as well as private) are displayed.

   

7.4 Accessing files

To access the shared folders (directories) click on the directory ( in this case uma). The Enter Network Password dialog appears.

1. Enter your password in the Password field.

2. Click OK.

   

3. You can view the directory contents.

   

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