Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 17:07:18 EST From: "Rob Slade, Social Convener to the Net" Subject: "Novell's Guide to Managing Small NetWare Networks" by Lindberg BKNGMSNN.RVW 950201 "Novell's Guide to Managing Small NetWare Networks", Kelley Lindberg, 1993, 0- 7821-1238, U$24.95/C$32.95 %A Kelley J. P. Lindberg %C 2021 Challenger Drive, Alameda, CA 94501 %D 1993 %G 0-7821-1238 %I Novell Press/Sybex Computer Books %O U$24.95/C$32.95 510-523-8233 800-227-2346 Fax: 510-523-2373 %P 311 %T "Novell's Guide to Managing Small NetWare Networks" Presumably, this book is intended to replace the Novell documentation for those who are in charge of a network and don't want to be bothered with all those books. It does give you a linear progression through the basics, and includes some basic MS-DOS concepts. Chapter one gives a good "quick and dirty" overview of network components. Chapter two covers installation of hardware and workstations (at the level of "Make sure you install extra hard disks,") while three looks at directory and file structures. Chapters four and five set up user accounts and printer access. The section on security, in chapter six, does make a greater effort than normal to explain effective rights. In spite of a number of examples, the concepts are not presented clearly. The final four chapters cover scripting and menus, maintenance, backups and Macintoshes. Novell's multiple volumes of documentation can be imposing, but they are not unclear. This volume adds nothing in the way of tips about Novell, nor any real additional value regarding management. A form for recording hardware and software purchases, for example, is given in chapter eight (maintenance) when it would have had more impact as part of a call for total system documentation in chapter two (installation). One is tempted to say that if you need this level of help, you have no business running a network. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995 BKNGMSNN.RVW 950201 ============== Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca | "It says 'Hit any Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca | key to continue.' Research into rslade@cue.bc.ca | I can't find the User p1@CyberStore.ca | 'Any' key on my Security Canada V7K 2G6 | keyboard."