NWSerial: NetWare Serial Number Reporting Utility
                                Version 1.0
                     Documentation File (NWSERIAL.DOC)
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                         Richard L. Hartman (RLH)
                 Novell Registered Professional Developer
             5205 North Mulvaney Court, Spokane, WA 99212-1611
     509-924-6576 (voice)   509-926-4626 (fax)   CompuServe 76350,2275


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INTRODUCTION
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FPServer is licensed on a per-file-server basis through the use of
SoftKeys.  SoftKeys are derived from the serial number of the copy of
NetWare running on the file server(s) to be licensed.  The serial number is
embedded within each copy of NetWare and can be read by the Supervisor via
Novell's SYSCON utility.

However, switching from file server to file server and writing down serial
numbers is inconvenient, time consuming, and error prone.  The NWSerial
utility (NWSERIAL.EXE) eliminates this hassle by producing a printed list
of all accessible file servers and their corresponding NetWare serial
numbers.

NWSerial may be used by any logged in user - it is not necessary to be
logged in as Supervisor.


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RUNNING NWSERIAL
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Running NWSerial is simplicity itself.  There are no command line
parameters, no setup files, no preparations.  Just log in as any valid user
and run the program:

    NWSERIAL  <enter>

NWSerial will identify all accessible file servers - even across bridges -
and attempt to establish a temporary login as GUEST.  If GUEST requires a
password, you will be given the option to specify a different username
and/or password.  Any login account may be used; no special rights or
privileges are necessary for NWSerial to obtain the NetWare serial numbers.



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OBTAINING THE LIST
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After all file servers have been scanned, NWSerial will display their names
and NetWare serial numbers in the exact format required for FPServer
registration.  Far more convenient, however, is the ability to send this
output information directly to a disk file or printer.

You may do this with the DOS redirection character (">") right on the
command line.  For example, to send the list to a disk file named
SERIAL.TXT, type:

    NWSERIAL  >SERIAL.TXT  <enter>

...and a pure ASCII text file will be written to disk.  You may also send
the list to a printer with:

    NWSERIAL  >LPT1  <enter>

...which will send the same pure ASCII text information to the first
parallel port.