GetSer.EXE & GetSer.NLM
            2 Utilities to determine NetWare Serial Numbers
            Public Domain written by Wolfgang Schreiber


Purpose:    With standard NetWare tools only a Supervisor or 
            equivalent can determine NetWare serial numbers (using 
            SYSCON/Server Information).

            In some cases it is necessary to determine NetWare 
            serial numbers without being logged in as Supervisor - 
            e.g. to detect copyright violations.

            This utility allows any user who has a connection to a 
            file server to get serialization information.

Usage:      GETSER.EXE and GETSER.NLM are independent of each other.

            GetSer.EXE will display all server names it detected 
            during startup and then start collecting servers' serial 
            numbers.

            GetSer.NLM will perform a similar function when loaded on 
            a file server.  GetSer.NLM will run on NetWare v3.11, v3.12,
            and v4.x - on v3.11 it requires at least CLIB v3.11d.


            The Display will look similar to this:


┌───────── Servers & Serial Numbers     (Written by Wolfgang Schreiber) ───────┐
│BIG_SERVER                  03646345  │ EDUCATION                    05494363 │
│FS1                                   │ FS2                                   │
│FS3                         03453443  │ FS4                                   │
│PRODUCTION                  03453424  │ FS4                                   │
│SALES                                 │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
│                                      │                                       │
└───────── Getting Serial Numbers      (any key aborts and shows list) ───────┘


            The display shows all detected file servers - if there 
            are more server than can be displayed the additional 
            servers will pop up as their serial number is detected.

            The process of collecting serial numbers may take 
            several minutes (up to about 15 minutes). During the 
            collection an activity indicator will rotate in the 
            status line.

            Data collection can be aborted by pressing any key.

Output:     After all server serial numbers are found or when the 
            user stops data collection by pressing any key all 
            server names/addresses/serial numbers will be displayed 
            alphabetically.  This output can be redirected with 
            normal DOS commands to a printer or file
               "GetSer > LPT1"    
               "GetSer > C:\GetSer.OUT"

Prerequisites:
            You must have the NetWare shell loaded and need a 
            connection to at least one NetWare file server (e.g. 
            have your drive F: in SYS:LOGIN). You may be - but you 
            do NOT have to be - logged in to any server.

Windows:    If you intend to run GetSer.EXE in a Windows DOS box 
            make sure to have TBMI (or TBMI2; for details see your 
            NetWare/Windows documentation) installed. Otherwise 
            Windows might hang your workstation.  This might also 
            apply to other multi-tasking systems like DesqView.

Viruses:    GetSer.EXE contains a self-protection for virus 
            infection. During start-up it will verify its code.
            If a virus warning appears when starting GetSer.EXE 
            you should check your system.

Problems:   During the data collection a new file server name 
            ('GET_SERIAL_NUMBERS') will show up in the internetwork. 
            This is necessary, only temporarily, and should not have 
            any adverse effects.


Copyright:  This tool is written as public domain.

Author:     GetSer.EXE written in Borland's Turbo Pascal 
            GetSer.NLM written with Watcom C
            by Wolfgang Schreiber.