rlh2@ukc.ac.uk (Richard Hesketh) (08/31/89)
Can anybody give me *any* information on a local area network manager called LM/X which I have been told is a HP/Microsoft product? I am really not sure if the X stands for un*X or X Window System so anything that points me in any direction would be helpful. Basically I think its a product that allows management of multiple connections of DOS or un*x based machines ??? Thanks for any info, Richard Richard Hesketh : rlh2@ukc.ac.uk ..!mcvax!ukc!rlh2 : @nsfnet-relay.ac.uk:rlh2@ukc.ac.uk --- Computing Lab., University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF, United Kingdom. Tel: (0227) 764000 ext. 3682
wylegala@hpsal2.HP.COM (Tom Wylegala) (09/01/89)
Microsoft LAN Manager is a product which provides networking extensions to DOS and OS/2. This networked operating system has a strong client-server orientation that allows functions such as sharing of peripherals and files and security and administration support for multiple users. LAN Manager supports the NetBIOS interface and can operate with a variety of transport protocols. HP's CND is currently working with Microsoft to develop LM/X, a port of some LAN Manager functions onto HP-UX which will allow the HP-UX machine to act as a server to the network of DOS and OS/2 PCs. I would expect that most of the applications written for LAN Manager would use Microsoft Windows or OS/2 Presentation Manager, but there is nothing in LAN Manager itself which would prevent the use of X Windows (but that's not what the X stands for).