You can provide services from your SCO OpenServer system
to computers running DOS or Windows by using
PC-Interface. With PC-Interface configured on your SCO OpenServer server and
PC-Interface or PC-Interface Plus configured on the client, users can:
Create, access, or execute files stored on an SCO OpenServer
host from a computer running Windows or DOS.
Print files from the computer on host printers.
Print files from the computer or from the host
on printers directly connected to other computers.
Execute UNIX operating system commands from DOS
on a computer.
Conduct a terminal session on a host computer, using the
computer as if it were a terminal.
Take advantage of client-server network applications
that require TCP/IP.
Take advantage of client-server electronic mail
applications that require a Post Office Protocol (POP)
server.
DOS users need not know about SCO OpenServer to use host
services. They just treat the host system as an enhanced
disk drive connected directly to their computers.
Users familiar with both the DOS and UNIX operating systems
can combine host file services and terminal emulation,
toggling back and forth between the two modes. For example, a user
could create a text file in host file services mode using a DOS
word processing package, then switch to terminal emulation
mode to include that file in a UNIX system mail message.
For more information, see
Chapter 1, ``Understanding the PC-Interface server'' in the PC-Interface Guide.
Administering PC-Interface
PC-Interface administration consists of:
installing and configuring PC-Interface software on the SCO OpenServer system
and on client computers.
creating PC-Interface users on the server.
configuring printers, including adding print definitions, creating
spool files, altering default destinations, and creating an alias list.