3.0 Additional NetDrive Tips

The following tips provide some important information that your users might need to know when using Novell® NetDrive 4.1. Review and convey the appropriate information to your users.

Mapping a Drive

In order to access files through NetDrive, your users will need to know the following information about entering a server address:

If you omit FTP or HTTP from the URL, NetDrive defaults to FTP.
To override the port for HTTP servers, append the port number to the end of the URL. For example, this URL http://www.someserver.com:8888 specifies a port of 8888.
You can map a drive to a specific directory or volume only if you are using the WebDAV protocol. Otherwise, you must map a drive directly to the server.
You can map a drive to a virtual server but not to a Directory object.

Specifying a Server Protocol

The Internet uses different protocols to access different servers. In order to connect to the server via the Internet, your need to know which protocol your server is using.

NetDrive supports the following protocols:

iFolder Use this protocol if you are connecting to a Novell iFolder® server. When mapping a drive with this protocol, specify only the IP address or DNS name of your server. Do not include http:// or any other prefix.

The iFolder client lets you log in to only one account at any given time; however, if you have NetDrive installed, you can log in to your first iFolder account on your workstation and then use NetDrive to map a drive to your iFolder server and access the files in your second account at the same time and from the same workstation.

You can also connect to an iFolder server in a thin-client environment. For more information, see Section 4.0, Using NetDrive and iFolder in a Thin-Client Environment.
FTP FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a common protocol used to transfer files via the Internet.

IMPORTANT:Because FTP does not support the Change Mode command (chmod), it is impossible to use NetDrive to delete Read-only files from an FTP server.
WebDAV WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol which lets users collaboratively edit and manage files located on Web servers. For information about WebDAV, see the WebDAV Web site.