NDS was a distributed network directory based on the CCITT X.500 standard. This was the problem that NetWare 4 was designed to solve. ![]() “NetWare Name Services” alleviated this as the single database could be extended across multiple servers, but this rapidly became unmanageable for large organisations with multiple sites, particularly if these were in different countries. NetWare’s “Bindery Services” comprised a standalone authentication database, meaning that users had to log on to multiple servers separately – and admins had to maintain separate user lists on every server. NetWare was now a serious product, ready for prime time – but its authentication system remained a weakness. ![]() DOS remained in RAM unless removed and was needed if you wanted to access files on floppy diskette. NetWare 3 was an MS-DOS executable: your server booted from a DOS partition, or even a DOS floppy, and at the end of AUTOEXEC.BAT you ran SERVER.EXE. NetWare 2 could “cold boot”: the OS was able to load itself from a bootable NetWare system volume. NetWare 3 also removed an obscure ability that NetWare 2 had, the significance of which would only appear much later.
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