Name space allows NetWare servers to store files in formats compatible with a workstation’s local file system. For example, installing the Macintosh name space allows Macintosh workstations to use Macintosh file conventions when working with network files. Although NetWare’s primary name space is DOS, NetWare also supports name spaces for Macintosh, NFS, FTAM, and LONG files (OS/2 and 32-bit Windows).
Name space provides a generic interface to name space entries and associated data streams. After the NLM is loaded on a server, support for the name space must be enabled on a volume-by-volume basis. Name space entry information can include the entry’s name, its attributes, significant dates and times, the owner ID, and so on.
Name space provides access to three types of data:
primary data—available no matter which name space you are using
specific data—specific to the name space you are using
actual file data
This section describes the following name space features: