TITLE:              Why Do I Have To Load SHARE.EXE?
DOCUMENT ID:        TID1200393
DOCUMENT REVISION:  2
DATE:               22MAR95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
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NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NETWARE LITE V1.1

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Why Do I HaveTo Load SHARE.EXE?

When loading the server, you may get "Status Report 5," which talks
about SHARE.EXE not being loaded when the SERVER.EXE was executed.
SHARE.EXE is a program that comes with DOS 3.1 or above. SHARE is the
mechanism that allows files to be accessed simultaneously from
multiple clients. 

If you get a "Status Report 5" message, you do not have SHARE.EXE in
your PATH. Add the appropriate directory to your PATH (where
SHARE.EXE is located), or copy SHARE.EXE to the directory where
NetWare Lite is installed.

Although loading SHARE is not required for the server to run, it is
strongly recommended. SHARE should be loaded before SERVER. SHARE
should be tuned for proper performance. You may need to increase the
values for locks (/L) and files (/F) if you run database applications
or if you have more than four users accessing the server. See your
DOS documentation for more information on configuring SHARE. You do
not need to load SHARE before loading CLIENT.

When you increase the number of files that can be locked at one time
(example, by increasing the /L: above the default of 20), you must
also increase the amount of file space in the operating system's
storage area by increasing the /F: above the default of 2048.
Generally, each open file requires an additional 20 bytes of storage
space. See your DOS documentation for more information.

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