This reference provides a description of the application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by the IBM Operating System/2 for OS/2 Warp Servers, LAN Servers, and the Directory and Security Server (DSS). These functions provide the functional interface for server and client application development. The OS/2 operating system referred to in this book is OS/2 Versions 2.1 through OS/2 Warp 4 (with the applicable CSDs and ServicePaks applied).
This book also provides the OS/2 Warp LAN Requester API. These functions are 32-bit and are generally consistent with the Net32xxx and Dos32xxx LAN functions that are included with LAN Server 4.0. DOS refers to DOS versions 3.3, 5.0, 6.x, or 7.0.
This book is written as a reference for the application or system programmer who is developing Directory and Security Server (DSS) software applications or OS/2 LAN Server software for a LAN Server, LAN Requester, OS/2 Warp Connect LAN Requester (client only), or DOS LAN Services (DLS) workstation. Information in this book applies to the following servers and clients:
This book includes DLS programming information that is not supported by Directory and Security Server.
The reader should be familiar with programming the OS/2 base operating system or an equivalent multitasking operating system and should understand the C programming language.