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From: zhangd@acf3.NYU.EDU (zhangd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: directory priviledge problem
Date: 3 Jan 93 23:40:00 GMT
Organization: New York University


Hi, there:


I am a Novell novice and this is a haunting problem on Novell directory priviledge. I hope to 
have a directory which contains files everyone can read, create , search and modify
Although I check the directory giving all the priviledges except parent to everyone, normal
users can only create  FILES of zero byte!. So that if an old file is opened and written by users,
that file content will be lost! Am I missing something here?

Any hints are appreciated greatly!


James Han
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Are long login names okay?
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:21:46 GMT

millerje@CS.ColoState.EDU (Jeff Miller) writes:

>In setting up the LAN at work, it was decided that all logins would have
>the first initial of the first name, and the last name (i.e. jmiller).  I've
>run into a problem where in the login script, Netware will not map a drive
>when the name is > 8 characters (why does Netware use this DOS convention?)
>For example:
>	map N:=fserv1/SYS:USERS/%LOGIN_NAME

>If the login is hlonglastname, the home directory is USERS/hlonglas

>Now my question:  Should I make all logins 8 characters instead, truncating
>the last name, or should I modify the login script to look for the static
>exceptions (we only have a few people who dont fit the 8 characters), or is
>there a utility that gives NW scripts a string length and truncate function,
>so I could do:
>	IF SLEN("%LOGIN_NAME") > 8 THEN map N:=fserv1/SYS:USERS/STRUNC( etc.

Although there will always be at least one static exception ("SUPERVISOR"),
I have always preferred to limit login names to 8 characters.  If a part of
the name is too long, I may use initials.  Abbreviations should not be
"handles", however.  You will want to be able to clearly identify who
belongs to which account, as will your successor should you have to leave,
as will other users wishing to send email or otherwise identify other users
by login name.
I would recommend against hard-coding the exceptions.  You never know how
many there will eventually be, how many hard-coded mods you'll have to make,
and how many others after you will curse your name for leaving what could
turn out to be a difficult to trace semi-documented morass when/if you leave
or go on vacation or lose an argument with a Mack truck.
Besides, if you DOS SET USERID="%LOGIN_NAME", other apps can refer to this
environment variable and use it for file location.

-JTT
From: dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Mac Login Security
Date: 28 Dec 92 22:01:04 GMT
Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia

In article <1992Dec28.213811.9424@samba.oit.unc.edu> Thomas P. Morris <tmorris@sph.unc.edu> writes:
>In article <1992Dec28.182441.6206@novell.com> Daniel Seeman,
>dseeman@novell.com writes:
>>Pardon my ignorance, but I am not completely sure what you mean by
>"automatic 
>>use of encryption."  Do you mean the dialogue box asking for the
>encryption
>>method is too cumbersome?  Or do you mean issuing the LOAD AFP ENCRYPT
>is too
>>difficult?  Please respond to this post.  It sounds like you have some
>fairly
>>specific requests (in addition to the write-access functionality), but I
>am
>>not sure what they are.
>
>I think what the original poster meant was to allow some way for the Mac
>to automatically choose the encryption method (or to save a previously 
>selected encryption method if possible),  so that for example volumes
>may be automatically mounted upon bootup of a client's machine, which as I
>understand things, cannot be done if one requires the use of the UAM.
>
>This is probably more a problem with how Apple set things up to allow
>alternate
>UAMs than with how NetWare for Macintosh utilizes these functions.

If this is the case, you are correct.

dks
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: A good book on network communications
From: <SATCC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Tuesday, 22 Dec 1992 13:04:38 EST
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

I need to get a good book explaining different communication protocols.  I
am mostly interested in learning about routing and if you happen to
know of any good books that explain about this, I'd appreciate your
reply.

If I there is another newsgroup concerned with this subject, could you please
advise me so,

Please reply me directly,

Thanks in advance,

Sameer.
From: glazer@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: New Email Manager available for Pegasus...
Date: 23 Dec 92 22:06:56 EST
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Physics


A new utility for Pegasus Mail is now available from

risc.ua.edu  as  /pub/network/pegasus/misc/mwch24.zip.

This is an email manager for system administrators called MailWatch.
It performs a variety of powerfull functions such as generating reports about
your entire email structure (disk space used, messages unread etc...) and it
can manage old unread messages and keep them from building up and "cloging"
your system.  Unread messages older than a specified date can be simply deleted
or forwarded to the same person at another host (via Charon or Novell) or
returned to the sender as "unread".  

It can maintain a group of users who do not read there mail.  For example, you
can have users with unread mail older than 15 days placed in a Novell group,
then display an appropriate message to them when they log in (something like
"read your mail!") then, if the mail gets older than 20 days, return or delete
it.

An upcoming version will support MHS and possibly additional mailers (as time
permits).

If you have any questions, feel free to send me mail at

glazer@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu.

Have fun!

Jon


Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,bit.listserv.novell
From: ELAINE.DELOACH@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Elaine Deloach")
Subject: Re: HELP DESK SOFTWARE
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:50:06 GMT

Reuben Molley writes:

>I believe you guys can help me in my quest.  I have to put together a
>Help Desk......

Wang Labs offers LAN Help Desk Consulting Services.  We will assist you
in defining Help Desk activities and suggest special hardware or software
to support your requirements.  We also offer Employee Help Desk services
providing "how to" and problem resolution support as well as LAN Operations
Help Desk for system administrators.  We've found that many administrators
want help with PC LAN user support, adding employees or employee profiles,
as well as assistance with problem resolution.  If you want more information
please send me an EMail or call me at 508-967-3796.

Elaine.Deloach@OFFICE.Wang.com
FAX 508-967-7020
From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Novell bought USL? 
Distribution: world
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 04:37:03 GMT
Organization: Crynwr Software

In article <PCG.92Dec27232149@decb.aber.ac.uk> pcg@aber.ac.uk writes:

   It is a little known fact that MSDOS's remote file system interface, the
   "redirector", is a trade secret of Microsoft, and is not publicly
   documented. Microsoft only licenses the "redirector" interface specs to
   whom they want and at their conditions.

   Novell has gone to some length to avoid using the redirector interface
   in their NetWare clients.

NetWare Lite uses the redirector.  But I've always thought that
Novell bought NetWare Lite from someone.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
Crynwr Software           Crynwr Software sells packet driver support.
11 Grant St.              315-268-1925 Voice  |  LPF member - ask me about
Potsdam, NY 13676         315-268-9201 FAX    |  the harm software patents do.
From: villalj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Villalovos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: API for Encrypted Passwords?
Date: 29 Dec 92 05:45:21 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: xanth.cs.orst.edu

Does anyone know how to set up the call for a "Verify Bindery Object Password"
using ENCRYPTED passwords.  I have the Netware Programmers Guide and the call
listed does not seem to support encrypted passwords.  My server keeps
squawking back a message about an attempt to use un-encrypted passwords.  Any
info would be appreciated.  Also on any of the other calls dealing with
passwords (i.e. Set Bindery Object Password, Change, Login...).

Thanks,
-- 
John Villalovos
Certified Netware Engineer
villalj@xanth.cs.orst.edu
(503) 753-7883
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: jodsmith@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (John Doug Smith)
Subject: OS/2 Requester
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:50:06 GMT
Distribution: us
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

	I have seen some one posted a question about the OS/2 requester,
I think the question was "does the OS/2 requester come with Novell?".
Well I just received version 3.11 of this very poor network OS and yes
it did come with the OS/2 requester.

	Also I have been trying to keep up on the superior Operating systems
like UNIX and it appears that Novell has snowed AT&T into selling its USL
subsidiary.  For along time I have watched AT&T slip into into novells hands
its very sad.  Thought AT&T had more brains than that, more backbone.  I 
think one of the rumors was that AT&T would get 3% of novell's stock
ooooooohhhhhhhh  aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh what a thing to get, boy I'd be so excited
I'd jump right out of my skin.  Man am I envious.  NOT!

	Now maybe if AT&T had bought Novell and then dismantled it slowly
peice by peice that would be entertainment!

	 Oh, I'm sure I will get all kinds of flames about this post but
oh... well...  

	We just got novell because our lan manager server got fried.  So,
its hard to imagine something worse than novell but lan manager comes real
close.  the switch to novell was decided by abunch of accountants not us 
computer people, figure that one out.  the accounting dept argues that 
well the rest of the campus is going to novell so we should too (to be 
compatible).  by this type of logic i understand that if the rest of the 
campus decides to jump off a cliff we should do likewise.

 				Flames to /dev/null


jodsmith@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,bit.listserv.novell
From: tmunro@ccs.carleton.ca (Tim Munro)
Subject: Re: NOT-LOGGED-IN   - Getting rid of.
Keywords: Connections Zapping not-logged-in
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:53:31 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.184733.25265@ncsu.edu> ashah@eos.ncsu.edu (AJAY  SHAH) writes:
>From: ashah@eos.ncsu.edu (AJAY  SHAH)
>Subject: Re: NOT-LOGGED-IN   - Getting rid of.
>Keywords: Connections Zapping not-logged-in
>Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:47:33 GMT
>
>I also request NOVELL to release the NLM mentioned
>for the subject of this posting.
>
	Should votes be sought, I to vote for its release.
--
Tim Munro

tmunro@ccs.carleton.ca
Voice:  (613) 788-2600 x3722
Fax:    (613) 788-4448

* System error, strike any user to continue... *
From: dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Netware for MAC - Volume not seen!
Date: 21 Dec 92 19:31:35 GMT
Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia

In article <1h4qmcINN1s7@tamsun.tamu.edu> wjh0265@tamsun.tamu.edu (William Hobson) writes:
>I have a server with the Mac namespace installed, MAC and AFP NLMs loaded,
>but when a Macintosh user logs into the server, no volume is in the dialog
>box to choose.  SYS: should show up, and I have tried logging in as 
>supervisor (same result) and ran bindfix at the suggestion of my dealer,
>to no avail.  The Mac manual just says that the cause is probably not having
>the namespace or Mac NLM loaded, but I have verified that it is installed
>already.  Any Ideas out there in netland??
>

Hi,

Typically, this means the NameSpace has not been added to the server.  It is not
enough just to LOAD MAC.NAM in your STARTUP.NCF.  After the server is up, issue
the following name space command:
'
ADD NAME SPACE MACINTOSH TO VOLUME SYS

The volume name SYS can of course be replace with the name(s) of other volume(s)
that will support AFP users.  After you have added the name space, you can 
verify the operation was successfull by typing the command VOLUMES at the 
command prompt.  The mounted volumes should be returned as well as the name
spaces supported.  You should see both DOS and MAC after adding Macintosh name
space to volume SYS.  After doing this just UNLOAD/LOAD AFP.NLM.  That should
take care of the problem...

Think Peace...and Happy Holidays!!!

Dan Seeman 
Novell
Walnut Creek,Ca.
From: boyles@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Template Account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Another PServer Problem
Date: 30 Dec 1992 21:28:30 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
Reply-To: boyles@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Template Account)
NNTP-Posting-Host: nextnext.nextwork.rose-hulman.edu


On Netware 3.11, I am loading pserver.nlm.  When it loads, it  
requests a password.  Nothing works.  I have heard of this problem  
before but don't remember the solution.

Please Help,

Ernie Boyles

Ernie.Boyles@Rose-Hulman.Edu

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From: zrwb15@hou.amoco.com (R. Wendel Bordelon, 594w3)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Sockets/Streams programming in Netware 3.11
Keywords: programming sockets streams help netware
Date: 30 Dec 92 15:10:57 GMT
Reply-To: zrwb15@hou.amoco.com
Organization: Amoco

Greetings to those assembled!

I wish to tap the collected knowledge here.  I have a project that
will require communication from Novell Netware client stations to 
Unix servers as well as other Netware servers possibly/probably on
another other 'domains.'  I would like to use streams or sockets to 
accomplish this communication.  So, the client station application
sends a 'message' the a server somewhere on the network and data is 
returned via the same method.  

A. Can this be done? I have heard that Netware supports sockets and 
   streams.

B. What additional software must be purchased on each server/client?
   Please don't tell me I must have NFS on every server...

C. What software/libraries are needed to code/compile such a system?

D. Is there a Freeware/commercial system that will do this messaging
   already. (why reinvent the wheel?)

This has gotten longer than I had planned and probably raises more 
questions than I answered about what is needed.  If you have any ideas
or pointers to examples or just what a more detailed description of what
it is that I am trying to do, Please let me know.  Thanks...

--Wendel 
---
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: altman@cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman)
Subject: NETX.EXE 3.31 printing problems
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, State U of NY at Stony Brook
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:20:52 GMT

[ Article crossposted from comp.os.os2.networking ]
[ Author was Jeff Altman ]
[ Posted on Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:18:33 GMT ]

Is anyone else using the new NETX.EXE version 3.31?

Here is my problem, once starting up a DOS Session and running
NETX.EXE (w/o logging into the network) I am no longer able to
print or copy files to devices such as lpt1, lpt2, ...

After logging into the network, if I run Paradox 4.0 and then
shell out, copy a file to lpt1, and return, Paradox bombs out
stating that the PDOXUSRS.NET file has disappeared even though
the file server still lists it as being open.

It appears that NETX.exe 3.31 is playing games with the file
handles.  

Anyone else experience this problem, or is using version 3.31
successfully?


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: rfranken@mcs213i.cs.umr.edu (Richard Brett Frankenberger)
Subject: Re: Please Read (was Re: "Lost Space" on a 486/SCSI server (3.11))
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 04:01:55 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla

In article <1htom3INNimk@tamsun.tamu.edu> carlb@tamsun.tamu.edu (Carl A. Brown) writes:
>Before anyone else writes me to tell me, I know about purge, and of
>the 60Meg that is missing, only 202K is used by deleted files.
>That's why I included the data from chkvol. (Reproduced Below).
>
>If anyone knows what else could cause a server to "lose" disk space,
>or what to do about it, please let me know.
>
>Thanks.
>
>-Carl
>
>---Begin (parts) of previous article.
>
>>I'm having a problem with my NetWare 3.11 server (486/EISA/16Meg/SCSI).
>>The problem is that occasionally it will "lose" space, as in when you 
>>delete something (especially directories), it will not free up the      
>>space that the directory used, although it no longer exists. 
>
Is the only problem with deleted directories.  If so, this is normal.
Once NetWare 3.11 allocates disk space for directory entries, it never
returns that space for use by files.  Example:
 
    MD TEST
      Server checks to see if it has sufficient dir entries for TEST.  
Lets assume it doesn't.  It then allocates some for directoryt entries,
resulting is less free space..
 
    RD TEST
      Server remopves TEST but does not return any free space for
use by files.
 
    MD TESTA
      Server checks to see if it has free dir etnries.  It will (RD TEST
freed up some), so you do not lose any space here.
 
    You say you lost 60Meg, though, so it sounds like something else may
be going on here.
 
              - Brett   (rfranken@cs.umr.edu)
 
 P.S.  MD TEST may alloctae free space even if there are empty dir
entires.  It also needs some for the files in TEST.  I'm not sure
exactly how the Novell Netware directory structure works.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: jc@i5120h.nrl.navy.mil (J. Clark)
Subject: searching WP files on a novell LAN for key wordswords
Organization: NRL
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:32:09 GMT

hi all !
Thanks for the responses -  I'll look in my turbo c stuff for grep.

I wanted to look for key words in Word Perfect Files, not ascii. 
(small clarification)

If anyone has more thoughts I'd appriciate them.
Thanks and Happy New Year
From: mstaben@comtch.spk.wa.us (Matthew Staben)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: API for Encrypted Passwords?
Date: 29 Dec 92 16:31:15 GMT
Organization: Waffle BBS at CompuTech Spokane, Washington

villalj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Villalovos) writes:

> Does anyone know how to set up the call for a "Verify Bindery Object Password
> using ENCRYPTED passwords.  I have the Netware Programmers Guide and the call
> listed does not seem to support encrypted passwords.  My server keeps
> squawking back a message about an attempt to use un-encrypted passwords.  Any
> info would be appreciated.  Also on any of the other calls dealing with
> passwords (i.e. Set Bindery Object Password, Change, Login...).
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> John Villalovos
> Certified Netware Engineer
> villalj@xanth.cs.orst.edu
> (503) 753-7883

 
The API call, "Verify Password" is really the only way to determine if a 
password is legal for the object specified.  You do not send an encrypted 
password - you send an actual password which is then compared with an 
internally decrypted password to see if they match.  As far as I know, 
there is no way to retrieve a password from the Netware OS.  The same 
rule applies to all password API calls.
 
Verify Bindery Object Password:  
SENT: Object ID & Password (which your application generates)
RETRN: Error code no match.
 
All other Password:
Sent: Object ID & Password with New Password (ie, for change)
RETRN: Error code for no match.
 
Maybe I don't understand the question, as this should be obvious.  
 

mstaben@comtch.spk.wa.us
 
[Made in America]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: ctalbot@mica.meddean.luc.edu (Carlos J. Talbot)
Subject: Can't access novell.felk.cvut.cs
Keywords: tcpip novell bootp ftpd
Organization: Loyola University Chicago
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:28:06 GMT

Is anyone having any luck with ftping to novell.felk.cvut.cs (147.32.14.5)?
My connection keeps timing out. I'm trying to get the bootp and ftpd nlms
from the Tech. Univ. of Prague. Any pointers to other ftp sites would be
appreciated. Thanks.

--
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Office of Fiscal Affairs          |         ctalbot@lucpul.it.luc.edu   
Stritch School Of Medicine        |         ctalbot@ref.tfs.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Columbia SST Driver password
From: osterber@husc8.harvard.edu (Richard Osterberg)
Date: 22 Dec 92 20:55:51 GMT

Does anyone have the password needed to unZIP the files found on Columbia
Data Product's support BBS for their SST drivers? I have one of their
FAAST SCSI cards in my NW 2.15 server, with v3.34 of their drivers. They
won't give me the password unless I have v3.36 of their software already,
which they will sell me for $95. That's a bit rediculous. Anyone have the
password?
-Rick
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: ccksb@trentu.ca (Ken Brown)
Subject: Re: Novell/Unix Mail
Organization: Trent University, Ontario
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:03:11 GMT

In article <TBRLwB4w165w@netlink.cts.com> gregb@netlink.cts.com (Greg Beron) writes:
>peter@ephsa.UUCP (Peter Whitman) writes:
>
>> I am in the process of bringing up a large Novell network with ties to Unix s
>> 
>
>I don't know about CC:Mail, but NoteWorks has an optional interface to 
>Unix sytems.  It's a great mail package all by itself, too.  It's the 
>only TSR pop-up mail package I could get to work with Desqview and all of 
>our apps.
>
>-Greg
>
>--                    
>INTERNET:  gregb@netlink.cts.com (Greg Beron)
>UUCP:   ...!ryptyde!netlink!gregb
>NetLink Online Communications * Public Access in San Diego, CA (619) 453-1115

What about the combination of Pegasus Mail and the Charon Gateway?  Both
are cheap (read free - a reasonable fee is required for Pegasus
Documentatino kit).
-- 
Ken Brown                                   internet: kbrown@trentu.ca
Trent University Computing & Telecommunications  tel: (705)748-1540
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 7B8           fax: (705)748-1246
From: usdpd@mathcs.emory.edu (David Dykes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: NetWare group scheduling software
Date: 21 Dec 1992 20:59:21 -0500
Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS
NNTP-Posting-Host: emory.mathcs.emory.edu
Keywords: schedule groupware meeting