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From: case@ucs.sdsu.edu (Steve Case)
Subject: symbolic and hard links with Netware NFS, how?
Organization: San Diego State University, Data Communications Group
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:19:36 GMT

Is there a Netware utility that sets up symbolic and/or hard links with 
Netware NFS? From the Netware NFS manual, I gather you must mount the file 
server's volume from a Unix box using NFS then use the UNIX "ln" command to 
create links.

Isn't there a way to do this via DOS and Netware w/o having to use UNIX? I 
want to create links for FTP users which would allow them to navigate the 
anonymous FTP directory in an easier manner. I've installed the NFS 
namespace and set up my FTPSERV.CFG to use it.

Also, we have the NFS NLM, but have other users using FLEX-IP. Can they 
setup links as well?

thanks

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: xtpw@trentu.ca (Peter Wood)
Subject: Re: Acces server : pain in the A**
Organization: Trent University, Ontario
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 23:19:27 GMT

>In article <1992Nov4.172401.24886@cs.few.eur.nl>, biloggen@cs.few.eur.nl
>(R.P. Loggen) wrote:
>
> We are using the acces-server. We get bumped out after 5
> minutes after logging in remotly (by modem).
>
> Any advice?
>

I can't remember how, but there is an auto-logout feature that is
configurable. Learned this one the hard way :-)

It isn't very graceful...just a message flashing in the corner, and
boom.


-- 
Pete Wood
Fleming Data Research 
Sir Sandford Fleming College           xtpw@blaze.trentu.ca
Peterborough, ON		       pwood@trentu.ca
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From: iceman@sequent.com (Ian Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,comp.protocols.ibm
Subject: Looking for File sharing between Netware & AS/400
Date: 5 Nov 92 23:47:01 GMT
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.

The title says it all.....

I am looking for packages that allow Netware servers and AS/400's
to share data.  I am looking for all kinds of connectivity solutions
that will allow some type of file transfer between these servers.

I would prefer that it provide the ability to 'mount' each others
file systems.  Either both ways or one way.  If it's some kind of
file transfer 'session' that would be OK also.

-- 
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Senior Systems Administrator			15450 S.W. Koll Parkway
Architecture & Technology			MS=RHE1-895
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From: bheagney@amiganet.chi.il.us (Brian Heagney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: PRINTER-DRIVER-PROBLEMS
Date: 5 Nov 92 00:38:11 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

Hello to all!

     I have a question that I hope one or many of you can answer.  This
question is in reference to Novells V.3.11 printer "driver" support.  I am
currently running a NOVELL network at home.  At home you ask, well I am
currently learning it to get my CNE.  Although, I have come into a problem:

     I have an EPSON APEX 80 printer (Yes it's quite old) and under ALL printer
configurations in the MSDOS environment I use EPSON FX80 driver. 
Unfortuanately, when I do this under NOVELLS .PDF file, and go to print off the
Network I get "OUT OF PAPER" error, yet, I really am not.

     Can someone help me to tell me if NOVELL's software is like the others
etc.... "I DO NOT THINK" it is hardware...please advise!

- Brian Heagney

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From: iceman@sequent.com (Ian Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Looking for backup solution that keeps on-line database
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:31:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Nov11.193145.26899
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.

I am looking for a Netware backup solution that keeps a database
of all files backed up on-line, preferably with a good windows
front-end.

I need a solution that will allow all Netware users access to the
database for read-only purposes.  This way THEY can search for a
file THEY lost and let the network administrator (or whoever performs
the backups) know all of the needed info to restore the right file.

What products are out there today that provide this functionality???
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: skorajf@access.digex.com (Joe Skora)
Subject: Re: Semaphore, NetWare-Programming
Keywords: FileServerServices, API4DOS, FCONSOLE
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:48:45 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.153439.321@rrz.de> jo@rrz.de (Jochen Magnus) writes:

>I m using NetWare-Semaphores for synchronizing system-resources. THIS works  
>very well, but I have problems to control the semaphores with the DOS-API-Calls  
>'getConnectionsSemaphore  and  getSemaphoreInformation . I get always an error  
>251, which is a very general error from Novell.
>
>From the past I know that several calls, come under the chapter  
> FileServerServices , are not yet supported under NetWare 3.x-versions. Is this  
>still true?
>

Yes, it is still true.  The calls from 2.15 will not work in 3.x.  Novell is
working on new calls for 3.11.  Look in SC3X02.ZIP in NOVLIB at NOVELL.COM.
It contains code for GetSemaphoreInformation and it does work.  They have not
yet released GetCOnnectionsSemaphore, however, by taking the changes they made
to GetSemaInfo and applying them to GetConnSema I was able to hack a functional
version, though I don't trust it a bit for production use.

Good Luck.

Joe


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
Subject: Using Versatec 8510 Plotter with FT Printer Assist under Netware 2.15c
Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
Organization: SCI Systems, Inc., Huntsville, Al.
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:39:54 GMT

Has anyone out there gotten a Versatec 8510 plotter working on a print
server under NetWare 2.15c? I'm trying to get our CAD people fixed up
so that their designers (and eventually, my engineers) can plot from
any networked PC, and we're not getting there easily.

The Versatec has a TSR driver of some kind, executed from AUTOEXEC.BAT
with the line:

vprinter -b 03bc -v 000f -d 0006 -t 0100 -n 0001

This drives a custom interface card for the plotter (rather than using
a standard parallel port; the custom card is probably much faster). 

The network hardware is a WD/SMC8003EP, which works fine as long as 
we don't try to use the plotter. The workstation is running DOS 5;
EMM386 is installed; it's a 386; there's a 3270 emulator that is known
to not conflict with NetWare; there are no (other) oddball peripherals
connected; the drives are ESDI, again known to not conflict with NetWare.

We see the following interactions:

	If the plotter program has been executed, IPX loads fine but
	  NETX locks up looking for a file server.

	If the plotter program has not been executed, IPX and NETX
	  load fine and login/logout performs normally (this is 
	  with the vprinter driver loaded, just not having been used).

	If IPX/NETX have been run, the plotter program will lock up
	  while trying to load the drawing.

	If I try to load PABIOS before IPX and NETX, the plotter 
	  program fails with an insufficient memory error.

Of course, if vprinter isn't loaded, IPX/NETX work fine, but the plotter
program hangs with a "Plotter not ready or out of paper" error. It's not
bright enough to realize there's nothing there...

Printer Assist works great with laser printers, but they won't buy
me one that will handle an E-size drawing...  :-(

If anyone has any experience with making a plotter of this type talk,
I'd appreciate hearing about it either via posting or email. This is
probably a rather narrow field of interest for most people, so email 
would probably be better.

Thanks,
Gary


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: fod@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Frank O'Donnell)
Subject: SECUREFX security breaches -- what next?
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:28:59 GMT

Like a lot of other people, we recently downloaded and
installed SECUREFX.NLM on our NW3.11 server.

Wonder of wonders, we've just had a rather exciting 
morning, with not one but two apparent security breaches
detected about an hour apart.  A broadcast message appeared
on each of our logged-on workstations with the message
"1.1.255 Security breach against station nn neutralized
10:45 am".

This brings up two questions:

1)  What do we do next?  Although we have accounting
enabled, these apparent login attempts are not copied to
its log, nor do they seem to be anywhere else I can get 
at.  Is there any way to figure out the address of 
whoever seems to be trying to connect to us?

2)  The broadcast message is sent to absolutely all
logged-in users, and overrides "castoff" commands
executed by some workstations.  Unfortunately, this has
the effect of hanging certain unattended servers running
things like a BBS, etc.  Is there any way to turn off the
broadcast feature, or restrict it to certain workstations
such as supervisor equivalents?

Thanks for any help!

Frank
frank@jplpost.jpl.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Problem changing from local to Novell drive
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:26:48 GMT

eric.lentz@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Eric Lentz) writes:


>G >We have Word Perfect (5.1) installed in the network, and its
>G >directory is mapped to the search path for all user who have
>G >access to it. If a user is working on his/her "C:" drive and
>G >simply types "WP", Word Perfect is found and run from the
>G >Novell drive, but drice "C:" becomes inaccessible. Upon exit
>G >from Word Perfect, the user will still see the "C:" drive
>G >prompt, but this drive letter will access the Novell drive
>G >instead. The only way to recover access to the local drive
>G >is rebooting. This is, fo course, very annoying.

>You might look around for a WP.BAT that re-MAP's C: to your WordPerfect 
>directory.  Just a thought.

If so, a MAP DEL C:  should return C: to local use.

-JTT
From: mishra@qut.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: NW3.11 & X.25
Date: 6 Nov 92 11:26:13 EST
Organization: Queensland University of Technology

I need to connect NW 3.11 LAN to an X.25 network. What software and hardware 
do i need to buy for the server as well as the workstations. Could someone
please advice me on this please
From: R.Thirlby@lut.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Netware over serial link
Date: 9 Nov 92 16:56:28 GMT
Reply-To: R.Thirlby@lut.ac.uk (Rob Thirlby)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.

We have a small department 2 miles away off campus.  they can only afford
to connect to us using a PTT supplied line, currently running at 9600
baud.  How can I reasonably cheaply connect their netware system to those
on our campus ethernet.  we run 3.11 and have IP tunnelling equipment
over X.25 on the main campus as well as the ethernet.

Any ideas welcome.

rob thirlby
From: sam@engr.latech.edu (Sameer Singh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Looking for Popmail
Date: 10 Nov 92 22:00:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: engr.1992Nov10.220000.7642
Organization: Louisiana Tech University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

I am looking for a DOS based mail program called Popmail.
I believe that it is public domain and I would greatly appreciate it if
someone could lead me to it.

Thanks.


sameer singh
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: dje@sword.bellcore.com (Don Eilenberger)
Subject: How to FAX?
Reply-To: dje@sword.bellcore.com (Don Eilenberger)
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 14:36:43 GMT
Keywords: FAX, NOVELL


Dear Netters.. (and Novellers..)...

Has anyone setup their novell network to allow users to FAX to
a centrally located FAX card? If so, using what software?

We are especially interested in allowing Window's users to fax
using TrueType fonts (ie:wysiwyg)... we believe we do have a MAC
solution.. but I have not been able to locate a PC solution.

Rather than reinventing the wheel.....

All replies welcomed, and if they look useful or interesting,
I will paste them together as a FAQ.. and repost it here!

Thanx...


Don Eilenberger (dje@sword.bellcore.com)
From: ching@angelo.amd.com (Mike Ching)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Functions Performed By Netware.drv Under Windows?
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:49:56 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Santa Clara, CA

In article <BxHILx.DDL@sti.com> westes@sti.com (Will Estes) writes:
>In article <1992Nov10.012057.29855@amd.com> ching@angelo.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes:
>>I'm using Netware Lite which isn't on the Windows menu and get differing
>>recommendations from Microsoft (who says use 100% Microsoft compatible
>>network) and Novell (who says use no network installed). I can't see
>>any difference in network drives but print manager always says there's
>>a network error when 100% Microsoft compatible is selected. However,
>>printing seems to work OK anyway. With no network installed, there is
>>no print spooling, ie., if the server is printing, a printer not available
>>message is received. Print spooling is the only capability I've discovered.
>
>But if spooling is set via the DOS Capture command, it should be
>transparent to both Windows and any DOS applications that print to the
>LPT port.  From Window's perspective, it's printing to a local printer
>port, and only the internals of capture know that it needs to be routed
>to a spool.  How do you link your LPT port to the print spool under
>Netware Lite?
>
>-- 
>Will Estes		Internet: westes@netcom.com


You're right. Spooling works either way. When it failed, it was because
there wasn't disk space available. One of the problems of peer-to-peer
networking is that there isn't a server with huge disks.

Mike Ching
From: villalj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Villalovos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Booting with DR DOS as a boot image
Keywords: booting DR-DOS
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:16:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: flop.1dboe5INNhuf
Organization: Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: xanth.cs.orst.edu

In article <swrim.5.720884159@sirius.ru.ac.za> swrim@sirius.ru.ac.za (MIKE WRIGHT) writes:
>Thanks for the info.  I have done this but it STILL does not work - it 
>merely allows me to get a bit further in the sequence.  Now the autoexec 
>file executes, but this hangs after netx is run because it appears to lose 
>the boot image.  
>
>I had this happen with MSDOS 3.3 as well, but all it did was give me a 
>"Batch file missing" message and dump me into the F:\LOGIN prompt, which has 
>been acceptableup until now.
>
>I now get a message indicating that COMMAND.COM cannot be found and then the 
>workstation hangs.
>

One thing that you should know is that when loading *NETX is that the boot
prom image disappears and you are placed in F:\LOGIN (maybe not always F:).
So in your AUTOEXEC.BAT you should do something similar to this:

...Normal stuff in AUTOEXEC.BAT
SET NET=NETX
LOADNET.BAT

Then in LOADNET.BAT have:

IPX
%NET%
F:
LOGIN or whatever you want to do after that such as a batch file.

Place an identical copy of the LOADNET.BAT file in the SYS:LOGIN directory. 
What will happen is once NETX is loaded execution will transfer over to the
LOADNET.BAT in the SYS:LOGIN directory.  This will stop the MSDOS 3.30 problem.
For the COMMAND.COM cannot be found you might create a directory
SYS:LOGIN\DOS60 and place a copy of COMMAND.COM for DR-DOS 6.0 in there.  Then
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT place: SET COMSPEC=F:\LOGIN\DOS60\COMMAND.COM then later
on after you login you would probably reset the comspec to the search path
for dos.

I hope this helps.
John Villalovos, CNE
From: Rob.Bernstein@f124.n7102.z5.fidonet.org (Rob Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: DUPFIX.NLM
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 20:07:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 5:7102/124 - Address Unknown, CT

311pt9 includes the following :

DUPFIX   NLM
1513 09-16-92  10:22a   This patch fixes a problem in which a
                        certain sequence of events would cause
                        duplexed drives to report all mirrored
                        drives were in sync after a hardware
                        failure, yet they were not. DUPFIX.NLM
                        must be loaded in memory at the time a
                        hardware error occurs with the disk drive.

Can anyone advise on :
a.  The "certain sequence of events"
b.  The repercussions of the drives being reported as in sync when they were     not.

The reason for asking is that I have experienced a very unstable duplexed server, where various abends occured, bindery corruptions, particularly of print queues, occured.  Also, upon rebooting, large number of mirror mismatches are reported, with vrepair taking days to run.

One of the 1.4GB drives has just gone sour exhibiting hotfix redirections, so I am beginning to suspect that some sort of corruption between the drives was occuring due to the above error.

Please netmail any replies.

Many thanks


regards
Rob


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From: vaughan@sjh.org (Tom Vaughan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: SYSCON misbehaves, but why?
Date: 5 Nov 92 16:20:47 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: St. Joseph Hospital, Cheektowaga, N.Y.

-- 

  Has anyone had SYSCON lock up a workstation if the default directory is not
the \user?

  The problem exhibited here is that after editing a user script and attempting
to escape out of the window to switch to the next user a cryptic (i.e. 
unformated and a combination of several messages) message appears at the
top of the screen and the pc locks up.

  This is a PS/2 model 70, with dos 5.0 and using emm386.sys.

  Also, how do I find out what patch level this server is at?

Thanks,

  Tom

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From: umduddr0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Brendan Duddridge)
Subject: Workgroup Manager for Mac
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:19:21 GMT

I have been asked if I could post a message regarding a problem one of the
departments in the company I work for is having.  They have designated one
of their users (on a 3.11 w/3.01 Mac Netware server) as a WorkGroup Manager.
He would like to be able to have authority to perform all the regular
network administrator duties for the group of people he manages.  He is
able to add and delete users, change passwords, etc. from the PC side, but
not from the Mac side.  It just seems that he doesn't have the authority
if he's using the Mac Netware Administrator software but he does when he's
using the PC equivalent (SysCon?).

Any ideas?

Thanks...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: AWP00JTF@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU
Subject: Help!  Error:  Error receiving from network....
Organization: UNC Charlotte
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:32:47 GMT

Recently, we have been getting the following message on our Novell network:
Error:  Error receiving from network - abort, retry.  We are running 3.11
on an AST 386 file server.  We are set for 20 users.
 
The research I did indicates that the file server is being downed
abnormally when this occurs but I know that is not the case.  The
next direction is the SHELL.CFG file, increasing the number of
retries and timeout values.  Can someone give me more info?  When I
checked the shell.cfg section in the Netware installation guide, it listed
parameters used by IPX.COM and NETBIOS.COM.  Which one am I concerned with
and exactly which commands?  Also, am I going in the right direction or
should I be looking for something else.  At the time the error occured, 7
worstations were logged on, only 4 were actively working - all in the
same software (Cardinal TicketTrak - limited to 7 workstations.  I
hope I have provided enough info - I am still learning NOvell!
 
Thanks to any and all who respond - Judy Freed (AWP00JTF@UNCC.VM)
From: villalj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Villalovos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: SECUREFX security breaches -- what next?
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:46:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: flop.1deskrINNm5e
Organization: Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: xanth.cs.orst.edu

In article <1992Nov6.192859.8972@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> fod@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Frank O'Donnell) writes:
>This brings up two questions:
>
>2)  The broadcast message is sent to absolutely all
>logged-in users, and overrides "castoff" commands
>executed by some workstations.  Unfortunately, this has
>the effect of hanging certain unattended servers running
>things like a BBS, etc.  Is there any way to turn off the
>broadcast feature, or restrict it to certain workstations
>such as supervisor equivalents?

On the stations with "castoff" did you say "CASTOFF ALL".  If you just
do castoff it will only castoff messages from users and not from the file
server.

Hope that helps for question 2,
-- 
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Certified Netware Engineer
villalj@xanth.cs.orst.edu
(503) 753-7883
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: Sam.Watters@launchpad.unc.edu (Sam Watters)
Subject: PCONSOLE command codes
Keywords: NOVELL PCONSOLE CHARON
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:14:45 GMT

We are attempting to use some software called CHARON v4.x so that we can
print files on an RS/6000 using the Novell print queues.  We need to 
change pconsole from text to binary mode.  CHARON can do it for us when 
files are bein routed from the RS/6000 to the Novell print queues.  Problem
is, we need to know the command characters to cause pconsole to change modes.
We would appreciate any information.

Sam Watters
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
swatters@silver.sdsmt.edu
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