HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gran@mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de (christian gran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: NBackup and Wang-DAT Streamer
Summary: Driver for NBackup and DAT
Keywords: NBackup
Date: 12 Nov 92 11:24:45 GMT
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
NNTP-Posting-Host: mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de

Hello,
I'am using nbackup in a workstation. We want to buy a WangDat 2 GB Streamer.
Where can I get the drivers for DAT-Streamers, so that nbackup will work ?
Is there a driver from Novell, such as the support for WangTape Streamer ?
Am I supposed to buy Arcserve, when I want to use a DAT-Streamer ?
Please help me with Infos

Christian
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: gonzalem@ucs.orst.edu (M-FORCE)
Subject: Q. (Deals with Atalk packets..more in article)
Organization: University Computing Services - Oregon State University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:48:24 GMT

OK here is the deal.. we have a campus wide network and we have server
servers (100+) setup all over the place.  What I need to find out is if
it is possible to get all the macs to see the other novell servers
running mac.nlm's or similar.  I think I have traced the problem down
to the central router not passing appletalk packets.  Now if this is
the case, how would I trick/shim/force novell to send those packets
like it use to when ww had 2.15c running mac vaps?  I have tried binding
the atalk to pc (ether_ii to enter_snap) with no luck.

Thanks for any info

Mario Gonzales
From: villalj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Villalovos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: How do I protect my server?
Date: 6 Nov 92 07:37:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: flop.1dd7b7INNinb
Distribution: na
Organization: Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: xanth.cs.orst.edu

In article <1992Nov5.105651.796@sjh.org> vaughan@sjh.org (Tom Vaughan) writes:
>-- 
>  Being new to novell 3.11 I have to ask, what is the accepted 
>software/procedures for protecting the server from virus attack?
>
For server virus protection I would recommend NetShield by McAffee Associates.
It is a server based approach that uses an NLM to monitor the server for
virii (virus plural?).  I tried it out and it really works well.  It allows you
to set up incoming and outgoing virus scans and period scanning options.  I
liked it a lot but I work for a small company so they didn't want to put out
$495 for it.  Oh well.

McAffee's BBS Number to download the program is (408)-988-4004.  It is
shareware so you are allowed to test it for five days.

Hope that helps,
-- 
John Villalovos
Certified Netware Engineer
villalj@xanth.cs.orst.edu
(503) 753-7883
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 16:02:12 MST
From: sson@bones.caedm.byu.edu (Stacey Son)
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Hack.exe
Reply-To: sson@byu.edu
	<1992Nov11.200609.9739@novell.com>

>>>>> On 11 Nov 92 20:06:09 GMT, daborton@novell.com (David A. Borton) said:

-> I agree that distribution of HACK.EXE is in itself not a problem, since the
-> security loophole it used has now been plugged.  But this person is also asking
-> for source code.  Should this forum be used to exchange tips on breaking into
-> networks?  The distinction between "good" hacking and "bad" can be a blurry
-> one.

I believe that your system security is only as good as your
administrator and his tools.  However, since Novell Netware is not as
"open" as other systems novell system adminstrators don't have the
tools (except for SECURITY.EXE) to know how secure their system is.
Adminstrators have to trust that the patch they got will fix the hole
and hope they installed the patch correctly.  Therefore, I think
Novell should provide more tools to do security audits.

I agree the source of HACK.EXE should not be released (especially, to
someone posting as *anonymous*) but I still would like to see Novell
release software that would check a NetWare server for the holes that
HACK.EXE, KNOCK.EXE, etc. are using.  We can't do it since we don't
know anything about HACK.EXE, etc.

--
Stacey D. Son                           459 Clyde Building      
Operations Manager                      Provo, UT 84602
Brigham Young University                Voice:(801)378-5950 FAX:(801)378-6586
College of Engineering & Technology     Email: sson@byu.edu
From: beh@po.CWRU.Edu (Bob E. Hetzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Upgrade from 386/33Mhz/4 megs ram... Useful?
Date: 8 Nov 92 15:10:16 GMT
Reply-To: beh@po.CWRU.Edu (Bob E. Hetzel)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


Where I work we have a Novell version 2.xx server with 4megs
ram on an approx 10 user novell network.  Primary server use
is for a Borland Paradox database, some tables having as many
as 16,000 records.  
1) Would upgrading to a 486 improve performance a lot?
   due to the application execution being primarily on the
   client I suspect it would not, but I'm looking for info.

2) Also, would an upgrade to 8 megs of ram or more provide a more
   significant performance enhancement?

Short of going EISA or local bus with the disk drive, what 
suggestions might you have for improving performance?
I'm not looking for "i guess it would", but hoping those that
who know of the novell netware internals, or those who have
actually noticed improvements along this line.
We already have a fairly fast SCSI disk drive in the server.

Thanks,

   Bob Hetzel
-- 
"I held the blade, in trembling hands,
 Prepared to make it hurt.
 Just then the phone rang... 
 I never had the nerve to make the final cut".-- Pink Floyd, 1983.
From: mreyes@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Mary Lou G. Reyes )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: watchdog
Date: 13 Nov 1992 00:11:16 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu


From what I have gathered in the manauls, watchdog comes into play when
local workstations access remote servers.

I have set the following:

SET CONSOLE DISPLAY WATCHDOG LOGOUTS = ON
SET DELAY BEFORE FIRST WATCHDOG PACKET = 15.7 SECONDS
SET DELAY BETWEEN WATCHDOG PACKETS = 9.9 SECONDS
SET NUMBER OF WATCHDOG PACKETS = 5

Is this not saying that after 15.7 seconds, send the first query to
determine if the station is still attached to the server?  If there is no
response, have the remote server query the local staion 5 times every 9.9
seconds?  This would then mean that after just over one minute of
inactivity, the connection should be severed.  What sort of response is the
remote server looking for?

I am actually trying to get the server to NOT terminate stations that do not
have a great deal of activity going back and forth.  To get a handle on
watchdogs, I set everything to a minimal value (above info) expecting to see
the stations disconnected VERY quickly.

I have watched the connection several times now.  Initially, I was giving
it about 5-10 minutes.  I waited for the station to get disconnected for
over 15 minutes the last time.  Am I reversing the definitions of the above
lines?

Thanks in advance.


_____________________________________________________________________________
Mary Lou G. Reyes                            internet:  mreyes@bcm.tmc.edu
Baylor College of Medicine                      phone:  (713) 798-7351
Systems Support Center                            fax:  (713) 798-6675
One Baylor Plaza, Ste H302                   Houston, TX 77030


Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.novell,comp.sys.novell,comp.protocols.novell
From: anonymous@postman.hsn.no
Subject: Netware C Interface....
Organization: Nordland College
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:07:58 GMT

Could anyone supply me with the Netware C Interface for Dos Function calls.
Or at least give me the adress to an ftp-site where I can get it....
By the way, do anyone know how to get your username using interrupts from 
within C ( I want to run a test: if not user=supervisor then ....).

/norway 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: x03@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (A. Stegmeier)
Subject: Re: Printing from WordPerfect
Keywords: WordPerfect, Netware
Organization: University of Heidelberg (Germany)
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 00:45:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.225132.8953@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> nickn@mummy.agsm.unsw.OZ.AU (Nick_Nikov) writes:
>Users,
[....]
>Problem: Random loss of print jobs from WordPerfect.
>
>WordPerfect Config: PORT is set to server printqueue name (e.g. PRINTQ_1)
>
>Any thoughts ? I gather the PSERVER.EXE is what was delivered with v3.11
>dated Jan. 91. Reading this group PSERVER may be the problem (yes / no ?)
[...]

Hi,

if you use Pserver V 1.21 this really *is* a problem. 
You should upgrade to V 1.22r. This is, up to my knowledge, the 
latest working release.  V 1.26 was discovered to be unusable.

Achim Stegmeier                    EARN: X03@DHDURZ1
Unirechenzentrum Heidelberg        E-Mail: x03@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
From: eric.lentz@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Eric Lentz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Problems printing graphics
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:04:00 GMT
Reply-To: eric.lentz@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Eric Lentz)
Organization: The GrapeVine BBS *** N. Little Rock, AR *** (501) 753-8121


O >	I connected an HP PaintJet XL300 to LPT1 on my NW 3.11
O >	fileserver.  I used PCONSOLE to create a queue and a
O >	print server.  I define (printer 0) as TYPE LPT1:
O >	PSERVER.NLM is loaded and it awaits a print job.
O >
O >	Now the problem, whenever I print graphics, I get some
O >	garbage characters all over my graphics.  Text appears to
O >	print ok.  I have tried printing graphics from several 
O >	different applications.  Windows, WordPerfect, etc...
O >
O >	This printer works fine when connected directly to
O >	my system.  Any ideas?

Which version PSERVER are you using?  PSERVER v1.22 fixes problems like 
the ones you described.


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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 10:35:48 MST
From: sson@bones.caedm.byu.edu (Stacey Son)
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: lpr flags from FLEX/IP
Reply-To: sson@byu.edu

>>>>> On 11 Nov 92 17:12:09 MST, cearley_k@wizard.colorado.edu said:

-> Our problem seems to the flip-side of the FLEX-IP problem described
-> previously. We are trying to send large binary print files from 
-> Netware -> Unix LPD queue.

-> lpr (the client side of lpd) can usually pass flags to the lpd server like 
-> -v or -l, telling it "this print stream contains binary data". When LPD gets 
-> this flag, it blocks the incoming print stream in 512k chunks. Without this
-> flag, it tries to block for the record length, which it determines by 
-> a line ending with <LF>. Without the <LF> in the binary data, it hits 
-> hardcoded limits in the buffers defined by LPD, or system quotas for
-> the process, etc. causing the print job to blow.

-> So... my question: 

-> HOW DO YOU PASS THE -v FLAG THROUGH THE LPR_GWY????

We found LPR_GWY.NLM to be very inflexible.  (Of course, this comes
from an UNIX guy that uses to commands like "ls" that have 24
options.)  So what we had to do for a non-related problem to yours
is to hack LPD on the UNIX side to make it think it was getting
correct information from LPR_GWY.NLM.  I believe this will work for
your problem also, however, your may have to set up a seperate queue
for these large print jobs.  Maybe, on the next release, Novell will
fix the problems with LPR_GWY.NLM or just rewrite the thing from
scratch. :^)

If you are not familiar with the LPR/LPD protocol you may want to get
a copy of Richard Stevens' "UNIX NETWORK PROGRAMMING".  BTW, the source
for LPD is available on gatekeeper.dec.com or any other BSD source
archive.

Hope this helps,

--
Stacey D. Son                           459 Clyde Building      
Operations Manager                      Provo, UT 84602
Brigham Young University                Voice:(801)378-5950 FAX:(801)378-6586
College of Engineering & Technology     Email: sson@byu.edu
From: villalj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Villalovos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Novell vs Lan manager ??
Date: 11 Nov 92 05:20:18 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: xanth.cs.orst.edu

In article <9231612.28449@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> minh@lis.rch.unimelb.edu.au (Minh Tran) writes:
>
>	Could someone please comment on these.
>
>	- Speed ?
>	- ease of use ?
>	- compatible ?
>	- popular ?
>	- and anything else appropriate ??
>
>	I have been told that Lan manager is more compatible than novell
>	Thanks
>
>	minh

Well I don't think that Lan Manager can be more compatible since most of the
software written for networks is written for Novell.  Novell has over 60% of
the market so people write for their operating system.  Speed is probably 
pretty close with an edge to Novell.  Ease of use I can't comment on since
I've never used Lan Man, but I think Novell is easy to use but I also like
the DOS prompt a lot more then Windows.

Later,
-- 
John Villalovos
Certified Netware Engineer
villalj@xanth.cs.orst.edu
(503) 753-7883
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: minh@lis.rch.unimelb.edu.au (Minh Tran)
Subject: popmail under lanman ??
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:12:48 GMT


	I know this is a wrong group for this question but I dont know
	where else to post it, sorry. And hope I might get lucky.

	Has any one got popmail to work under lan manager, We have given up ! ??
	At the moment We have to reboot the pc if We want to run popmail, really
	a pain.

	It's a piece of cake under novell, I am told.

	minh
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: TENG63@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Steven Lynch)
Subject: Re: Impossible PSERVER problem...
Organization: Motorola
Date: 10 Nov 1992 00:48:18 MST

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
From: johnk@cs.utexas.edu (John Knutson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Impossible PSERVER problem...
Date: 8 Nov 1992 00:10:45 -0600
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: latexo.cs.utexas.edu


I'm trying to set up a print server in a lab.  We'd like to put a
plotter on the print server as well.  It works, although there's a bit
of a problem.  The plotters we're using are IBM Color Plotters,
(really just HP plotters with an IBM label)..  The problem is that
these plotters don't have a sheet feeder of any kind, ie, you have to
load in the paper by hand.  Which means, of course, that if more than
one person submitted a job at any given time, the plotter would just
keep on happily plotting over the previous job...

I was wondering if there was a way to work around this little "hazard"
with a minimum amount of fuss.  I don't see any HPGL command in the
manuals to eject the paper, or disable the plotter...



We do have an old HP (genuine) 7221S plotter, however, it doesn't use
HPGL, and it needs servicing (the self-diagnostics indicate a
circuitry problem).  The good news is that it DOES have a sheet
feeding mechanism, as well as a really nifty cutter that'll cut the
paper automatically.  This'll probably have to be the other
possibility/solution.  Though since most of our software uses HPGL,
a (reasonable) solution would be preferable.  (getting 'em *both*
working would be grand)


If anyone out there has any useful suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing
from you...


Hello John.

We have HP plotters running off PSERVER here with no problem. The
plotter model numbers are 7445 and 7550A but I guess the idea should
work for most HP plotters.

Inside PRINTDEF, we have defined the plotter to have the following
(Re-initialise) strings :
                    Plotter Initialise     IN;
                    Plotter On             <ESC>.Y

Depending upon whether your application sends FORM FEEDS to the plotter
or not (I guess that it doesn't from your explanation) then I would
set up a PRINT JOB which has 'Suppress form feed' = NO and
'File contents' = BYTE STREAM. NetWare will then send a FORM FEED
after each print.

Hopefully, this should fix your problem.

Please let me know if you still have problems.
Steven Lynch
From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: 10 Base T on Novell
Date: 12 Nov 92 23:49:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

joeb@hitwr.hauppaugeNY.NCR.COM (Joe Beiter) writes:

>Our company just installed a 10 Base T backbone recently and I'm looking
>forward to bridging out current 3 Novell networks to it.  I can't seem to
>find any reference to '10 Base T' in any of the Admin manuals though.  Is
>this being called something else (like RX)?

That's because the 10Base-T spec was finalized after the current
versions of NetWare went gold.  

>  I assumed I'd just purchase
>a 10 BaseT card, throw it into a server then plug it into the backbone
>but I can't tell what driver I need to use for it.

You know what happens when you AssUme!  There are generally two
possibilities:

  a) The card you have emulates one of the Ethernet cards for which
     Novell includes drivers with the OS.  This is typically the
     NetWare/Eagle NExxxx cards and the 3Com 3Cxxx cards.  The docs
     that accompany the card should indicate how to use this driver,
     which except for selecting the media type, should be the same
     as for the card it emulates.
  b) The card manufacturer includes a disk with the necessary files
     for NetWare 2.x and 3.x.  I usually consider this superiour,
     since a good set of drivers can run the card faster than a
     generic set.

Maybe if you can share the name and model of the Ethernet card you
have, you will get some more specific help.
-- 
_________________________________________________________________________
RUCS     | Mark A. Medici, Systems Programmer III, User Services Division
User     | Rutgers University Computing Services, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Services | [medici@gandalf.rutgers.edu]                    [908-932-2412]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Mac Boot Proms
From: stevencc@brt.deakin.edu.au
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:53:04 EST
Organization: C&CS, Deakin University

Long ago I remember reading on the net about Machintosh Boot Proms. 
If anyone knows anything about them, how they work, effectiveness and cost
could you please Email me or post any Info.

Thanks in advance
Steve

Email:-Stevencc@brt.deakin.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Help with PCTerminal (Santa Clara Systems/Novell) 
From: ihogan@christ.acu.edu.au (Ian MacDonald Hogan)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:44:11 GMT
Organization: Christ Campus, Australian Catholic University
Keywords: Network, Hardware, Help
Summary: Info required for PCTerminal, diskless workstation.

G'day,
       would anyone out there know how I could get a PC Terminal diskless 
workstation to boot from a Novell Netware 3.11 file server.  I have "
inherited" 3 of these workstations for use on our network.  If only I can 
get them to work!

They were manufactured by Santa Clara Systems, and feature ethernet 
communications on the mother-board.

Any assistance would be most appreciated.

Regards,
Ian.
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From: villalj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Villalovos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Novell vs Lan manager ??
Date: 12 Nov 92 11:15:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: flop.1dtectINN8g3
Organization: Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: xanth.cs.orst.edu

In article <1992Nov11.164643.4383@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner) writes:
>The current version of Lan Manager has 2 advantages over Netware 3.11.
>First, it shows slightly better performance with load than Netware.  Not
>much - but a slight edge.  Second, Lan Manager can handle up to 1000
>concurrent users, while mainstream Netware peaks at 250 (but performance
>on both drops as you go up, so you may not care to try 500+ concurrent
>users).  

Does any one know how Netware compares to Lan Manager with a load when using
PBURST.

Also I thought Novell had 1000 user versions of Netware.  Since the 311pt9.zip
patches list all these patches updated for 1000 user versions of NW 3.11

Later,
-- 
John Villalovos
Certified Netware Engineer
villalj@xanth.cs.orst.edu
(503) 753-7883
From: dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: HP Laserjet IIIsi, ATPS configuration
Date: 5 Nov 92 23:20:02 GMT
Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia

In article <1992Nov5.174237.1018@linus.mitre.org> m20051@mwunix (Bruce Carlson) writes:
>We have an HP Laserjet IIIsi, with the Postscript and Ethernet options, and 
>have installed it on our Novell LAN.  The printer works very well with the
>PCs on the LAN, but we also have MACs on our LAN and can't get the printer
>to show up in the right appletalk zone.
>
[Stuff deleted]

Hi,

The NW4MAC services can advertise themselves only in the zones which have been
assigned to the INTERNAL NET.  The FIRST zone supplied on the LOAD APPLETLK
command line is called the DEFAULT ZONE for the internal network.  ALL NW4MAC
services will reside in the DEFAULT ZONE unless otherwise specified.  So, if you
want to put your NW queues in ANOTHER ZONE, first be sure to assign it to your
internal net.  To do so, use the following command:

LOAD APPLETALK NET=xxx ZONE={"ZONE 1","SECONDARY ZONE"}

The above line makes "ZONE 1" the DEFAULT ZONE.  The "SECONDARY ZONE" can be
used for your print queues.  To do so, use the following syntax in ATPS.CFG:

-o "Queue_Name:SECONDARY ZONE" -WB -L -F HPLASER

After ATPS has been loaded, the queue called "Queue_Name" will be advertised in
the zone called "SECONDARY ZONE".

Since zones are really administrative tools the other zones assigned on the
LOAD APPLETLK command line could also be assigned to other networks by other
routers.  So, if you have a FASTPATH that assigns "SECONDARY ZONE" to it's Local
Talk cable, and that is where your real printers "live," the queue would appear
in the same zones as the printers.

>It also appears that sending jobs to the appletalk zone of the Novell server 
>makes the HP jobs print slower from the MACs.  When I send a job it takes 
>several minutes before it appears at the Laserjet IIIsi, but a job sent to the
>Laserwriter prints out almost immediately.
>
Sending print jobs to your LaserWriter directly will almost certainly be faster.
When you do this, you bypass a MAJOR step (namely the queue).  The queue is
just a directory on the server.  So, you must build in time to send your print
job to this queue and to have your print server take the job out of the queue
and send it to the printer.  This process takes some time.  Especially if there
are other jobs in the queue ahead of the one you want to print.  Furthermore,
you are not comparing like devices.  The HP in this case is a NON-APPLETALK
device, while the LaserWriter is.  So, there simply are more processes going on
when using this functionality and you cannot compare the two.  Especially when
you consider that the HP is doing mode switching etc...

If you still believe your print services are too slow, let me know more details
(what are you trying to print, how have you configured your print server, what
kind of file server machine are you using, and any other details...) and I will
help you out...

Think Peace...

Dan Seeman 
Novell
Walnut Creek, Ca.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell