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From: pete@octopus.COM (Pete Holzmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Help with printer performance?
Date: 21 Aug 92 14:42:53 GMT
Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA

This is probably a FAQ, but I'm new to this group... so here goes.

I've got a Novell 3.11 network with 486 servers. I've got a Tektronix Phaser 
III printer attached to a parallel port on a 286 print server running 
rprinter (used to be a 386, results weren't significantly different).

I'm getting around 4000 bytes per second throughput to the printer, which
leaves it *very* hungry. It is idling along, twiddling its thumbs. Now,
I've written assembler software that can dump 100-200 Kbytes per second to
an LPT port on an *XT*. 4K is pretty atrocious! It takes 20 minutes just to
send a 4MB postscript file to the printer!

I've also connected HP3si, HP3 and other printers this way, and they all
get similarly poor performance.

Question: what is the highest performance way to connect a parallel printer
to a Novell 3.11 network? Is there something I can tweak? Is there a third
party print server software package that will work better? An NLM maybe???
I could go to a fast 386 or 486 for the print server, but it would only go
maybe 4-5 times faster. I'm looking for a lot more than that if possible.

Pete

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From: v125qmam@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Ami R Pflugrad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Temp. Granting Rights
Date: 13 Aug 92 20:50:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


Hi all,
	I've been working on a way to allow users other than the supervisor
      to back up the system on a nightly basis.  The problem arises when
	the users encounter some Network System Files (That only the supervisor
        has rights to).  The back up procedure bombs out.  Is there a way
        I can temporarly grant the user the security equil of Supervisor
        allow them to perform the backup and the revoke the equilvance all
        via a batch job (Im not always there when its time to backup).

	Any suggestions would be appreciated.

	Ami
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From: emccolga@amadeus.hyperdesk.com (Ed McColgan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: C++ compilers
Date: 13 Aug 92 17:40:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: HyperDesk Corporation, Westboro, MA


I would be interested I hearing about the advantages or disadvantages
of the various C++ compilers that folks are using to develop NLMs.  I
will gladly summarize and post the results if that is desired.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: dsart@sigma.perm.su (Dimitry Artemyev)
Subject: Problem with moving Bindery
Reply-To: dsart@sigma.perm.su
Organization: SV SIGMA
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 14:29:42 +0400


Greetings from Russia!

We have the problem transferring Bindery from NetWare 3.10 file server
to ANOTHER server with NetWare 3.11 :
After using Bindfix-Bindrest procedure all trustees were lost.

Thank you.

Please, send me the copy of the answer directly:
I have difficulties with subscribing.

Dmitri
<dsart@sigma.perm.su>
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Security questions
From: nieland_t@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil
Date: 20 Aug 92 09:49:39 EST
Organization: USAF ASD/YF, WPAFB, Dayton, OH

A couple of security related questions:

1) How does one move the NET$ACCT.DAT file in SYS:SYSTEM to another location?  
The file is being reported locked, but the Utilities Reference Manual under 
PAUDIT suggests moving the file (and the system will create another) when you 
need to do such.

2) Is there anyway to audit certain accounts on a server.  I am looking at 
needing to be able to check a certain server for FTP access to see when what 
was done.  It would be best if we can audit that account specifically.


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(513) 476-4639				nieland@ted.hcst.com
Hassler Communications Systems Technology
From: dhoward@novell.com (Dirk W. Howard)
Subject: Re: NET.CFG entries
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:28:40 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.120232.164315@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> szb@dstos3.dsto.gov.au writes:
>From: szb@dstos3.dsto.gov.au
>Subject: NET.CFG entries
>Date: 13 Aug 92 18:02:32 GMT
>Another FAQ?
>
>Where can I get info on valid NET.CFG entries? Are they just the same as
>the SHELL.CFG entries, or a superset?

Valid commands for the NET.CFG file are a superset of the SHELL.CFG file.  
In other words, any command that you have in SHELL.CFG will be valid in the 
NET.CFG.  More information on valid NET.CFG commands can be found in the 
__NetWare ODI Shell for DOS__ manual.

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From: bataller@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (Erik Bataller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Excel 4.0 Installation -> Novell 2.15
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:49:19 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center

Did you read in the manual what each user needs?  I remember reading that 
Excel needed certain files and directories in certain places, which could
be changed but needed to be there for a network installation.

d   
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: moore@oracorp.com (Sally Moore)
Subject: PSERVER.NLM - No longer works
Organization: ORA Corporation, Ithaca, New York
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 13:00:44 GMT


I spent the last several hours rebuilding NetWare 3.11 from scratch,
reloading applications, and restoring user files after trying to
upgrade the system files included on the most recent Novell Update
disks.  (The server proceeded to forget everything including its
name, number, and DOB.)  Fortunately, things are now restored to their
pre-update state EXCEPT pserver which refuses to see the configured
printers.  

I can find the printers and definitions using PCONSOLE.  There has been
no change in the definitions.  When I add a new printer, and go to select
the printserver, it won't let me add a printserver (INSERT won't work.)
When I check the "Current Print Job Entries" or "Current Queue Status
Error Report" for the predefined printers, I get the following error
message:

SERVER ERROR
  GetQueueJobList returned error 156

DESCRIPTION
  The description for this error is not available

SEVERITY
  The current operation cannot be completed

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I have powercycled the printer and the server.  I have attempted to
redefine the printers as printer 2 and 3.  I have used both PSERVER.NLM
V 1.21 and V 1.22.  No Luck.

ANY help is appreciated.  Thank you in advance.

Sally Moore
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: walter@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Joseph Walter)
Subject: Re: ccMail from DOS command
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 18:54:59 GMT

In article <1992Aug9.080849.2092@odie.incom.de> tom@in.sub.org writes:
>In article <712917208.F00001@csource.oz.au> bernard@csource.oz.au (Bernard  
>Holkner) writes:
>> I am looking for a program which will allow us to create messages from a  
>batch
>> file to post messages to users on the ccMail system we use.
>> 
>> I have heard that there is such a thing called MAIL2.EXE on
>> Compuserve, but no one around here has access..
>> 
>> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>>  * Origin: City Limits -Education,Australia 6 lines (3:633/369)
>
>What I do at a site over here is to store the message to be sent in an  
>ascii file, call up dos cc:mail and have some keystrokes fed to it by  
>STUFFIT or STACKEY or whatever you have. These keystrokes create a new  
>message, read the ascii file and finally send it and leave cc:mail.
>
>Works great and doesn't require anything but a keystroke simulation  
>program. These are share/freeware, btw.
>
>HTH
>Tom

  An even easier way to do that would be to use the cc:Mail Import
program...the general format of a Import-able message is...

Message:
From:  username at poname
To:  username at poname
Subject:  message subject
Contents:
[The rest of the message follows here...]

All that stuff is contained in just a plain ASCII file...there are
plenty more options available, but you'll hafta to check the manuals on
that one...

-Joe   
walter@ucunix.san.uc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: T104244@r3vm.dsd.trw.com
Subject: 3 PC's and 2 MAC's NW 2.2 or 3.11?
Organization: TRW Electronic Systems Group
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:54:31 GMT

Hi,
I hope this is not a FAQ, but here goes.
I have 3 PC's and 2 MAC's that I want to network.
Does NW 2.2 support MAC's seemlessly?
What problems/issues are there with 2.2 and the above setup?
The importance of the server being up all of the time is not a
big concern and I want to preferably be able to run the server
non-dedicated and have a voice-mail and fax card running on it (this
way I only have to leave one machine on 24 hours)...is this possible?
I understand NW 3.11 can only run dedicated, but with Nw for MAC is the
MAC connectivity more seemless...what are the pro's and cons of MAC support
on 2.2 vs. 3.11 ...do I need anything extra for 2.2 for MAC support?
Is NW 2.2 going to be supported in the future? or does NOvell want
everyone to upgrade to 3.11?
So basically to sum up I want the best way to:
Connect 3 PC's and 2 MAC's fairly seemlessly
Run server non-dedicated if possible w/ fax and voice-mail (in other
words...only have to leave one machine on)
Please let me know whats best...
Thanks in advance.
Ernie
T104244@r3vm.dsd.trw.com
From: ellric@wheaton.wheaton.edu (Rick Ellis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Printing error: Multiple Multiple copies
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:09:23 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Wheaton College


Hi.

We're running Novell 2.2 network with ~25 PC's and 6 Macs.  The server contains
an arcnet card for the pc's, an ethernet card, and a card which talks to the 
Macs (Ethernet Appletalk card?).  The Macs are on an Appletalk network.  We're 
running Appletalk vap and have a laserwriter IINT directly attached to the 
server.  We have a queue set up to handle laserwriter jobs from both PC's and
Macs.  The Macs can also print directly to the laserwriter, skipping the network
queue.

Everything moves along smoothly under normal circumstances.
The fun starts when a Mac attempts to print multiple copies of something.  For
instance, someone sends 25 copies of a MSWord document.  The job gets queued 
anywhere from one to three times (25 to 75 copies).  This is a major nuisance,
since frequently the user has picked up the first 25 copies and left before the
remaining jobs get processed.

Programs which have generated multiple multiple copies:
MSWord 4.0, 5.0
Aldus PageMaker 3.0, 4.0

We don't really use anything else consistently enough to notice this bug.
It does not happen with every multiple-copies job--just about every 5th job.
It happens with MSWord's print merge also.  PC's never have any difficulty.
It occurs on the Mac LC, Plus, and SE models.

Is this a known bug?  Or a setup problem?  And will an upgrade to 3.11 (planned
for next month) kill this bug?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rick Ellis
(Roc)
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From: cranch@novell.com (Christopher Ranch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: How do you name the AppleTalk Router in 3.01
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:45:33 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.novell
Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia

Hi Y'all,

My colleague dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman) writes:

>tymann@ops1.bwi.wec.com (John Tymann) writes:
>>I recently installed NW4MAC 3.01 and finally got all of my communcations to 
>>not interfere with all of the other AppleTalk routers on my net.  I was 
>>pretty new APPLETLK but because I set up my server the properly, it 
>>screwed up all of the seed routers on the net.  The problem was that none of 
>>the AppleTalk coordinators understood how cable ranges worked on a bridged 
>>ethernet backbone & they were all wrong.  So we were looking at all the 
>>routers through several network management packages and I noticed that my 
>>novell router was known as "Unknown" where all the dinky Liasons & 
>>GatorBoxes & our AFP & Pathworks servers were coming up with names.
>>
>>So... Is there a way to attach a name when you LOAD APPLETLK ?
>>
>>
>>The AFP service is named fine, but the router is not.  What do I need to 
>>do?  Also, the service type is coming up unknown?  Any clues.
>>
>Hi,
>
>If you LOAD ATCON.NLM at the NetWare for Macintosh file server and use the 
>LOOKUP SERVICE, you will find that the NW4MAC stack router is called 
>"NetWare Router."  Both INTERPOLL (Apple) and MACPING (Dartmouth College)
>also return the name "NetWare Router."  I am not sure why the utility you 
>were using returned the "UNKNOWN" names for the NW4MAC routers.  Is it possible
>that the display field is not large enough to contain the long "NetWare Router"
>name?  What ever the cause of this, you can use other utilities like ATCON.NLM
>to get information about your network.  There is no need (nor support) for 
>attaching a name parameter to the LOAD APPLETLK command line.

	NW4Mac 3.01 did not support naming the router itself.  This is
	a new feature in NW4Mac 3.011 and MultiProtocol Router v2.0.
	Just upgrade your software, and it will then appear as
	<server name>:NetWare Router@*.

	Go to NetWire or your dealer for the upgrade.

	Chris
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Internetworking Products Division
Novell, Inc.  San Jose, CA
(408)473-8667  cranch@novell.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: swhite@tybse1.uucp (William C. "Spike" White)
Subject: Re: HELP: tftp Novell server
Organization: Tybrin Corporation, Shalimar, FL
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:25:34 GMT

In article <1992Aug7.234019.20752@sfu.ca> larrie@beaufort.sfu.ca (Larrie Simon Carr) writes:
>In article <BsMwAJ.J34@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
>>In article <BsM6yz.G15@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> mckimg@alienbaby.ucs.indiana.edu (Geoffrey McKim) writes:
>>>Cost Effective TCP/IP Services for UNIX Connectivity
>>[...]
>>
>>However, I don't think the words "cost effective" and "priced at
>>$1,995" belong in the same press release when you're talking about a
>>product like Netware FLeX/IP.  It's all of one floppy disk and a
>>manual maybe half an inch thick, and the programs themselves are
>>partially ports of public-domain packages (I'm thinking of PLPD in
>>particular here).  The only reason Novell can sell any copies at all
>>of Netware NFS and FLeX/IP are that they're the only choice out there;
>>if you want an NFS server NLM, you *have* to buy Netware NFS.  
>>[...]
>
>I agree.  I know atleast three Novell sites that do not have the cash to 
>buy it, but they really do need it.  They are trying to work around it,
>but I dont think they will be sucessful.
>
I agree also.  We have starting development of a database development
effort which has have the following production environment:
   - Unix database server w/ TCP/IP
   - Netware 3.11 PC LAN 
   - Windows 3.1-based database clients accessing the back-end database using
     Novell LWPD.  LWPD is required anyway, since the PCs have to have Internet
     connectivity (ftp, telnet)

In production (ca. Sept, '93), we'll need to maintain consistent copies of our 
source code on the Novell fileserver and on the Sun database server.  Typically,
we only install new versions in production once a week or so.  We look like to
dial into the Unix box, move the new source code up, compile it on the Sun and
then move it to the 486 fileserver and compile it there also.

I'm looking at Netware NFS, FLeX/IP and SunLink's Netware for the Sun.  
SunLink's Netware for Unix seems to have a similiar pricetag as Netware NFS.
For the price, I think I'll drive out once a week, sit down in front of a
Novell node and ftp the source code from the Sun to my drive D: (Novell
fileserver).  Then compile it.  

Now, if Sun or Novell came out w/ mo attractive pricing, I'd recommend to our
customer to purchase it.  It'd save me a trip a week and 1-3 hrs :-)

-- 
Spike White     Tybrin Corporation, Shalimar, FL | Moderation in all things --
swhite@afseo.eglin.af.mil                        | and abstinence in none! 
Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not my employer.
From: dstratto@novell.com (Dan Stratton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Strange Printer Problems on 3.11
Keywords: 3.11,Printer
Date: 18 Aug 92 21:40:10 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc.

In article <1992Aug18.190428.12022@socrates.umd.edu> mike@socrates.umd.edu (Mike Santangelo (UNIX/VMS Sysmgr)) writes:
>From: mike@socrates.umd.edu (Mike Santangelo (UNIX/VMS Sysmgr))
>Subject: Strange Printer Problems on 3.11
>Keywords: 3.11,Printer
>Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:04:28 GMT
>We have a small Novell network consisting of 5 IBM PS/2 Model 70s
>with 3C523 ethernet cards as clients running MSDOS 5.0, IPX, and NETX.
>The Server is a PS/2 Model 95 486 with another 3C523 ethernet card,
>IBM PS2 SCSI card with cache.  The Server's Novell 3.11 datecode is 2/20/91.
>Unfortunately this whole thing was setup way before I took this job
>and I inherited its main problem: printing.  When any of the clients
>(with WordPerfect 5.1) print to the server attached LaserJet IID
>(via LPT1 on the server), they get random garbage/junk thrown into
>the documents they submit 50% of the time.  I've tried using WordPerfect
>with AND without (the latter via WordPerfect's built-in Novell print
>support) Novell's CAPTURE.  I've directly connected the LaserJet IID to
>a client and printed successfully.  I booted the server in DOS and used
>a minimal copy of WordPerfect and printed successfully.  Its not
>the client hardware and its not the printer, its somewhere in the Novell code
>(client side or server side).  
>
>Anyone seen this before?  I'm at wits end on this problem.
>
>
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>Computer & Network Systems Admin      +           mike@cbl.umd.edu
>CBL / CEES (Solomons Island)          +           mike@kavishar.umd.edu


If you're using the pserver.nlm that shipped with 3.11, there is a problem 
that will cause the problems you describe.  Basically, the pointer to the 
current location in the print buffer gets messed up.  You need to get a 
pserver version later than version 1.21 (latest pserver's are in pserv2.zip 
on netwire, netware express, from a reseller, your friend, your dog, and 
anon ftp( but I can't remember where the ftp site is, anyone, anyone??)).  
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Subject: Problem with BOOTPFWD.NLM
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 22:02:57 GMT
Organization: The Programmer's Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI

I'm having a problem getting BOOTPFWD.NLM working.  I'm using it on a
Netware 3.11 server, with the TCPIP.NLM provided with BOOTPFWD.NLM.  I
got them both from sjf-lwp.novell.com:/nw311/bootpfwd.  My network
consists of an SCO ODT 2.0 box, which is running the bootpd process; a
PC running CUTCP, which is making the BOOTP request, and a Netware
server, which is running BOOTPFWD.  The PC and the ODT box are on two
separate Ethernets, with the Netware server routing TCP/IP and IPX/SPX
between the two; this is why I'm using BOOTPFWD.  Normal TCP/IP
connections between the PC and the ODT box work just fine, so the
TCP/IP router is working okay.  However, I can't get BOOTP requests to
work.  BOOTP requests from the same network as the ODT machine work
just fine.  If a PC on the other network makes a BOOTP request,
BOOTPFWD claims to forward it, but a reply never makes it back.

The ODT machine is named "entity", and is IP address 192.84.21.65.
The PC machine is named "dylan", and is IP address 192.84.22.39.  The
Novell machine is named "dsc3", and is IP addresses 192.84.21.70 and
192.84.22.35.  The netmask is set to 0xffffff00 on all involved
machines.  TCPIP.NLM is loaded with "load tcpip forward=yes".
BOOTPFWD is loaded with "load bootpfwd entity".  The Netware server
has entity in its hosts table, so the name->addr mapping is not the
problem.  Any suggestions?

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mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us   | accidentally delete files that they're going
                            | to need later.
From: dah702@jaguar.ucs.uofs.edu (Debbie Hudzinski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Newest Novell Drivers
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:54:40 GMT
Reply-To: dah702@jaguar.ucs.uofs.edu (Debbie Hudzinski)
Organization: University of Scranton

Hello,

Where can I obtain the newest Novell IPX and NETX drivers - Version 3.10 or 
Above?


             Thanks in advance,

                 Debbie Hudzinski
                 University of Scranton



Debbie Hudzinski, Technical Analyst - Networks
717-941-6169
dah702@jaguar.ucs.uofs.edu
From: samir@aios.jsc.nasa.gov (Samir Giri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Print Driver attached to queue?
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:22:48 GMT
Organization: KRUG Life Sciences - NASA

We are running Windows 3.1 with Novell Netware 2.2. I was wondering if there
is software out there that converts print jobs sent to queue to the 
appropriate language AT THE PRINT SERVER. Or some way to define a particular
queue in windows to always be associated with a particular print driver. 


One more question, how do you get Dos apps that don't do postscript do print 
on a postscript print? I guess I need a text -> postscript converter attached
to a particular port on the computer. 

Please mail me at
  sgiri@medics.jsc.nasa.gov
                                        ---Samir