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From: hall@oscar.tc.cornell.edu (Bill Hall)
Subject: NW4Mac & PC application interop?
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 01:05:53 GMT

    I'm looking for applications that will run on a Macintosh using Netware
 Mac name spaces and have PC based (OS/2, DOS, Windows, ?) versions that
 can recognise, use, and interchange files with the Mac version...
     In particular graphics program.... Does Coreldraw, Freelance, or ?	
work in this manner?  What versions are needed?
      Same question for Spredsheets (Excel, Lotus, Borland, ...)
      Wordprocessors?  
       What do people out there have running?
    Thanks!


Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: andrews@msdrl.com (Richard Andrews)
Subject: Dial in NetWare access
Organization: Merck Research Laboratories
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 16:38:49 GMT

What are the names and numbers of some companies which make 
good Dial-In NetWare access solutions?

Any personal experiences would also be appreciated.

-Rich
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: boyd@shmop.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Subject: Re: Western Digital Ethercard Plus/A and IBM PS/2 55SX, 65SX (summary)
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 92 19:36:19 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.051130.20843@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>, I write:
>
>    After installing Netware 3.11 on a Altec 386DX (the server) and an IBM
>PS/2 70, I find that I cannot get netx.com to work on my three other 
>machines (two IBM 55SX's, and a 65SX).  They are all using the same 
>ethernet card (Western Digital Ethercard Plus/A), and are running IBMDOS 5.
>I have verified the wire (by lugging the working machine around), the cards
>(by swapping them into the working machine), and conflicts (by ripping out 
>everything else in the machines).  They just do not want to work in the IBM SX
>machines.  No matter what I try, netx reports "file server not found".   
>
> [......]
>
>    Thanks in advance for all responses, however bizzare.  Don't hesitate, 
>I am out of options!  Please email all responses to boyd@cs.fsu.edu.  I will 
>post a summary if there is interest.  

Well, it is a very short summary.  First of all, the Microchannel ethernet
cards IBM sells are in fact the WD's mentioned above.  Second, WD has been 
bought out by SMC.  Third, my problem turned out to be that I was using the 
original floppy disks supplied with the cards (to get the needed .obj file), 
and they were way out of date.  After grabbing the latest version of the 
"Superdisk" (which are available from Compuserve, as well as at least one 
place on the internet) and rebuilding ipx.com, everything works perfectly.

Thanks to all that responded.  This problem was solved in record time because  
of y'all.

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From: mikef@som.yale.edu (Michael Fanara)
Subject: Re: How NOT to advertise spooled services in NetWare for Macintosh
Organization: Yale University School of Management
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:56:29 GMT

 Paul,

I looked at your atps.cfg file, but in my reading I can't find the -g or -u
parameters anywhere.  What's the significance of these parameters?  With my
queues having the -wf option, can't route a nprint or print statement to any
laserwriter printer.  Everytime I try to run Pserver, I get a fatal error and 
it blows me away.  Then if I try to configure printers in Pconsole for the 
ATPS server, pconsole says it can't because a certain directory doesn't exist.
What's going on?  Could you please e-mail me back at Mikef@Yalevm.bitnet or
Mikef@homey.som.yale.edu.   
Thanks for your help.  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: keith@novell.COM (Keith Brown)
Subject: Re: Novell & pc/tcp problems
Organization: Novell San Jose Development Center
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 00:45:52 GMT

In article <921005133321@minimillian.ftp.com> backman@vaxeline.ftp.com  (Larry Backman) writes:
>
>So Keith & friends:
>	When is Novell going to release that PCNFSD NLM?

In the fullness of time.

>Can't be that hard to do, eh?

Hard? No. It's not a complete no brainer though. Most of the procedures
that are to do with printing have to be re-written. Obviously we can't
go goofing around exec'ing lpstat(1) and trying to parse the output 
inside a NetWare server like the UNIX PCNFSD does. We have much more
interesting stuff going down at the moment though. Patience......

Keith
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2180 Fortune Drive, San Jose, CA 95131                  Net: keith@novell.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: ntprlr@eskimo.celestial.com (NightProwler)
Subject: RPRINTER & Win3.1
Organization: Ghost in the Shell
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 18:20:06 GMT


Quick question--

Does RPRINTER work with Windows v3.1?  

I've been running it (sort of) by loading prior to entering windows.  It
seemed to work fine for the past few weeks, but I never tried to execute a DOS
program, or go to a DOS shell.

The first time I tried to go to a shell, the system locked up, and no longer
responded to CTRL-ALT-DEL.  Wierd, considering v3.1 deals with re-boot
situations very well...

Any tips or tricks to making this work?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: ciufo@cc.uow.edu.au (philip ciufo)
Subject: Backing Up server
Summary: Backup server from workstation
Keywords: backup
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 08:58:16 GMT

We would like to implement a system for reliable backup
of our fileserver using the nbackup (or ???) utility supplied
with netware v3.11. The server has a 1GByte SCSI disk split into
3 volumes. The server also has Macintosh software using
the DAYNA2000 hardware.

We want to be able to backup the complete file server
via a workstation using a one step process. In order
to do this, we think we may have to purchase a new tape
backup system. Nbackup does not seem to support any other tape
hardware other than Wangtek devices. Our tape unit is a 
Sony SDT1020 (1.3 GByte device).

Currently, we backup the server using a two step process by
backing up to a hard disk on a workstation using the nbackup utility
and then backing the disk onto the DAT using Sytos software.
Sytos will not backup to Mac files correctly.

Technical support from local suppliers has been difficult to 
come by. Any assistance would be appreciated. If necessary, we
could purchase additional software to do the task.

Thanks...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: Novell Security Contact Point
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:08:38 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.142431.59237@cc.usu.edu> jrd@cc.usu.edu writes:
>	If you have a security observation then please tell Novell about it
>via this channel and then wait a while for the system to work before you
>consider spreading damaging details elsewhere.
>        Joe D.

As someone who runs a Novell 2.15 server, I was extremely grateful for
that posting of KNOCK the other day - I would have expected a major known
hole like this to have prompted Novell to send out unsolicited by mail
the patch that I didn't know existed until it was put up the next day
by Novell in response to KNOCK.  We have all sorts of transient employees
through our office and the magnitude of that hole scares me.  Our server
has valuable information on it.

If it takes something like this to embarrass Novell into action, so be it.

Disgruntled of Peckham.

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From: carlos@dorsai.com (Carlos Dominguez)
Subject: Well BITCHERS/MOANERS...
Organization: The Dorsai Embassy, New York's Computer Consulate. +1.718.729.5018
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:05:26 GMT

Since the damage has been DONE.. Instead of wasting bandwidth on flaming
this guy, WHY DOESNT SOMEBODY POST THE SEC* PATCHES HERE AS AN 
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.!!!
 
Some of us here don't have the luxury of real-time FTP access or
can access a mailserver to boot...
 
So... PUT UP OR SHUT UP!!
 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: ccg@tcdsp1.mmm.com ("Charles Ganzhorn")
Subject: Attachmate IPX Gateways
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 13:40:45 GMT

I ran into a situation where some IPX stations using an Attachmate SNA
gateway starting transmitting as fast as they could when the tranceiver
cable to the gateway segment became partially unplugged.  It seems that
the segment on which the gateway resided could hear the traffic off of
the rest of the network but was unable to transmit.  The clients (the
madly transmitting nodes) were on one side of the break and the gateways
were on the other.

Has anyone seen this behaviour?

Charles.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: bayomi@bldghsc.lan1.umanitoba.ca (Dennis Bayomi)
Subject: Anyone Using Microsoft Mail and Template Facility
Organization: Computer Department, Medicine, Univ. of Manitoba
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:00:48 GMT

Hi, we've been using Microsoft Mail 2.1C (DOS) on our 3.11 server very 
successfully for the past six months or so.  I'm interested in using the 
user template feature to include user phone numbers, departments, etc as 
part of their mailing information.

Is anyone using the template facility ?  It seems pretty straightforward 
according to the Administrator manual but I'd appreciate any comments or 
advice before plunging in. 

Cheers,
   Dennis

Dennis Bayomi
Computer Department
Faculty of Medicine
University of Manitoba
bayomi@bldghsc.lan1.umanitoba.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: LB.KSD@isumvs.iastate.edu (Kerry Sanders)
Subject: Re: Internet to MHS
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 03:01:55 GMT


At the Parks Library of Iowa State University, we are in the
process of upgrading our CD-ROM LAN (Lantastic, with Hitatchi CD-ROM
drives), to a Novell environment, running SCSI Express, and NEC
CDR84 CD-ROM Drives, and the Adaptec 1542B Controller cards.
We're also using HP SCSI Storage boxes to house our CD-ROM drives
of which we currently have 14.

The good news is, we have been very successful in our efforts to
setup 7 drives, as well as to set up the Lantastic Server
software for access.  Our initial tests have shown that there
is a huge improvement in response time, over our production
system.  We have not been quite as successful in setting up the
remaining 7 drives.  These require an additional controller,
which we can not get to boot up with the first controller
installed.  Both controllers will boot up by themselves so we
know they are in good working condition, but despite our
efforts, we have not been able to get them to work together.
We have followed Adaptecs instructions of disabling the BIOS
on the second controller, and resetting the following:

        The Port Address
        DMA Channel
        Interrupt Channel

We have tried several several different scenerios of the above
options.  We have also removed all other boards such as Ethernet
Card, Modem, and checked the VGA board for conflicts.  Each time
we get to the same place on boot up.  The system identifies each
of the settings listed above for each controller, but ASPI4DOS
does not install successfully.  Listed below is our Config.sys
file for further explanation.  Any thoughts or suggestions would
be greatly appreciated.


                 CONFIG.SYS

DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
LASTDRIVE=R
DEVICE=C:\ADAPTEC\ASPI4DOS.SYS /d /p330 /p234
DEVICE=C:\ASW410\ASWCDNEC.SYS /D:ASPICD0 /NORST
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM NOSH ARAM=C800-C9FF
dos=high
buffers=5
files=10
stacks=0,0


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* Kerry Sanders              *   Bitnet: LB$KSD@ISUMVS             *
* Automated Systems Division * Internet: LB$KSD@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU *
* 034 Parks Library          *                                     *
* Iowa State University      *    Phone: (515) 294-4681            *
* Ames, Iowa 50011-2140      *      Fax: (515) 294-1885            *
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* Automated Systems Division * Internet: LB$KSD@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU *
* 034 Parks Library          *                                     *
* Iowa State University      *    Phone: (515) 294-4681            *
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From: roger@asylum.UUCP (Roger Greene)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Novell to VAX connectivity.
Date: 28 Sep 92 14:41:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: asylum.445

olsondavidsc@bvc.edu writes:

>	We have just installed a new Novell system on our campus.  The 
>original network was a VAX system.  Now we are looking for possible ways to 
>connect these two systems.  We would like to be able to log into the VAX 
>from the LAN and vis-versa.  Also, when we log into the LAN we would like 
>the LAN to check the VAX for new mail and reports any new mail.

To log on to the VAX from your network you could install TCP/IP on each
NetWare client or use a NetWare-TCP/IP gateway.  Many well-supported
commercial and free TCP/IP stacks exist (PC/TCP, PC-NFS, LAN WorkPlace,
WIN-TCP, Kermit, NCSA Telnet, etc.), which are best used over ODI drivers 
on your clients.  We (Catipult), NCM (TCP Server) and Firefox (Novix)
make gateways.  Dual stacks are good for high-bandwidth applications
such as NFS and frequent big file transfers, and gateways are well
suited to a mixture of applications with an emphasis on Telnet.

As for checking mail on your LAN, many TCP/IP packages include SMTP-based
mail software which you can use to talk to your VAX.  If you are going to
use a MHS-based mail system (Pegasus and others) on your LAN, then you 
can get an MHS-SMTP gateway from Computer Mail Services (S-Bridge) or
the free Charon.

Roger Greene, Ipswitch, Inc., (617) 942-0621, roger@ipswitch.com


clients.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler)
Subject: Re: Leak in Novell
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:51:39 GMT

In <jph.11@cc.ruu.nl> jph@cc.ruu.nl (Peter Hasperhoven) writes:

>In article <1992Sep30.001353.17355@umr.edu> rfranken@mcs213i.cs.umr.edu (Richard Brett Frankenberger) writes:

>- Login as SUPERVISOR only when and as long as necessary.
>- On 3.11 load SHOWEVNT.NLM by Bart Mellink. This doesn't close the gap, but 
>it reports changes in the bindery and you can see if you have been hacked. 
>It's on novftp.rc.rug.nl in /nlm.

Maybe creating a supervisor equivalent account with a benign name that
a hacker wouldn't know was really SUPERVISOR and using that instead of
SUPERVISOR would be a good idea?

What releases of Netware does this particular hole affect?  Does it apply
to 3.11 and 2.2 where thepackets are supposedly encrypted on the wire?

Will 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,comp.dcom.lans.novell,bit.listserv.novell
From: slf@netcom.com (Sharon Fisher)
Subject: Looking for users of Network Navigator
Followup-To: comp.sys.novell
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:56:53 GMT

Annatek, which is now Novell's Boulder division has announced that its
Network Navigator software distribution product will now work with
NetWare LANs (not that it didn't before, but it's NetWare-aware now).
If you are a beta tester of the Novell version, or an existing user
who has a comment on the new features, I'd like to talk to you for a
story I'm doing for Comm Week.  Please either reply here or via email
to slf@netcom.netcom.com.  Thanks!
From: dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Netware 4 MAC/Racal Compatability
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:06:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: novell.1992Sep29.220640.12384
Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia

In article <1992Sep29.113311.9@cgate> tlopsal@cgate.sait.ab.ca writes:
>I'm finally getting around to installing Netware 4 MAC (version 3.0) on our
>Netware 3.11 fileserver. I am attempting to bind the APPLETLK protocal stack
>to a Racal Interlan Ni6510 card using the following:
>
>BIND APPLETLK BACKBONE_ETALK NET=0-0
>
>I get the following error message:
> 
>Attempt to bind APPLETLK LAN protocol to Racal Interlan Ni6510 Lan Driver  v4.1
>(910612) failed. (error=FFFFFFFF)
>
>1) Does anyone know if the Racal Interlan Ni6510 card is Netware 4 MAC
>compatible?
>
>2) What does error=FFFFFFFF mean?

Hi,

NetWare for Macintosh v3.0 does not support NON-SEED routing.  When you supply
the net range NET=0-0 you are telling the router to ask another router for
network information.  This is certainly good functionality, but we did not sup-
port it until 3.01 NW4MAC.  So if you want to use NON-SEED routing (NET=0-0),
please upgrade to 3.01 NW4MAC. If you cannot do this, you will need to find out
what net numbers and zone names have been assigned to the network in question
and duplicate those parameter assignments on your BIND lines in your AUTOEXEC.NCF.  

Now for a few words about the NI6510.  The RACAL NI6510 NIC and driver are NOT
CERTIFIED for use with the AppleTalk frame types and protocols.  A number of
customers have *ATTEMPTED* to use these NICs with AppleTalk and have found
SOME success.  To be safe, you may want to call RACAL if you have any difficulty
with the installation.

Oh, and by the way, the error=FFFFFFFF message indicates a syntax error.  In 
this particular case, the syntax error was on the net number assignment (NET=0-0).  You must upgrade to 3.01 NW4MAC (or more simply to APPLETLK.NLM 3.04) to
gain NON-SEED routing support for your NW4MAC router.

Hope this helps...

Think Peace...and PLEASE V-O-T-E-VOTE!!!

Dan Seeman
Novell
Walnut Creek, Ca.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: dstratto@novell.com (Dan Stratton)
Subject: Re: Task-Switching under Novell???
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Distribution: comp.sys.novell
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:04:46 GMT

In article <BvoB3A.KDo@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l) writes:
>From: kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l)
>Subject: Task-Switching under Novell???
>Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 00:08:56 GMT
>Alright, here's the story.  I'm running Novell Netware 3.11
>We currently have a lot of people who are doing 3270 emulation (via 
>controller) to the mainframe with a TSR program - they toggle 
>between that mainframe session and their DOS app (WordPerfect, Lotus, 
>etc.).  This is extremely useful to their work and is not a feature 
>anyone in the building will surrender gracefully (or at all).
>
>We do not use Windows, and I have no desire to install it (since I hate
>it passionately) on >100 machines.  We do not have the hardware to run
>OS/2 or Unix. 
>
>We just started telnetting TCP/IP to the mainframe (tn3270 Clarkson)
>but I have been *COMPLETELY* unable to find telnet software that permits
>this sort of hot-key switch between the telnet session and the DOS session
>using network apps.  What we have not only warns us not to use network
>programs in the DOS shell for tn3270, it hangs the system when we are 
>foolish enough to try it anyway :)
>
>I *ABSOLUTELY* NEED this ability.  I remembered an old product called
>Software Carousel - a task switcher for a DOS environment.  Does anyone
>know of a similar task switcher for a Novell environment?  Will Software
>Carousel work for this problem?  Will anything work for this problem?
>
>*PLEASE* (he begged, on bended knee) don't tell me "Windows or Death".
>I'm on the fourth floor and defenestration has a certain appeal :)
>
>Steve Kellmeyer
>-- 
>
>Steve Kellmeyer 
>kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

No absolute answer from me, but you might try DR. DOS taskmax or MS DOS 5.0 
task switcher, in conjunction with TBMI2.com.  TBMI allows events to be 
buffered in a task switching environment, and comes in dosup5.zip, in 
library 05 on netwire or anon ftp to all those places that have the 
libraries.  Hope this helps. 
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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: bnetx reads past EOF w List & Borland C
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:07:18 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1992Sep21.171546.642@fri.cri.nz>, dunninga@fri.cri.nz writes:
> We are experiencing problems with BNETX. When we do a LIST (public domain TYPE 
> equiv) or do a compile using  borland C (v2.0) both programs read past the end 
> of the file. The compilier reads past the end of the header files. 
> This is a right pain as we are on a router based network. (Why do the routers 
> break the packets to 512?? this is utter madness!!!)
> Without bnetx our xfer rate is ~180 to 240 kbs, with bnetx it gets up to 540.
> It is also a security hole. I can (if i want to) browse the complete disk.
> Has anyone else had this problem?. 
> Please reply to newsgroup as mail isn't so hot at the moment. 8-(
> 
> Andrew Dunningham    
> dunninga@mof.govt.nz
----------
	Ok. I'll bite on the last item. Could you explain carefully (privately
if appropriate) how use of BNETX lets one see parts of a server's disk for
which one normally has no access rights? If true this is a very important
observation, but I have not experienced it here. And if security is really
violated this way don't even tell me the full details but inform Janet Perry, 
janetp@novell.com, directly and fully RIGHT AWAY. If Mail does not work at
your end then call me on the phone, (801) 750-2982 in Utah, and I'll relay
in confidence. A check of your access priv's via RIGHTS and SYSCON would be 
a good idea.

	On the reading past end of file, I presume you are meaning a Control-Z
standing for an end of file, a la CP/M. Again, I don't recall users noticing
that here with Borland C v2.0, but I'll take your word for it.
	Joe Doupnik