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Subject: NOVELL Digest - 28 Apr 2000 to 29 Apr 2000 (#2000-83)
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** Low Priority **

Thanx for Happy

Zdenek Spicka
IT, Kaucuk a.s.
t. +420 205 712107

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Topics of the day:

  1. Netware 4.11 & Arcserve 6.x & DLT tape speeds (2)
  2. Best way to Dial-In
  3. Keyboard/Monitor Switches on Novell Servers
  4. Workstation Registration
  5. Installing 4.11; Problem with Disk Drivers (2)
  6. IP/IPX Gateway and IE5 (2)
  7. Problems with Disk Drivers

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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    elbourki at QGPC.COM.QA 
Subject: Netware 4.11 & Arcserve 6.x & DLT tape speeds

Hi all,

What is the maximum speed that Arcserve 6.1 SP2 can get to when backing up a
Netware 4.11 server SP6, with 35/70 DLT tape drive on a Compaq ProLiant 6500?
The maximum we could is  around 60 Mbytes/min, yet with Windows NT the rate is
300 Mbytes/min.
Did anyone get any better speeds or is this it?

We have contacted Novell support in Holland, but couldn't get a satisfactory
answer.

Thanks in advance.


 Farag Hamid Elbourki
 LAN Engineer
 Qatar General Petroleum Corporation
 ICS Department
 P.O. Box 47, Doha, Qatar
 Phone: (+974) 402326, Fax: (+974) 402051
 E-mail: elbourki at qgpc.com.qa 

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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    NickK <nickk at INTERACCESS.COM>
Subject: Re: Best way to Dial-In

Greetings,

I've used Shiva LanRovers in various location. I've had them sent in a all
Novell environment (NW 3.12), as well as , a very mixed environment (NW
4.11, NW 5.0, NT, Notes and AS/400).  Shiva LanRovers are configure and
manage (both local and remote)

Later...

NickK

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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    Mike Avery <mavery at MAIL.OTHERWHEN.COM>
Subject: Re: Keyboard/Monitor Switches on Novell Servers

On 28 Apr 2000, at 9:25, John Namias wrote:
> Due to space restrictions (my office is getting crowded), we are
> considering getting monitor/keyboard switches for our servers.  I seem
> to remember from a long time ago (NW 2 days)  that Novell servers like
> to have their own monitor and keyboards.  Has this changed/improved?
> If monitor/keyboard (and I guess mouse) switched are OK to use, does
> anybody have recommendations to which one(s) to select?

Gee, that was a few years ago.  I've had good results with my ATEN
MasterView CS-105 switch.  It is a 6 port KVM switch I bought
about 6 years ago for (if memory serves) $450.  That was list price,
not through a discounter.  Sometimes my NT server forgets it has a
mouse - that started when I started using a Logitech Marble.  When I
started using Microsoft serial mouse drivers on the NT server with
the marble, the problem went away.  No problems with DOS,
Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Linux, or FreeBSD.  (Although the
FreeBSD box won't see the mouse if it is booted without the mouse
attached.)

Mike

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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    Roland Kool <columbo at DDS.NL>
Subject: Re: Workstation Registration

> We have been using ZEN 1.1 and are finally going to upgrade to ZEN 2 in
> mid-May. We have a large environment, including approximately 3000
> registered workstation objects. When ZEN was originally implemented,
> workstation registration was not very well planned, and with the multiple
> registration problems we had, we would like to start over with the
> workstation objects. Does anyone have any advice on where would be the best
> location to place the workstation objects? (in the containers with the
> users, in a container by themselves, separated by department, etc) Also, how
> would you recommend deleting the current workstation objects to have the
> least amount of negative impact on NDS? Basically, how many objects is it
> safe to delete at one time? Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom,
>
Scott,

If you are planning on ungrading your ZEN, you might want to wait for
the next version, 3. From what they told me at BrainShare, are they
targetting for a summer release. If you can wait some more, it might
be a good idea as ZEN3 will include some cool new features.

Now on to your questions. There are a number of possibilities to
where to place your workstation objects. We decided to place them in
a separate container. Each location (we have 15) has it's own
container to place local workstations in.

I don't know how many workstations you need to delete, but I think it
can't do any harm deleting lot's of objects at once. But personally,
I have not done this. The only thing to be cautious of is backlinks
and external references.
Your best bet may be to delete workstation objects over a period of
time, because when these objects are used by workstations to login.
If you delete them, you will delete active connections. If I would do
this operation, I would delete the registry keys on the workstation
and then delete NDS object. Then reregister the workstations.

HTH

Roland


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> Systems Administrator
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> University of Missouri Health Sciences Center
> (573)882-4770
> fergusonsr at health.missouri.edu 
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>
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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    Jeff Tinch <jtinch at FUSE.NET>
Subject: Re: Netware 4.11 & Arcserve 6.x & DLT tape speeds

About 2 years ago I test Backup exec 7.x  vs Arcserve 6.1  on HP servers & =
HP DLT 35/70 tape drives on Novell 4.11.  Backup exec in the test =
environment always was about twice as fast as ARCserve was for the same =
hardware, whether it was same server or across the wire.  Test was done on =
a isolated16mbit token ring with 1 W/S and 3 server.  The highest speed of =
Arcserve was about 75Mbytes/min.


At one site on compaq servers, NW 5.x, ARCsereve 6.6 sp4 with DAT 24 we =
see a speed of up to 80Mbytes/min across the wire (100mbit ethernet).

A friend running backupexec 7.x on NW 4.x with mammoth tape drives would =
approach 400Mbytes/min accross the wire.



>>> <elbourki at QGPC.COM.QA> 04/29/00 03:49AM >>>
Hi all,

What is the maximum speed that Arcserve 6.1 SP2 can get to when backing up =
a
Netware 4.11 server SP6, with 35/70 DLT tape drive on a Compaq ProLiant =
6500?
The maximum we could is  around 60 Mbytes/min, yet with Windows NT the =
rate is
300 Mbytes/min.
Did anyone get any better speeds or is this it?

We have contacted Novell support in Holland, but couldn't get a satisfactor=
y
answer.

Thanks in advance.


 Farag Hamid Elbourki
 LAN Engineer
 Qatar General Petroleum Corporation
 ICS Department
 P.O. Box 47, Doha, Qatar
 Phone: (+974) 402326, Fax: (+974) 402051
 E-mail: elbourki at qgpc.com.qa 

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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    Dana Mendoza <dmendoza at HPU.EDU>
Subject: Installing 4.11; Problem with Disk Drivers

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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    Dana Mendoza <dmendoza at HPU.EDU>
Subject: Installing 4.11; Problem with Disk Drivers

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Hi all,

I am installing IntranetWare 4.11 on a brand new Dell PowerEdge 2400
server.  It has a backplane with 2 hard drives and the driver I should
be using is the AIC78U2.HAM.  I also have another SCSI card in there
which is the AHA2940 and the driver I use for that is AHA2940.HAM.  The
other driver that Novell loads is the AIC7870.DSK.

Here is the problem I am having.  During the driver installation, it
already loads the AIC7870.DSK.  With this file, it has only one possible
slot number which is 10002.  The AHA2940.HAM also has only one possible
slot number which is 10002.  I don't have any problems with the
AIC78U2.HAM.  It gives me two possible slot numbers (1, 10001).  I can't
load the AHA2940.HAM because the slot it wants is already taken.  I've
tried using an updated AIC7870.DSK file which doesn't require a slot
number and have the AHA2940 use the slot number is wants.  When I did
that, after it loads the drivers, a small window comes us saying
"Looking for CDMs*please wait".  It just sits there with that screen.  I
found some knowledgebase documents that states that the message means it
is attempting to look for more files on the CD-ROM but cannot find the
CD-ROM anymore.  In other words, theres a conflict with my drivers.
I've tried different orders of the drivers and different combinations
but either it gives me the "CDM" message and stops or it cannot find any
hard drives and won't continue installation.

Does anyone have any ideas?  I tried calling Dell support but since I
ordered the server without an operating system, they cannot help me.  If
I move one of the SCSI cards, will the slot numbers that it wants
change?  Thanks in advance.

--
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Dana K. Mendoza                       Hawaii Pacific University
Assoc Director of Academic Systems    1188 Fort Street, Suite 431
Academic Support Center               Honolulu, HI 96813
E-mail: dmendoza at hpu.edu              Phone: 808-544-1161
http://www.hpu.edu/                   Fax:   808-544-9306
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<html>
<tt></tt>&nbsp;
<br><tt>Hi all,</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>I am installing IntranetWare 4.11 on a brand new Dell PowerEdge
2400 server.&nbsp; It has a backplane with 2 hard drives and the driver
I should be using is the AIC78U2.HAM.&nbsp; I also have another SCSI card
in there which is the AHA2940 and the driver I use for that is AHA2940.HAM.&nbsp;
The other driver that Novell loads is the AIC7870.DSK.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Here is the problem I am having.&nbsp; During the driver installation,
it already loads the AIC7870.DSK.&nbsp; With this file, it has only one
possible slot number which is 10002.&nbsp; The AHA2940.HAM also has only
one possible slot number which is 10002.&nbsp; I don't have any problems
with the AIC78U2.HAM.&nbsp; It gives me two possible slot numbers (1, 10001).&nbsp;
I can't load the AHA2940.HAM because the slot it wants is already taken.&nbsp;
I've tried using an updated AIC7870.DSK file which doesn't require a slot
number and have the AHA2940 use the slot number is wants.&nbsp; When I
did that, after it loads the drivers, a small window comes us saying "Looking
for CDMs*please wait".&nbsp; It just sits there with that screen.&nbsp;
I found some knowledgebase documents that states that the message means
it is attempting to look for more files on the CD-ROM but cannot find the
CD-ROM anymore.&nbsp; In other words, theres a conflict with my drivers.&nbsp;
I've tried different orders of the drivers and different combinations but
either it gives me the "CDM" message and stops or it cannot find any hard
drives and won't continue installation.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Does anyone have any ideas?&nbsp; I tried calling Dell support but
since I ordered the server without an operating system, they cannot help
me.&nbsp; If I move one of the SCSI cards, will the slot numbers that it
wants change?&nbsp; Thanks in advance.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>--</tt>
<br><tt>-----------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt>Dana K. Mendoza&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hawaii Pacific University</tt>
<br><tt>Assoc Director of Academic Systems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1188 Fort
Street, Suite 431</tt>
<br><tt>Academic Support Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Honolulu, HI 96813</tt>
<br><tt>E-mail: dmendoza at hpu.edu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Phone: 808-544-1161</tt>
<br><tt><A HREF="http://www.hpu.edu/">http://www.hpu.edu/</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fax:&nbsp;&nbsp; 808-544-9306</tt>
<br><tt>-----------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    Dana Mendoza <admendoza at HPU.EDU>
Subject: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5

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Hi all,

We are currently using the IP/IPX Gateway in Novell Intranetware 4.11
for several years now.  It has worked great with all internet
applications but ever since IE5 came out, it won't work with that
application.  We have never experienced problems with Netscape users or
any other applications including Outlook.  Internet Explorer 4 worked
fine but 5.0 just sits there and cannot make a connection.  It just
times out.

The client 32 versions that we use is either v2.2 or 3.2.  I have
Service Pack 7 applied and the server is a Dell PowerEdge.

Does anyone have this problem?  Is there any fixes or patches for this
problem?   Thanks in advance.

--
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Dana K. Mendoza                       Hawaii Pacific University
Assoc Director of Academic Systems    1188 Fort Street, Suite 431
Academic Support Center               Honolulu, HI 96813
E-mail: dmendoza at hpu.edu              Phone: 808-544-1161
http://www.hpu.edu/                   Fax:   808-544-9306
-----------------------------------------------------------------


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<html>
<tt>Hi all,</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>We are currently using the IP/IPX Gateway in Novell Intranetware
4.11 for several years now.&nbsp; It has worked great with all internet
applications but ever since IE5 came out, it won't work with that application.&nbsp;
We have never experienced problems with Netscape users or any other applications
including Outlook.&nbsp; Internet Explorer 4 worked fine but 5.0 just sits
there and cannot make a connection.&nbsp; It just times out.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>The client 32 versions that we use is either v2.2 or 3.2.&nbsp;
I have Service Pack 7 applied and the server is a Dell PowerEdge.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Does anyone have this problem?&nbsp; Is there any fixes or patches
for this problem?&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks in advance.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>--</tt>
<br><tt>-----------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt>Dana K. Mendoza&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hawaii Pacific University</tt>
<br><tt>Assoc Director of Academic Systems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1188 Fort
Street, Suite 431</tt>
<br><tt>Academic Support Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Honolulu, HI 96813</tt>
<br><tt>E-mail: dmendoza at hpu.edu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Phone: 808-544-1161</tt>
<br><tt><A HREF="http://www.hpu.edu/">http://www.hpu.edu/</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fax:&nbsp;&nbsp; 808-544-9306</tt>
<br><tt>-----------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt></tt>&nbsp;</html>

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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    Dana Mendoza <dmendoza at HPU.EDU>
Subject: Problems with Disk Drivers

Hi all,

I am installing IntranetWare 4.11 on a brand new Dell PowerEdge 2400 server.
 It has a
backplane with 2 hard drives and the driver I should be using is the AIC78U2.HAM.
 I also have
another SCSI card in there which is the AHA2940 and the driver I use for that
is AHA2940.HAM.
The other driver that Novell loads is the AIC7870.DSK.

Here is the problem I am having.  During the driver installation, it already
loads the
AIC7870.DSK.  With this file, it has only one possible slot number which is
10002.  The
AHA2940.HAM also has only one possible slot number which is 10002.  I don=92t
have any problems
with the AIC78U2.HAM.  It gives me two possible slot numbers (1, 10001).  I
can=92t load the
AHA2940.HAM because the slot it wants is already taken.  I=92ve tried using an
updated
AIC7870.DSK file which doesn=92t require a slot number and have the AHA2940 use
the slot number
is wants.  When I did that, after it loads the drivers, a small window comes
us saying =93Looking
for CDMs=85please wait=94.  It just sits there with that screen.  I found some knowledgebase

documents that states that the message means it is attempting to look for more
files on the
CD-ROM but cannot find the CD-ROM anymore.  In other words, theres a conflict
with my drivers.
I=92ve tried different orders of the drivers and different combinations but either
it gives me
the =93CDM=94 message and stops or it cannot find any hard drives and won=92t continue
installation.

Does anyone have any ideas?  I tried calling Dell support but since I ordered
the server
without an operating system, they cannot help me.  If I move one of the SCSI
cards, will the
slot numbers that it wants change?  Thanks in advance.

--
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Dana K. Mendoza                       Hawaii Pacific University
Assoc Director of Academic Systems    1188 Fort Street, Suite 431
Academic Support Center               Honolulu, HI 96813
E-mail: dmendoza at hpu.edu              Phone: 808-544-1161
http://www.hpu.edu/                   Fax:   808-544-9306
-----------------------------------------------------------------

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Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:58:32 -0400
From:    Dana Mendoza <dmendoza at HPU.EDU>
Subject: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5

Hi all,

We are currently using the IP/IPX Gateway in Novell Intranetware
4.11 for several years now.  It has worked great with all internet
applications but ever since IE5 came out, it won=92t work with that
application.  We have never experienced problems with Netscape
users or any other applications including Outlook.  Internet
Explorer 4 worked fine but 5.0 just sits there and cannot make a
connection.  It just times out.

The client 32 versions that we use is either v2.2 or 3.2.  I have
Service Pack 7 applied and the server is a Dell PowerEdge.

Does anyone have this problem?  Is there any fixes or patches for
this problem?   Thanks in advance.

--
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Dana K. Mendoza                       Hawaii Pacific University
Assoc Director of Academic Systems    1188 Fort Street, Suite 431
Academic Support Center               Honolulu, HI 96813
E-mail: dmendoza at hpu.edu              Phone: 808-544-1161
http://www.hpu.edu/                   Fax:   808-544-9306
-----------------------------------------------------------------

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End of NOVELL Digest - 28 Apr 2000 to 29 Apr 2000 (#2000-83)
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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 09:26:11 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 04:26:11 -0400
Subject: Client32 V3.2 settings not sticking
In-Reply-To: <s8f1b8dd.074@mail.lhsnet.com>
Message-ID: <65FB6FA065E@inter-corporate.net>

> Well, theres a small problem with Client32 V3.2 and NWAdmin32 that
> causes me to need Extended File Handles set to ON.  I set it, both via
> the red N and via control panels, but whenever I reboot my WS the
> setting goes back to OFF.  Any ideas on why the setting won't stick?

        Did you check the Windows Registry entry for this setting after
applying the changes?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 09:37:41 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 04:37:41 -0400
Subject: Deleting Alias Objects
In-Reply-To: <D5BA50A266EDD211A79400805F9F2DF54900F4@BOSTEXCH3>
Message-ID: <65FE8E5272B@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> check myself.  If I delete the Alias O object, that will get rid of the
> objects within that Alias O - but will it delete those objects that are in
> my production tree?  In other words, can I delete the Alias O without it
> effecting objects in my production environment (of which the Alias was made
> from)?

        Think of this in terms of  "beam me up, Scotty, so I don't have to
take the turbolift to the bridge!"  If you delete the turbolift (the
alias), the bridge will still be there.  =)

        All alias objects have the "phantom of the opera masks" next to the
icon of the object being aliased.  If you delete objects that don't
have these extra symbols beside them, you'll be deleting the objects
themselves.

        Do the following test to verify these details before you proceed
with your production objects to be sure you're comfortable with this
(Bones certainly wouldn't approve of this!):

                1. Create a container called "Bridge"
                2. Create an alias to this container called "Teleport"
                3. Create some objects in both "Bridge" and "Teleport"
                4. Delete "Teleport"
                5. Verify that "Bridge" and ALL OBJECTS CREATED are still there

        I hope this helps.  Admin long and prosper!  ;-)

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 09:42:09 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 04:42:09 -0400
Subject: DNS and Dynamic DNS
In-Reply-To: <862568BA.004C8E1B.00@mico.com>
Message-ID: <65FFA9927BE@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> My plan is to first use DNS  to eliminate the host files, and DHCP to hand out
> the new DNS server address and a new domain name PRV.MYDOMAIN.COM and
> PRV2.MYDOMAIN.COM for the remote site. Change all Static IP machines to the new
> domain names. The forwarding list for the DNS server will include my ISP's DNS
> servers for external name resolution. My question first of all, is this plan
> full of holes? and what benefit would I gain using DDNS with this configuration?

        I don't see any problems with this.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 09:45:51 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 04:45:51 -0400
Subject: Dual Processor Problem
In-Reply-To: <DA3C4C1A7D@WILLISTON.K12.VT.US>
Message-ID: <66008C20842@inter-corporate.net>

> We have a NW 5.1 box running with two Pentium III's processors.  We
> have noticed that when both on line, processor 0 has 45-50% of its
> time in use.  When processor 1 is taken off line, it drops ot less
> than 5%.
>
> We have looked at the threads with nothing immediatel evident.  Does
> anyone have any ideas on what is causing this?

        Could be a hardware vendor problem.  Ask the manufacturer of the
motherboard for BIOS updates and NetWare MPK driver updates.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 09:48:16 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 04:48:16 -0400
Subject: Fast machines and NT client
In-Reply-To: <38EB1A33.1668C545@dtu.ox.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <66014CC154F@inter-corporate.net>

> We have just bought our first PIII/500 and we're having a little
> trouble. In our login script we map drives from two different
> Netware 4.11 servers one of these servers never achieves the
> mapping, reporting an invalid path. If the same user goes
> to a slower machine the login and all mappings work correctly.
[Snip]
> Finally if I start a DOS prompt up and attempt to map the drive
> manually it also fails so it's not just a login script issue. All
> of the users are controlled by the same ZenWorks user profile and
> the machines are all controlled by a common Workstation profile.
>
> Any thoughts on where to go next? I could try NT Client 4.7 is this
> a healthy move? Also, I could update the servers to SP8a which appears,
> from comments on this list, to be reasonably stable (as long as you're
> not running Mercury).

        This could be a licensing problem.  Does the problem server have
enough user connection licenses?  This is the type of response one
typically gets when a server runs out of licenses.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 09:51:50 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 04:51:50 -0400
Subject: FAX SOLUTION
In-Reply-To: <38DB294C.8731.8EC573A@localhost>
References: <4.3.1.2.20000323214753.00ae6af0@pop.primenet.com>
Message-ID: <66024BB5255@inter-corporate.net>

> Using Netware 3.12 patched to 3.2.  Looking for software that allows WS
> to FAX.  Have 3Com router installed.  WS have TCP/IP internet
> connectivity.  Help.  THanks.  dpjones at nlkj.com

        Tobit Software has a product called FaxWare:

                Tobit Software - Products
                http://www.tobitsoftware.com/5/b/

        One feature I really like about FaxWare is the long distance area
code routing options for WANs -- it's smart in that it can route long
distance faxes to other servers, making them local calls.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 10:05:11 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 05:05:11 -0400
Subject: Installing intranet on NetWare 4.11
In-Reply-To: <s8fc946f.003@luthercare>
Message-ID: <6605E7352E8@inter-corporate.net>

        Please enable Word Wrap in your eMail software so your messages
won't get cut short (and more people can read them).

        See my answers throughout...

[Snip]
> I'm trying to configure our intranet. The web server is the old
> Novell Web Server 3.1. I can access the private side web server by
> typing in the internal IP address (10.1.1.1) and it will bring up
> In> >>>>>>>>

        I'm guessing that you're trying to show that the web server is
functioning correctly.  If not, please reply.

> I'm not sure where nor how to configure the internal dns server so
> that users just have to type INTRANET or LUTHERCARE of whatever
> we'll end up having them type. I poked around in UNICON and saw
> some> >>>>>>>>

        You'll need to make HOSTS entries on each workstation are set up an
"A" record in your DNS servers for "intranet" or "luthercare" (a
cooperative ISP who provides your DNS should do this for you).

> Anyone care to point me in the right direction (or any other
> helpful hints)?

        If using IP/IPX Gateway, you can get away with making the entry only
in SYS:ETC/HOSTS on the gateway server.

> Also, is there a standard naming convention for the internal
> homepage?

        Not that I'm aware of.  Generally, however, it is a good idea to
pick something short (so your users can type it easily), and to make
sure the name doesn't contain any dots (periods) so as to avoid a
conflict with legitimate internet names.

> Thanks. I'm close, but a little push in the right direction would
> be helpful.

        I hope this helps.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From andre.boogaards at ICTIVITY.NL  Mon May  1 10:14:15 2000
From: andre.boogaards at ICTIVITY.NL (Andre Boogaards)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 05:14:15 -0400
Subject: <<BAD MESSAGE>> Obituary in NW5 replica ring
Message-ID: <s90d676c.048@mail.ictivity.nl>

Hi,

at a customer site when I do Check External References from DSREPAIR, I get the following result:


/****************************************************************************/
Netware 5.00 Directory Services Repair 5.23 , DS 7.45
Log file for server ".ftp.STUDENT.IO.ORG" in tree "ORG"
External Reference Check
Start:  Tuesday, April 25, 2000  11:25:35 am Local Time
Found obituary at VID: 00EC0C40, EID: 19001537, DN: CN=TUDOS18_USR.OU=STUDENT.OU=IO.O=ORG.T=ORG.
  Type = 000C <<< BAD MESSAGE >>>, Flags = 0002 OK_TO_PURGE 
Found obituary at VID: 00064580, EID: E7001568, DN: CN=TUDOS18.OU=STUDENT.OU=IO.O=ORG.T=ORG.
  Type = 000C <<< BAD MESSAGE >>>, Flags = 0002 OK_TO_PURGE 
Checked 98 external references

*** END ***

Does anybody know what the cause of this is, and more important what the solution might be? It appears these obits do not interfere with any partition operations, but they are of course a bit of an annoyance :-) All servers in this ([Root]) replica ring are NW5 with DS 7.45.

Kind regards,
Andre Boogaards

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Mon May  1 10:26:48 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 05:26:48 -0400
Subject: Connecting 2 networks via firewalls
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191A9B@INTERGW>

Hi all,

I am in the process of trying to come up with a scheme to connect two
seperate networks (2 trees) via non-Netware firewalls (Checkpoint).

The idea is as follows :

Tree1+Server1
Firewall
Firewall
Tree2+Server2

There will be a VPN between the FireWalls.

The idea is to allow users on either network to map a drive to the other
server in the other network.

I do not want NDS data to flow though (other then for authentication
purposes as per the explanation following), so basically what I would expect
is that when the user performs the mapping via an icon on their desktop,
they will be asked to login to the second tree.

Anyone done something similar to this ?

I have no problem blocking all other data flow (smtp, ftp, http, and so on)
by setting rules in the firewalls, so my only issue is how to get the
Netware servers talking minimaly (for login only and then data transferals
of documents).

Mike Glassman
System & Security Admin
Israeli Airports Authority
Ben-Gurion Airport
http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il

Tel : 972-3-9710785
Fax : 972-3-9710939
Email : admin at iaa.gov.il

Usage of this email address or any email address at iaa.gov.il for the
purpose of sales pitches, SPAM or any other such unwanted garbage, is
illegal, and any person, whether corporate or alone doing so, will be
prosecuted to the fullest possible extent.

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Mon May  1 13:49:34 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 08:49:34 -0400
Subject: Best way to Dial-In
Message-ID: <s90d451d.034@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Depends on your needs.  

To dial in and act as if connected directly to the network (remote node) will probably provide rather disappointing performance to most, over most modem lines.

To dial in and "take over" another PC (or server), requires more software, but will provide more acceptable "performance", offset by the confusion factor inherent in "remote control"

Netware connect, plus PC anywhere, Proxy, etc. can provide both.
Wanderlink, includes Proxy, (www.funk.com) or with PC anywhere,e tc) also provides both.

Both require a NW server.  Also required are sufficient com ports and licenses to support them.  The NW server should not be a limiting factor, should you use a Pentium or better box.  I've used 386 boxes and gotten acceptable performance for 2 com ports.

-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------


>>> Robin Brady <robin.brady at SSB.STATE.TX.US> 04/28/00 11:36AM >>>
Does anyone have any recommendations as to the best and most
reliable product to use to set up dial-in hosts?

Robin
Austin, TX

 

From ATARODI at AGRIC.UM.AC.IR  Mon May  1 13:58:08 2000
From: ATARODI at AGRIC.UM.AC.IR (Mohammad-Reza Atarodi)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 08:58:08 -0400
Subject: map drive
Message-ID: <221E117A89@AGRIC.um.ac.ir>

hi
anyone know I get error when i map drive?

I have sys and user and soft volume on my novell (16 block size),when i write
map s:=agric_soft:\ the following error apear

the spesified volume  name dos not exist,but i creat and mount all volume?

thanks

 

From tbrannan at GSCYCLONE.COM  Mon May  1 14:05:02 2000
From: tbrannan at GSCYCLONE.COM (tom brannan)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 09:05:02 -0400
Subject: map drive
References: <221E117A89@AGRIC.um.ac.ir>
Message-ID: <390D80F5.D71D0233@gscyclone.com>

try removing the \ at the end

Mohammad-Reza Atarodi wrote:

> hi
> anyone know I get error when i map drive?
>
> I have sys and user and soft volume on my novell (16 block size),when i write
> map s:=agric_soft:\ the following error apear
>
> the spesified volume  name dos not exist,but i creat and mount all volume?
>
> thanks

 

From Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET  Mon May  1 14:10:36 2000
From: Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET (Hix Charlie)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 09:10:36 -0400
Subject: 4.11 SP8a
Message-ID: <E3191797BE96D111AB8B0000F806805401F147FF@orlex03.orl.medcity.net>

Netware 4.11 server. After loading the SP8a last night I came in this
morning to find out that the server is restarting about every 2hr.  This
server has BackupExec 7.5, Bindview EMS, and Netscape's Enterprise Web
Server loaded.  Any ideas?


Charlie Hix
Gulf Coast Medical Center, Information Systems
449 West 23rd Street
Panama City, FL  32406-5309
850-747-7942
850-747-7716 (Fax)
charlie.hix at columbia.net

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Mon May  1 14:36:06 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 09:36:06 -0400
Subject: CampusPipeline
Message-ID: <s90d5005.057@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Anyone heard of this?  

Anyone know of other solutions that can provide a "customizable web portal"  for students and faculty that can provide information on courses, student advising, e-mail,  conferences, authentication, etc?  Authenticating via NDS, of course.

-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From M.A.Johnston at SOTON.AC.UK  Mon May  1 14:38:14 2000
From: M.A.Johnston at SOTON.AC.UK (Mark Johnston)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 09:38:14 -0400
Subject: NOVELL Digest - 28 Apr 2000 to 29 Apr 2000 (#2000-83)
In-Reply-To: <s90d36ad.053@hermes.kaucuk.cz>
References: <s90d36ad.053@hermes.kaucuk.cz>
Message-ID: <EXECMAIL.1000501143811.B@nermal.soton.ac.uk>

Thanx for quoting the digest

On Mon, 1 May 2000 07:47:45 +0200 Zden?k ?pi?ka <Top at KAUCUK.CZ> wrote:

> ** Low Priority **
> 
> Thanx for Happy
> 
> Zdenek Spicka
> IT, Kaucuk a.s.
> t. +420 205 712107

--- Digest snipped

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Mon May  1 14:46:13 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 09:46:13 -0400
Subject: map drive
Message-ID: <s90d525d.065@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Does this happen for all users?  Perhpas the users affected do not have rights to that volume?

>>> Mohammad-Reza Atarodi <ATARODI at AGRIC.UM.AC.IR> 05/01/00 05:31PM >>>
hi
anyone know I get error when i map drive?

I have sys and user and soft volume on my novell (16 block size),when i write
map s:=agric_soft:\ the following error apear

the spesified volume  name dos not exist,but i creat and mount all volume?

thanks

 

From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Mon May  1 15:01:11 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:01:11 -0400
Subject: CampusPipeline
In-Reply-To: <s90d5005.057@lan.newpaltz.edu>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEGEFPCFAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

> Anyone heard of this?
>
> Anyone know of other solutions that can provide a
> "customizable web portal"  for students and faculty that
> can provide information on courses, student advising,
> e-mail,  conferences, authentication, etc?  Authenticating
> via NDS, of course.

Yep, we're goign to be using this in the near future in conjunction
with our web registration system .. I don't know much about it yet
though as we haven't visited another school using it yet.

Bill

 

From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Mon May  1 15:04:38 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:04:38 -0400
Subject: Virus ( was RE: Happy)
In-Reply-To: <000401bfb25b$1d7a8500$564af9d8@wing>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEKEFPCFAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

> Nice,
> Attached to my latest digest was Happy99.exe. Very nice
> control over the
> mail list.
> Brad Loomis

I got it too .. .it came from Dana Mendoza, the email was "Installing
4.11; Problem with Disk Drivers" .. one question though, if you are
on digest how did you get an attachment?

Bill

 

From larry_burd at COMPUSERVE.COM  Mon May  1 15:20:26 2000
From: larry_burd at COMPUSERVE.COM (Larry Burd)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:20:26 -0400
Subject: last user name not sticking on 3.2 client
Message-ID: <200005011020_MC2-A344-FA58@compuserve.com>

I know I've seen this before, but I can't dig it up.  The last user name
who signs on does not stick on the 3.2 client.  My admin name keeps coming
up, (since I did the install).  The user is getting more annoyed everyday
:)  How can I get his name to stick, or the last user name to stick?  He's
getting persistant at bugging me!

thanks
Larry Burd

 

From M.A.Johnston at SOTON.AC.UK  Mon May  1 15:30:46 2000
From: M.A.Johnston at SOTON.AC.UK (Mark Johnston)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:30:46 -0400
Subject: last user name not sticking on 3.2 client
In-Reply-To: <200005011020_MC2-A344-FA58@compuserve.com>
References: <200005011020_MC2-A344-FA58@compuserve.com>
Message-ID: <EXECMAIL.1000501153044.C@nermal.soton.ac.uk>

> I know I've seen this before, but I can't dig it up.  The last user
> name who signs on does not stick on the 3.2 client.  My admin name
> keeps coming up, (since I did the install).  The user is getting more
> annoyed everyday :)  How can I get his name to stick, or the last
> user name to stick? He's getting persistant at bugging me!

In the client settings, check location profile settings. Tick the box to
save settings on successful login, or enter the primary users name in
the appropriate field.

Hope that helps,
Mark.

-=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=
Mark Johnston                   Tel: (int) 25513
Systems Support & Development        (ext) 023-8059-5513
Computing Services
University of Southampton       Fax: (int) 23131
SO17 1BJ                             (ext) 023-8059-3939
-=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Mon May  1 15:36:57 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:36:57 -0400
Subject: CampusPipeline
Message-ID: <s90d5e47.077@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>> Anyone heard of this?
>>
>> Anyone know of other solutions that can provide a
>> "customizable web portal"  for students and faculty that
>> can provide information on courses, student advising,
>> e-mail,  conferences, authentication, etc?  Authenticating
>> via NDS, of course.
>
>Yep, we're goign to be using this in the near future in conjunction
>with our web registration system .. I don't know much about it yet
>though as we haven't visited another school using it yet.
>
>Bill

I just found out a bit more.  It uses LDAP extensively, so I'm told.

joea/

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Mon May  1 15:51:38 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:51:38 -0400
Subject: Dual Processor Problem
Message-ID: <01JOVOOHN3W28WW3FI@cc.usu.edu>

>> We have a NW 5.1 box running with two Pentium III's processors.  We
>> have noticed that when both on line, processor 0 has 45-50% of its
>> time in use.  When processor 1 is taken off line, it drops ot less
>> than 5%.
>>
>> We have looked at the threads with nothing immediatel evident.  Does
>> anyone have any ideas on what is causing this?
>
>        Could be a hardware vendor problem.  Ask the manufacturer of the
>motherboard for BIOS updates and NetWare MPK driver updates.
>
>Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
>Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
>Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
>http://www.inter-corporate.com/
--------
        It could also be the large number of NLMs which still prefer
processor 0 to do work. This will change when SixPack is released, since
it is the platform promoting multiple cpu systems.
        Joe D.

 

From daniel_sikes at CA11.USCOURTS.GOV  Mon May  1 15:56:46 2000
From: daniel_sikes at CA11.USCOURTS.GOV (daniel sikes)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:56:46 -0400
Subject: NW5.0 SPK4 upgrade
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050110564657@LSV.SYR.EDU>

Are there any gotchas upgrading Netware's support pack from version 3 to 4.
I've heard horror stories about 4a but am not sure about 4.  I upgraded to
the most recent Arcserve 6.6 SPK this past Saturday because of intermittant
server crashes during volume backups about once every two weeks.  Whil I
hope it is resolved I feel I need to catch up on the Novell side of things
as well. I'm also new on the job so I don't need any complications at this
point either from neglect nor from over confidence.

Thanks in advance  :)

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Mon May  1 15:58:56 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:58:56 -0400
Subject: CampusPipeline
Message-ID: <01JOVOVH8A3C8WW3FI@cc.usu.edu>

>Anyone heard of this? =20
>
>Anyone know of other solutions that can provide a "customizable web =
>portal"  for students and faculty that can provide information on courses, =
>student advising, e-mail,  conferences, authentication, etc?  Authenticatin=
>g via NDS, of course.
>
>-----------------------------------------
>Joe Acquisto
>SUNY New Paltz
>914-257-3134 (V)
>914-257-6900 (F)
----------
        Yes. It's nothing to do with Novell products, as openers. It is a
ploy to force advertising on a captive audience, resell their habits, and
pay off the decision makers with a little cash. The winners are the outfit
and advertisers (and those who get the profile info), the losers are the
customers. Think many times before dealing with such operations.
        Joe D.

 

From Pkarrel at TRENTU.CA  Mon May  1 16:02:28 2000
From: Pkarrel at TRENTU.CA (Paul Karrel)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:02:28 -0400
Subject: map drive
References: <01JOVOY1U66W0003XE@trentu.ca>
Message-ID: <390D9C99.D8E290D7@trentu.ca>

verify  volumes are mounted & your spelling is correct
Mohammad-Reza Atarodi wrote:

> hi
> anyone know I get error when i map drive?
>
> I have sys and user and soft volume on my novell (16 block size),when i write
> map s:=agric_soft:\ the following error apear
>
> the spesified volume  name dos not exist,but i creat and mount all volume?
>
> thanks

 

From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Mon May  1 16:04:59 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:04:59 -0400
Subject: CampusPipeline
In-Reply-To: <01JOVOVH8A3C8WW3FI@cc.usu.edu>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEKEOPCFAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

>         Yes. It's nothing to do with Novell products, as
> openers. It is a ploy to force advertising on a captive audience,
resell
> their habits, and pay off the decision makers with a little cash.
The
> winners are the outfit and advertisers (and those who get the
profile info), the
> losers are the customers. Think many times before dealing with such
operations.
>         Joe D.

Joe,

The advertising is *optional* ... you can either pay for the software
and recieve no advertising, or get it for free and suffer through the
adverts.

Bill

 

From KFolkman at ARCMAIL.COM  Mon May  1 16:18:07 2000
From: KFolkman at ARCMAIL.COM (Kevin Folkman)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:18:07 -0400
Subject: NOVELL Digest - 28 Apr 2000 to 29 Apr 2000 (#2000-83)
Message-ID: <B91D4E9BA167D3119C590090279F171C604A7F@da02a-srvmal05.corp.arc>

FYI

My Norton Antivirus detected the happy99 virus in this message.   I deleted
and am replying to all.

        Thank you,

        Kevin Folkman
        Sales Engineer, Seattle
        ARC:  Allied Riser Communications
        206-382-0430 xt 222
        206-419-2111 Cell
        email kfolkman at arcmail.com <mailto:kfolkman at arcmail.com>

        OpticNet:  The Best Way to leverage the Internet for business


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Automatic digest processor
[mailto:LISTSERV at LSV.SYR.EDU]
                Sent:   Saturday, April 29, 2000 9:00 PM
                To:     Recipients of NOVELL digests
                Subject:        NOVELL Digest - 28 Apr 2000 to 29 Apr 2000
(#2000-83)

                There are 10 messages totalling 704 lines in this issue.
                Topics of the day:

                1.      Netware 4.11 & Arcserve 6.x & DLT tape speeds (2)
                2.      Best way to Dial-In
                3.      Keyboard/Monitor Switches on Novell Servers
                4.      Workstation Registration
                5.      Installing 4.11; Problem with Disk Drivers (2)
                6.      IP/IPX Gateway and IE5 (2)
                7.      Problems with Disk Drivers



 

From wheyward at DCR.STATE.VA.US  Mon May  1 16:49:08 2000
From: wheyward at DCR.STATE.VA.US (Wayne Heyward)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:49:08 -0400
Subject: Seeking an Windows Login MOTD utility
Message-ID: <s90d6f2f.076@mail.dcr.state.va.us>

Thanks!  I didn't even know about novellshareware.com.  I only checked NetwareFiles.com and turned up ziltch.  Novellshareware is now boomarked firmly.

The one Eli pointed me to works nicely, but it does have one lack (I'd rather have it simply exit if the file is not present, rather than pop up an error message).  I'll definitley toy with the two on the referenced pages.

-=><=-

>>> Hansang Bae <hbae at NYC.RR.COM> 04/26/00 08:53PM >>>
On 03:54 PM 4/26/00 -0400, Wayne Heyward wrote:
>So.  Is there anything like this out there?  I haven't found it
>yet....  I'd write it myself, but I don't have the tools.

www.google.com brought this up in about 2 seconds:

http://www.novellshareware.com/communications.shtml 

Also, I think David's Pegasus mail program had a "notice" utility as well.

hsb

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Mon May  1 17:49:23 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:49:23 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB25@mta_internet>

Last night, I experienced my 3rd Seagate Barracuda (ST118273W) failure
in less then 8 months!!

Can anyone recommend a reliable 18.2gb (or larger) Single Ended
Ultra-wide SCSI HD?

I'm in a very vulnerable state now with 1 drive missing from the RAID-5
configuration.

Has anyone else experienced problems with this HD?
I just knew I was in for trouble the first day I inspected these drives;
they are full of wire-mods!!!

Your suggestions are appreciated,
Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
<mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

 

From arthur-b at ZEELANDNET.NL  Mon May  1 17:49:24 2000
From: arthur-b at ZEELANDNET.NL (Arthur B.)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:49:24 -0400
Subject: <<BAD MESSAGE>> Obituary in NW5 replica ring
References: <s90d676c.048@mail.ictivity.nl>
Message-ID: <390DB4E4.1BCA6534@zeelandnet.nl>

Andre Boogaards wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> at a customer site when I do Check External References from DSREPAIR,
> I get the following result:
>
>   Type = 000C <<< BAD MESSAGE >>>, Flags = 0002 OK_TO_PURGE


Seems to me something is wrong with your MSG files and/or related
issues.


** Arthur B.
** arthur-b at zeelandnet.nl
** http://people.zeelandnet.nl/arthur-b

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Mon May  1 17:55:17 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:55:17 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <01JOVSY9KYJM8WW42Y@cc.usu.edu>

>Last night, I experienced my 3rd Seagate Barracuda (ST118273W) failure
>in less then 8 months!!

        Failure meaning what in observable terms? Overheating is a common
problem with an obvious solution.
        Joe D.

>Can anyone recommend a reliable 18.2gb (or larger) Single Ended
>Ultra-wide SCSI HD?
>
>I'm in a very vulnerable state now with 1 drive missing from the RAID-5
>configuration.
>
>Has anyone else experienced problems with this HD?
>I just knew I was in for trouble the first day I inspected these drives;
>they are full of wire-mods!!!

        Wire jumpers don't age.
>
>Your suggestions are appreciated,
>Shawn
>Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
>Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
>email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
>postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
><mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

 

From columbo at DDS.NL  Mon May  1 17:58:03 2000
From: columbo at DDS.NL (Roland Kool)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:58:03 -0400
Subject: map drive
In-Reply-To: <221E117A89@AGRIC.um.ac.ir>
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050112580304@LSV.SYR.EDU>

Is agric_soft the name of the server or the name of the volume?
verify with the "volumes" command on the server console if volume
"agric_soft" is mounted.
Also, as others pointed out, make sure people who map this drive have
rights to the volume.

Roland

> hi
> anyone know I get error when i map drive?
>
> I have sys and user and soft volume on my novell (16 block size),when i write
> map s:=agric_soft:\ the following error apear
>
> the spesified volume  name dos not exist,but i creat and mount all volume?
>
> thanks

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Mon May  1 18:00:33 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:00:33 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB26@mta_internet>

Hello everyone, I hope y'all are having a better day than me!

Since bringing NW 5 on-line, I've been putting up with the blasted
Policy manager errors.   The errors occur frequently [every few seconds]
on the server console and fortunately a similar message had appeared
infrequently on only several client workstations.

Unfortunately, after rebooting the server last night [necessary because
of HD failure - see previous msg.], the policy manage message is now
reaching most or all clients and it is broadcasting enough to hinder
their work!

Error message:
Policy manager - 5.00-035 update connection license failed. Error #
C0001001 .. then the client ID

As mentioned before, I tried the suggestions given in Novell's document
#10017860.

Novell support has admitted to a bug...but when is this going to be
fixed?

I cannot go back to an older service pack because CAI claims that I may
experience problems with ArcServeIT (with newest patches).

Agghh... the DPT HD failure alarm is driving me crazzzzy!!

You know, I'm not paid enough for this level of stress!

I think it's time for a career change or least move to a company where
I'm not the sole person in the IT department!


Help is appreciated.
Thank you,
Shawn

________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
tel. 613-596-4942 x177, x115 or dial extension 0 to page me.

 

From jtinch at FUSE.NET  Mon May  1 18:06:13 2000
From: jtinch at FUSE.NET (Jeff Tinch)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:06:13 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
References: 382c988c00001f09
Message-ID: <0e0201106170150FE2@mail2.cinci.rr.com>

shawn

try this  nwconfig - license options -  set up license service - 

I have had to do this on about 3 NW 5.x servers


jeff


>>> Shawn Connelly<sconnell at DIPIX.COM> 05/01/00 01:00PM >>>
Hello everyone, I hope y'all are having a better day than me!

Since bringing NW 5 on-line, I've been putting up with the blasted
Policy manager errors.   The errors occur frequently [every few seconds]
on the server console and fortunately a similar message had appeared
infrequently on only several client workstations.

Unfortunately, after rebooting the server last night [necessary because
of HD failure - see previous msg.], the policy manage message is now
reaching most or all clients and it is broadcasting enough to hinder
their work!

Error message:
Policy manager - 5.00-035 update connection license failed. Error #
C0001001 .. then the client ID

As mentioned before, I tried the suggestions given in Novell's document
#10017860.

Novell support has admitted to a bug...but when is this going to be
fixed?

I cannot go back to an older service pack because CAI claims that I may
experience problems with ArcServeIT (with newest patches).

Agghh... the DPT HD failure alarm is driving me crazzzzy!!

You know, I'm not paid enough for this level of stress!

I think it's time for a career change or least move to a company where
I'm not the sole person in the IT department!


Help is appreciated.
Thank you,
Shawn

________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
tel. 613-596-4942 x177, x115 or dial extension 0 to page me.

 

From columbo at DDS.NL  Mon May  1 18:07:19 2000
From: columbo at DDS.NL (Roland Kool)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:07:19 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
In-Reply-To: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB26@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050113071979@LSV.SYR.EDU>

Try to reinstall licensing (setupnls or from nwconfig). 9 out of 10
times this does the trick.

Roland

> Hello everyone, I hope y'all are having a better day than me!
>
> Since bringing NW 5 on-line, I've been putting up with the blasted
> Policy manager errors.   The errors occur frequently [every few seconds]
> on the server console and fortunately a similar message had appeared
> infrequently on only several client workstations.
>
> Unfortunately, after rebooting the server last night [necessary because
> of HD failure - see previous msg.], the policy manage message is now
> reaching most or all clients and it is broadcasting enough to hinder
> their work!
>
> Error message:
> Policy manager - 5.00-035 update connection license failed. Error #
> C0001001 .. then the client ID
>
> As mentioned before, I tried the suggestions given in Novell's document
> #10017860.
>
> Novell support has admitted to a bug...but when is this going to be
> fixed?
>
> I cannot go back to an older service pack because CAI claims that I may
> experience problems with ArcServeIT (with newest patches).
>
> Agghh... the DPT HD failure alarm is driving me crazzzzy!!
>
> You know, I'm not paid enough for this level of stress!
>
> I think it's time for a career change or least move to a company where
> I'm not the sole person in the IT department!
>
>
> Help is appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Shawn
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ___
> Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
> Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
> tel. 613-596-4942 x177, x115 or dial extension 0 to page me.

 

From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Mon May  1 18:08:17 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:08:17 -0400
Subject: Licenses
In-Reply-To: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB26@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEMEFNCGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

If you had a server that had 100 licenses and another with 100, I
thought you used to be able to assign server 1 to only use it's 100
licenses, and then assign server 2 to be able to use it's 100
licenses plus be able to use license from server 1 as well. I don't
see the option to assign license to multiple servers anymore in
NWAdmin.

Bill

 

From Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET  Mon May  1 18:11:30 2000
From: Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET (Hix Charlie)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:11:30 -0400
Subject: Netscape Enterprise Server
Message-ID: <E3191797BE96D111AB8B0000F806805401F14801@orlex03.orl.medcity.net>

Due to some issues with Backup Exec I need to upgrade my Netscape Enterprise
Server 3 to the latest version.  I have looked all over Novell's web site
and found nothing. Does anyone know where updates for this can be found?  I
have a Netware 4.11 Server with SP8a.


Charlie Hix
Gulf Coast Medical Center, Information Systems
449 West 23rd Street
Panama City, FL  32406-5309
850-747-7942
850-747-7716 (Fax)
charlie.hix at columbia.net

 

From tbrannan at GSCYCLONE.COM  Mon May  1 18:35:06 2000
From: tbrannan at GSCYCLONE.COM (tom brannan)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:35:06 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
References: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB26@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <390DC016.2111D0F4@gscyclone.com>

check tid 2956257 out. 12 April 00 for the new and perfered way ( read only
)to install properly

Shawn Connelly wrote:

> Hello everyone, I hope y'all are having a better day than me!
>
> Since bringing NW 5 on-line, I've been putting up with the blasted
> Policy manager errors.   The errors occur frequently [every few seconds]
> on the server console and fortunately a similar message had appeared
> infrequently on only several client workstations.
>
> Unfortunately, after rebooting the server last night [necessary because
> of HD failure - see previous msg.], the policy manage message is now
> reaching most or all clients and it is broadcasting enough to hinder
> their work!
>
> Error message:
> Policy manager - 5.00-035 update connection license failed. Error #
> C0001001 .. then the client ID
>
> As mentioned before, I tried the suggestions given in Novell's document
> #10017860.
>
> Novell support has admitted to a bug...but when is this going to be
> fixed?
>
> I cannot go back to an older service pack because CAI claims that I may
> experience problems with ArcServeIT (with newest patches).
>
> Agghh... the DPT HD failure alarm is driving me crazzzzy!!
>
> You know, I'm not paid enough for this level of stress!
>
> I think it's time for a career change or least move to a company where
> I'm not the sole person in the IT department!
>
> Help is appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Shawn
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ___
> Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
> Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
> tel. 613-596-4942 x177, x115 or dial extension 0 to page me.

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Mon May  1 18:41:13 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:41:13 -0400
Subject: Old login script executing for some users.
Message-ID: <s90d8979.038@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Ok, this is TFW for me to grasp.  

The container login script is not executing the same for all users.  "commented" out stuff (semi colon)  is executing for some users and not others.  Capture commands (in profile script) are executing as "#capture" (giving errors as capture.exe is not available).  The script is written without the "#" sign, and should execute the clients internal command.

All replicas are in synch, synced with that last few minutes.  

All clients are 3.1 sp1, tried reinstalling the client and installing sp2, no change.  One client has 3.2 installed as a test.  Same result.  This seems to be mostly (only?) when the login results show "connected to server bad_server" and not when connected to other servers.

All servers have r/w replicas, I've run dsrepair on bad_server w/o error, advanced repair. repaired local schema, validated streams files  What else?






-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Mon May  1 18:52:21 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:52:21 -0400
Subject: Old login script executing for some users.
Message-ID: <s90d8c0d.043@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Ok, apologies are in order. 

Number one, the subject line is misleading.  It is NOT an old script.

Two, the capture problem is to to stupidity, as I had a typo in the capture command.

So, that out of the way, what remains is the weirdness of the commented code.

I edited the script, deleted the semi-colons and readded them, presto, problem (appears to be) gone.

It is still TFW to me, given the DS repairs.

joea/

>>
Ok, this is TFW for me to grasp.  

The container login script is not executing the same for all users.  >>
"commented" out stuff (semi colon)  is executing for some users and not others.  Capture commands (in profile script) are executing as "#capture" (giving errors as capture.exe is not available).  The script is written without the "#" sign, and should execute the clients internal command.

All replicas are in synch, synced with that last few minutes.  

All clients are 3.1 sp1, tried reinstalling the client and installing sp2, no change.  One client has 3.2 installed as a test.  Same result.  This seems to be mostly (only?) when the login results show "connected to server bad_server" and not when connected to other servers.

All servers have r/w replicas, I've run dsrepair on bad_server w/o error, advanced repair. repaired local schema, validated streams files  What else?






-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 19:05:20 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:05:20 -0400
Subject: FYI: NetWare ABEND Analysis System - Beta Site
In-Reply-To: <3904DBEC.6E317C8@zeelandnet.nl>
Message-ID: <6695F460E75@inter-corporate.net>

> http://abend.provo.novell.com/

        Many people have recommended this web site to me, but it's always
down.  Do you think it may be ABENDing?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 19:06:47 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:06:47 -0400
Subject: Installing intranet on NetWare 4.11 <<-- CORRECTION -->>
In-Reply-To: <6605E7352E8@inter-corporate.net>
References: <s8fc946f.003@luthercare>
Message-ID: <66965A77B48@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
>         You'll need to make HOSTS entries on each workstation are set up an
> "A" record in your DNS servers for "intranet" or "luthercare" (a
> cooperative ISP who provides your DNS should do this for you).
[Snip]

        That's "or" not "are."

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET  Mon May  1 19:11:16 2000
From: Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET (Hix Charlie)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:11:16 -0400
Subject: Netscape Enterprise Server Gone??
Message-ID: <E3191797BE96D111AB8B0000F806805401F14805@orlex03.orl.medcity.net>

Is Netscape Enterprise Server for Netware still a Novell product?  I see
many mentions of nesn451a.exe as an update . However it is NO WHERE to be
found.


Charlie Hix
Gulf Coast Medical Center, Information Systems
449 West 23rd Street
Panama City, FL  32406-5309
850-747-7942
850-747-7716 (Fax)
charlie.hix at columbia.net

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 19:20:15 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:20:15 -0400
Subject: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5
In-Reply-To: <390B70D7.F7134A1@hpu.edu>
Message-ID: <6699E547148@inter-corporate.net>

> We are currently using the IP/IPX Gateway in Novell Intranetware 4.11
> for several years now.  It has worked great with all internet
> applications but ever since IE5 came out, it won't work with that
> application.  We have never experienced problems with Netscape users or
> any other applications including Outlook.  Internet Explorer 4 worked
> fine but 5.0 just sits there and cannot make a connection.  It just
> times out.
[Snip]

        Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 is NOT a truly WinSock compliant
application, so it's no suprise that it doesn't work -- I haven't
been able to get it working either, mind you this is not a big deal
here in B.C. because Netscape Navigator is very popular anyway.

        You do have at least one option though:

                1. Install NAT on your server (NetWare 4.11/4.2 requires
BorderManager just be installed in order to get NAT working, but
NetWare 5 has it included).

                2. IPX/IP Gateway from Client32 v3.x does function better in some
circumstances when a TCP/IP stack in the Network Neighbourhood (just
leave it's settings configured blank, but turn off DHCP stuff which
seems to be enabled by default randomly).

        The following TIDs may also be helpful to you:

                IPX-IP Gateway fails with Internet Explorer
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2942282

                Workstations are unable to browse the [internet]
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?10012684

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM  Mon May  1 19:27:07 2000
From: mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM (Mark Puchalski)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:27:07 -0400
Subject: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5
Message-ID: <s90d941a.062@xjp.couzens.com>

You do not need to install BorderManager on NW 4.11 for NAT.  The NAT.NLM was included in SP8.  If you don't want to apply SP8, all you need to do is copy NAT.NLM and TCPIP.NLM from the SP8 distribution and you can run NAT on the server.

>>> randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM 5/1/2000 7:18:27 AM >>>
> We are currently using the IP/IPX Gateway in Novell Intranetware 4.11
> for several years now.  It has worked great with all internet
> applications but ever since IE5 came out, it won't work with that
> application.  We have never experienced problems with Netscape users or
> any other applications including Outlook.  Internet Explorer 4 worked
> fine but 5.0 just sits there and cannot make a connection.  It just
> times out.
[Snip]

        Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 is NOT a truly WinSock compliant
application, so it's no suprise that it doesn't work -- I haven't
been able to get it working either, mind you this is not a big deal
here in B.C. because Netscape Navigator is very popular anyway.

        You do have at least one option though:

                1. Install NAT on your server (NetWare 4.11/4.2 requires
BorderManager just be installed in order to get NAT working, but
NetWare 5 has it included).

                2. IPX/IP Gateway from Client32 v3.x does function better in some
circumstances when a TCP/IP stack in the Network Neighbourhood (just
leave it's settings configured blank, but turn off DHCP stuff which
seems to be enabled by default randomly).

        The following TIDs may also be helpful to you:

                IPX-IP Gateway fails with Internet Explorer
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2942282 

                Workstations are unable to browse the [internet]
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?10012684 

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com 
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/ 

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/


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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 19:28:05 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:28:05 -0400
Subject: IPX Gateway and NT workstation
In-Reply-To: <s906eaff.065@luthercare>
Message-ID: <669BD7E463D@inter-corporate.net>

> Has ANYONE gotten the IPX/IP Gateway working on a Windows NT 4.0
> workstation (any client revision)?

        I'm using it at this moment.  We also use it to browse the web and
deal with Oracle over the internet, no problems here.

> I realize that hardly anyone uses this product anymore, so if
> you've accomplished this, I would really appreciate hearing from
> you. You can mail off list if you'd like. I won't bore anyone with
> detai> >>>>>>>>

        It wouldn't have made a difference anyway because you need to enable
Word Wrap in your mailer.

> FWIW, server is NetWare 4.11.

        Myself, and many of my clients, use this product every day to
enable anywhere from a small handful to hundreds of workstations to
access the internet (FTP, eMail, Web, TelNet, IRC, &c).  We're also
using NetWare 4.11.

        But clients using NetWare 5 (I'm upgrading to v5.1 soon) are using
NAT since it's included in MPR (INetCfg.NLM).  I still prefer IPX/IP
Gateway due to its simple configuration compared to TCP/IP, but I
also prefer to keep things as simple as possible and with the odd
internet application that's not truly WinSock compliant, I tend to
lean towards using Microsoft's TCP/IP stack (because this forces me
to, not because it's my choice).

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 19:40:20 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:40:20 -0400
Subject: LOADING TCPIP on Multiple server cards
In-Reply-To: <NOVELL%2000040511304035@LSV.SYR.EDU>
Message-ID: <669F2FE6CEE@inter-corporate.net>

> Good morning,
>
> Learning as I go, I have found that Novell only allows one IP address
> loaded on a server per subnet mask.  My hope was to use two of the cards to
> load balance and increase bandwidth from the server to the 100MB switch.
> The third card is for Vinca.

        NetWare is a [highly sophisticated] router.  In order to route
traffic to the right places, each NIC (Network Interface Card) must
be on a different network.

        You can add more IP addresses to a single NIC by using the following
System Console command (I do this with hundreds of IP addresses on a
single NetWare box running multiple web server -- each web site has
its own IP address):

                Add Secondary IPAddress 10.8.8.8

        The above command will only work once the NIC is bound to IP with
the appropriate network.

        I also have multiple IP networks bound to a single NIC in my
servers, each may have the same or different subnet masks, and the
above System Console command is used in conjunction with each.

> If I understand correctly, I can load the third card on a different subnet
> mask for the Vinca standby operation. I can load the Intel PRO/100 AFT.NLM
> before the cards to provide the increased bandwidth, load balancing and
> redundancy.  Does this sound correct?

        You should read the following TID, which also includes links to
other useful information about load balancing:

                Does Novell's TCP/IP support load balancing?
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?10024000

        But in a word, "Yes," load balancing is possible, and it will make a
difference in performance if your network is busy enough to take
advantage of it and you have a good switch.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 19:44:20 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:44:20 -0400
Subject: Missing File At Novell?
In-Reply-To: <862568BF.00558342.00@mail.firstar.com>
Message-ID: <66A0458121C@inter-corporate.net>

> Subject:  Missing File At Novell?
> I was looking at the TID entitled "NDS update for NetWare 5 version 7.45",
> number is 2955831.   It references a file OS5SP4A.EXE which I am assuming is an
> update to support pack 4, which you are supposed implement before updating to DS
> 7.45 for NetWare 5.  Anyone know where this file is?  And if it was at Novell's
> site, why it has been moved/pulled/not given to public yet?

        This TID appears to have been updated on 2000-Apr-18, six days after
your message was posted to this list server:

                NDS update for NetWare 5 version 7.45
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2955831

        I hope it includes the files you need.

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Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 19:49:01 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:49:01 -0400
Subject: More turbo fat corruption fun...
In-Reply-To: <200004041753.NAA00534@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <66A18E663A2@inter-corporate.net>

> I've been running a large Btrieve 6.15 database on NetWare 4.11 without
> any problems for over a year.  I attribute this success to using the
> turbodis.nlm patch which prevents the infamous "error 2".
>
> Last month, I upgraded to a new server running NetWare 5.1 and
> Pervasive.SQL v7sp4.
>
> I got an "error 2" this morning.  Which requires a morning-long database
> restore from tape.
>
> Unfortunately, turbodis.nlm does not exist for NetWare 5.x.  Has anybody
> else solved this problem?  I'm tempted to throw the new server out the
> window and go back to the trusty 4.11 box...

        A few things to check:

                1. Did you disable the "extended translation for drives greater
than 1 GigaByte" in your SCSI controller prior to formatting the hard
drives and installing NetWare?  If this setting is enabled, then you
will experience corruption in other files too, but you'll never be
able to predict when.

                2. Does BStart.NCF preceed the calling of "Sys:Etc/InitSys.NCF" in
your Sys:System/AutoExec.NCF" file?  If not, then InitSys.NCF, which
starts MPR, causes BTrieve to be loaded with default settings which
may be contrary to your intended BTrieve settings, thus resulting in
various BTrieve errors (this is one of the tricks to making ARCserve
run reliably since it uses BTrieve with settings much greater than
the defaults as well).

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Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 19:53:41 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:53:41 -0400
Subject: Multiple trees sharing resources
In-Reply-To: <3F446221A66FD311BB0700A0C9E11F3F2AA738@ATHOS>
Message-ID: <66A2C0E308A@inter-corporate.net>

> I have four NDS trees connected by gigabit ethernet.  I'd like to put up one
> server to store my ZEN AOTs, and service all 4 trees.  I'd also like to copy
> a bunch of CDs to a large volume, so I don't have to buy a bunch of CD
> changers, which would all hold the same CDs.

        This is a good approach, although some software on CDs may detect
the absense of a CD-ROM drive or determine that the path is not from
the root of the current volume, and refuse to run anyway (you'll need
to test each application).

> I'm thinking the only way to accomplish this is to use the TREE command in
> the login script, to authenticate.  Is there a more efficient/cleaner way to
> do this?

        Why the forest?  I'm assuming you have a good reason for this.  If
not, then you should probably investigate the possibility of merging
these trees to take full advantage of the power of NDS and all its
great security features.

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Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 20:18:08 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:18:08 -0400
Subject: Netware 4.11 SFTIII - looking for FTP server
In-Reply-To: <004301bf9e1f$13386120$e30deb82@soc.lu.se>
Message-ID: <66A959A79E4@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> Question 1
> What alternatives exist for installing a FTP server on a Netware 4.11 SFTIII
> configuration (we do not want to set up a Netware 5 machine at this time)?

        NetWare 5 includes an FTP server which I find has a few bugs when it
comes to renaming files or handling lost connections (files remain
open), but for the most part it seems to be quick enough.

        Other FTP servers that I'm aware of are (everyone, please add to
this list if I'm missing something):

                WonLoo Technologies, Inc.
                http://www.wonloo.com/

        The rest of my list is not available to me right now, or I'd include
it here -- there are a few others.

> Question 2
> What disadvantages in client use and server stability can I expect with FTP
> installed?

        Client stability has very little to do with the server.  Most users
have no problems with CuteFTP (I'm not fond of the name, but I've
found it to be reliable and very simple to use, as have many of my
internet clients):

                GlobalSCAPE CuteFTP!
                http://www.cuteftp.com/

        The FTP servers that I have tried for NetWare 5 have proven to be
reliable.  As far as the FTP Daemon that's managed by UniCon goes,
however, I'm not impressed with it's performance or reliability on
either NetWare 4.x or NetWare 5.0 (I haven't tried on NetWare 5.1).

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 20:32:10 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:32:10 -0400
Subject: nw 5.0 install woes
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000324134934.007d14b0@nerds.novanova.com>
Message-ID: <66AD1737F0D@inter-corporate.net>

        I'm fairly certain that the source of your problem involves the
following setting:

                "Extended translation for drives greater than 1 GB"

        Your NetWare partition and DOS partition are overlapping when the
above setting is enabled, thus resulting in corruption.

        The other possibility is that you didn't low-level format the hard
drive prior to installation.

> Hi.  I was tasked to install a NW 5.0 server the other day on a client's
> site.  Was to be eventually put in their tree, so did various DS upgrades
> on their 4.11 servers and so on to prep the site...but didn't get that far!!!!
>
> I'm a CNE 5...even took the actual upgrade class...so i figured this would
> be about 10 minutes work.
>
> The hardware in question is a Cryotech (yes, the computer with a fridge on
> the K6 processor to clock it to 500MHz) on an ASUS motherboard.  Seems nice
> enough.  Drive controller is the onboard ide for cd-rom, and nice new
> adaptec low-voltage differential aaa-131u2 controller (which uses the
> cda1000h.ham driver) with 37 Gb LVD disk.  As prep for the install, looked
> at the adaptec card setting so make sure DOS translation > 2Gb was
> OFF...but that setting wasn't even on the card...guess they don't need it
> anymore???
>
> Anyhooo...did the install, everything went fine.  Put it in a bogus tree.
> Rebooted to make sure it was ok.  Then ran spack 3a on it...  It then
> boots...runs the startup.ncf, then mounts sys:...but does not run the
> autoexec.ncf!!!!!  if i invoke the autoexec.ncf by hand i get all sorts of
> wacky refusals of things to load from "unable to find public symbol" errors.
>
> I'm looking at TID 10018811 regarding nw5 loadstage stuff...but doesn't
> really give me a fix...
>
> Anybody use this adaptec controller with nw5 at all???  Almost seems like
> the c: DOS partition doesn't work the minute sys: mounts...
>
> Any ideas????
>

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Mon May  1 20:36:54 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:36:54 -0400
Subject: seagate
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB27@mta_internet>

Of course.
Even if there were improperly setup, that still doesn't explain the
*complete* failures, I've experienced.

Complete failures: meaning no longer seen on controller (any SCSI
controller) or spindle no longer starts up or capacitor blows (as in the
latest scenario).   The serial numbers were in a series beginning at:
LP198114... I must have a bad batch!

This is not a temperature problem either, all drives are monitored and
operate at a relatively cool temperature of 31 C (or 88 F).

Now I'm finding out that it's [thus far] impossible to locate an
equivalent Single Ended, 68 pin ultra-wide, ultra-wide HD.  Help please!

Anyone know where I can get one?

Thanks,
Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
tel. 613-596-4942 x177, x115 or dial extension 0 to page me.

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Shippee, Steve  [SMTP:SHIS235 at LNI.WA.GOV]
        Sent:   Monday, May 01, 2000 2:37 PM
        To:     'sconnell at dipix.com'
        Subject:        seagate


        I have 4 of those drives, all over a year old, and no
trouble/failures.

        Are you sure they were set up properly in the 1st place, e.g.,
formatted to
        controller, correct termination, TRM PWR, etc.?

        steven

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 20:43:11 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:43:11 -0400
Subject: Netscape Enterprise Server Gone??
In-Reply-To: <E3191797BE96D111AB8B0000F806805401F14805@orlex03.orl.medcity.net>
Message-ID: <66AFF7D367A@inter-corporate.net>

> Is Netscape Enterprise Server for Netware still a Novell product?  I see
> many mentions of nesn451a.exe as an update . However it is NO WHERE to be
> found.

        Yes.  It's bundled with NetWare 5.x now.

        You can also use the following URI to find links to it:

                Novonyx - The Novell-Netscape alliance
                http://www.novonyx.com/

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 20:45:13 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:45:13 -0400
Subject: NAT on NetWare 4.11 <<-- was Re: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5 -->>
In-Reply-To: <s90d941a.062@xjp.couzens.com>
Message-ID: <66B09C3424C@inter-corporate.net>

> You do not need to install BorderManager on NW 4.11 for NAT.  The
> NAT.NLM was included in SP8.  If you don't want to apply SP8, all
> you need to do is copy NAT.NLM and TCPIP.NLM from the SP8
> distribut> >>>>>>>>

        Have you done this successfully?  I've tried this before, but it
resulted in ABENDs, although that was with Support Pack 7.

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Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 20:48:33 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:48:33 -0400
Subject: NW4 Unicode.nlm abends
In-Reply-To: <3900AC84.E93F8905@istar.ca>
Message-ID: <66B1576711A@inter-corporate.net>

> I just installed NW4SP8 on a 4.11 Small Business server.  The server
> will not cleanly DOWN, and abends with unicode.nlm page fault exception,
> indicating it could be caused by arcserve - next time indicating it
> could be caused by pserver, next time indicating Groupwise.
>
> Another small business 4.11 server with SP7 also abended when DOWNED on
> a unicode.nlm.
>
> Anyone seen this??

        This is one of the things I dislike about the FTP Daemon that's
managed by UniCon.

        I've found that this is nothing to worry about though, because it
only ABENDs when the volume is dismounted (my systems have only one
SYS: volume -- it's simpler that way).

        Are you able to unload these services prior to the DOWN?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 20:51:52 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:51:52 -0400
Subject: NW5.1-Novell Press Book
In-Reply-To: <200004141526.LAA07339@websmtp1.bellsouth.bigfoot.com>
Message-ID: <66B2455146D@inter-corporate.net>

> What are the best resources for filling one's brain with changes
> in Netware 5.1 from Netware 5.  A red-white press book?  1 or 2
> day class?
>
> What resources for this are available?

        The Novell web site is an excellent place to start:

                Novell:  NetWare 5.1 - Product Information
                http://www.novell.com/netware5/productinfo.html

        Your local Novell Users Group should also have some resources for
you, and it probably wouldn't hurt to talk to your local Novell
Regional Office.

        If certification is important to you, then the class would be a good
thing too.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 20:53:47 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:53:47 -0400
Subject: Omnitron Switch Considerations
In-Reply-To: <E12fpRh-0006xO-00@relay3.smtp.psi.net>
Message-ID: <66B2C7A0483@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> I've come across Omnitron Systems Technology, Irvine, CA.  They
> appear to have a versatile product with competitive pricing.  I am
> very interested but am not sure of a track record.  I am asking for
> feedback positive or negative on any experience with their Switches
> (particularly the 6000 series).  We are running a Novell 4.1 network
> with multiple servers (both Novell & NT).

        Track record?  I've never heard of them before.

        Consider what Intel and Cisco have to offer as well.  My clients are
having good success with both of these vendors' products.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 20:54:47 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:54:47 -0400
Subject: Oracle and Firewall
In-Reply-To: <20000403212254.4361.qmail@web1805.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <66B32810B0A@inter-corporate.net>

> We need assistance in understanding the TCP\IP ports
> Oracle requires.
>
> We have selected default port of 1521.  Even with this
> port open on the firewall we are not able to connect.
>
> If we disable all filters on Bordermanager 3.5 we are
> able to connect.

        Is BorderManager is your firewall?  If not, then why do you have two
firewalls when BorderManager can do it all for you?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

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From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 20:55:45 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:55:45 -0400
Subject: Oracle Server/NW5 resources
In-Reply-To: <01JNSY8ISQWY95N0PE@cc.usu.edu>
Message-ID: <66B36661023@inter-corporate.net>

> >I  am needing to put Oracle8i up in an educational environment.  I will
> >have approximately 30 student users on at a time.  If possible I would like
> >to put this in a server that houses all of  student accounts and other
> >resources that we have.  Does anyone have any  idea or documentation of
> >what type of resources this will need and if we can do this and still
> >maintain our necessary performance?  We currently have a license count of
> >350 and are close to 300 users at a time.
> >
> >I appreciate any input that I can get.  Thanks,
> -----
>         Allocate about 128-256MB for Oracle8 alone. Once there it seems
> to be happy and cohabits with other material reasonably well.
>         Joe D.

        This has been my experience also.

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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From apt at APT-LTD.COM  Mon May  1 20:57:49 2000
From: apt at APT-LTD.COM (G Collrin)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:57:49 -0400
Subject: Remote Management Slowing computers down
Message-ID: <01BFB38E.5719CDA0.apt@apt-ltd.com>

Background:

Network Novell 5.1, using IPX. Zenworks 2.0 installed, and client 3.1 sp2
on workstations.  Remote management installed and configure to connect with
IPX

Stations have been registered and the remote management for 9.x pushed out
to workstations.  Objects for workstations have been imported and
associated with remote management.

Problem:
Used the remote view within nwadmin32, and the stations screen came up
fine, but a noticeable delay in station response was detected.  (I guess
this is acceptable considering the leg work that this will save)  The
problem occurs after disconnect from workstation viewing, the station user
reported response time of workstation was terrible.  The hard drive was
spending considerable amount of time swapping.  Little tasks like saving a
small file took allot longer.  Workstation was shutdown, and restarted,
problem was cleared.  This occured after disconnection from remote viewing.

        Started remote view again, and same problem happened.  Tried several other
workstations and encountered same degrade of units.  The fix was to reboot
these workstations after the remote viewing was terminated.

        workstations are Compaq PIII 450, 64 megs ram, running win95 b.

        Anyone able to shed some light on this problem, I did not experience any
of this during period of testing Zenworks.

 

From PierceED at CSUS.EDU  Mon May  1 21:08:06 2000
From: PierceED at CSUS.EDU (Eric D. Pierce)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:08:06 -0400
Subject: virus in digest / Re: NOVELL Digest - 1 May 2000 - Special issue
              (#2000-86)
In-Reply-To: <200005011821.LAA21902@csus.edu>
Message-ID: <D8964056EB@sswdserver.sswd.csus.edu>

Bill,

It was definitely imbedded in the a digest, see below. In normal
message viewing mode, clicking on the digest entry, there was a
message indicating an "attachment".

solutions: http://www.mcafee.com , http://www.complex.is

ep

digest contining virus:

-----
|Date sent:             Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:00:05 -0400
|Send reply to:         Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>
|From:                  Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV at LSV.SYR.EDU>
|Subject:               NOVELL Digest - 28 Apr 2000 to 29 Apr 2000 (#2000-83)
|To:                    Recipients of NOVELL digests <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>

...


|--HOPIYCRKWTXGSKSPDPGFAKSEOLQdHY
|
|Date:    Sat, 29 Apr 2000 13:38:22 -1000
|From:    Dana Mendoza <dmendoza at HPU.EDU>
|Subject: Installing 4.11; Problem with Disk Drivers
|MIME-Version: 1.0
|
|begin 644 Happy99.exe
|M35I0``(````$``\`__\``+@`````````0``:````````````````````````
|M``````````````````````$``+H0``X?M`G-(;@!3,TAD)!4:&ES('!R;V=R
|M86T@;75S="!B92!R=6X@=6YD97(@5VEN,S(-"B0W````````````````````

...

|M````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
|*````````````````
|`
|end
|
|--HOPIYCRKWTXGSKSPDPGFAKSEOLQdHY

...

-----



>
> --VLCBRSJPAPWPWaDUbYJMUNPMYGGNBV
>
> Date:     Mon, 1 May 2000 14:20:19 -0400
> Reply-To: Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>
> Sender:   Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>
> From:     Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV at LSV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject:  NOVELL Digest - 1 May 2000 - Special issue (#2000-86)
> To:       Recipients of NOVELL digests <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>
>
> There are 31 messages totalling 1003 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics in this special issue:
>
...

>   4. Virus ( was RE: Happy)

...

>
> The NOVELL list is hosted by L-Soft international's LISTSERV(TM) software
> at Syracuse University.  To unsubscribe, send a SIGNOFF NOVELL command
> to LISTSERV at LSV.SYR.EDU.  If you have questions about the list, write
> to NOVELL-REQUEST at LSV.SYR.EDU.
>
...

> --VLCBRSJPAPWPWaDUbYJMUNPMYGGNBV
>
> Date:    Mon, 1 May 2000 08:59:55 -0500
> From:    Bill Broadway <bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU>
> Subject: Virus ( was RE: Happy)
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> > Nice,
> > Attached to my latest digest was Happy99.exe. Very nice
> > control over the
> > mail list.
> > Brad Loomis
>
> I got it too .. .it came from Dana Mendoza, the email was "Installing
> 4.11; Problem with Disk Drivers" .. one question though, if you are
> on digest how did you get an attachment?
>
> Bill
>
> --VLCBRSJPAPWPWaDUbYJMUNPMYGGNBV
...

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 21:10:14 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:10:14 -0400
Subject: Proactive or Reactive?  (was: BINDFIX)
In-Reply-To: <iss.499f.38da64da.ee250.1@mail.state.mn.us>
Message-ID: <66B73543FE5@inter-corporate.net>

> >You can run am automated full repair using DSREPAIR.NLM
> >which loads on the server, but it is not good practice to do this as
> >a matter of course on a regular basis
>
> I wonder about this, and would appreciate hearing others' take on
> what one might call a proactive vs. reactive approach to server &
> NDS maintenance.
[Snip]

        See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil?

        The way I see it is if you don't run tests on a regular basis, and
you have a problem that's not obvious to the daily operations, this
problem could manifest and you could end up with a bigger mess later.

        Note that North American culture tends to be reactive instead of
proactive (compare "Chinese Medicine" with what "Western Medicine"
for instance), and this seems to effect our lives in many ways,
including computers (which we incorrectly consider to be
"predictable" while leaving out the human factor).

        Picking the right time for tests is important too -- don't pick the
middle of the day on Month End if you value your career.  ;-)

        Full backups before tests are also highly recommended.

        Running the tests every day is probably counter-productive, but care
should be taken to test regularly enough to meet the needs of your
organization (base this on size, complexity, and workload).

        To generalize, a home network that doesn't experience very many
changes can probably get away with an annual check, small companies
with less than 50 employees every three to six months, and larger
organizations on a monthly basis, but determine what's right for you
using your own methods because every company uses their systems
differently.

        In the event that problems are corrected, the source of these
problems should be determined so they can be prevented in the future
(or at least understood if there is a justifiable reason such as a
bug in some discontinued software).

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Mon May  1 21:12:34 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:12:34 -0400
Subject: virus in digest / Re: NOVELL Digest - 1 May 2000 - Special
              issue (#2000-86)
In-Reply-To: <D8964056EB@sswdserver.sswd.csus.edu>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEGEHDCGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

> It was definitely imbedded in the a digest, see below. In normal
> message viewing mode, clicking on the digest entry, there was a
> message indicating an "attachment".

Ok, I was confused ... see all attachments I have ever seen in a
digest just show up as you posted below, and I really couldn't do
anything with them unless I had a program to convert out the data ...
but like someone said, some mail programs have more features than
others, blah blah blah ;)

Bill

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 21:12:55 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:12:55 -0400
Subject: rconsole system resources
In-Reply-To: <4.3.0.20000407132027.00a933e0@pop.primenet.com>
References: <200004070929.CAA07225@smtp05.primenet.com>
Message-ID: <66B7EAA4F20@inter-corporate.net>

> is there a utilization threshold above which users cannot connect with
> rconsole in a 4.11 box?  the box was upgraded from 3.12 to 4.11 so it
> behaves a bit differently than other "pure" 4.11 boxes do.
>
> i intermittently can't connect using rconsole, and the only thing i notice
> is that util. % is around 80-90% (backups, DB maint. etc.)

        I've noticed this too in testing, and I'm assuming that Remote.NLM
and RSPX.NLM are low-priority processes.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 21:14:52 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:14:52 -0400
Subject: RCONSOLE via Async
In-Reply-To: <D5BA50A266EDD211A79400805F9F2DF549006A@BOSTEXCH3>
Message-ID: <66B87854B5A@inter-corporate.net>

> I forget how to configure a Netware 4.x server for remote async RConsole
> access (ie RConsole into a remote server via modem (modem on back of
> server)).  If memory serves me correct (which sometimes it doesn't :)) I
> thought you use ACONSOLE and AIO although I can't find info on it, on
> Novell's website.
>
> If anyone can remember how to do this, please let me know.

        Use the Internetworking Configuration Console:

                Load INetCfg.NLM

        The select "Manage Configuration" followed by "Configure Remote
Access To This Server" and all the options will be in there.  It's
much easier than entering the data manually, plus you can always view
all the command if you still want to peek "under the hood."

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM  Mon May  1 21:17:19 2000
From: mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM (Mark Puchalski)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:17:19 -0400
Subject: NAT on NetWare 4.11 <<-- was Re: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5 -->>
Message-ID: <s90da82b.004@xjp.couzens.com>

When I first set it up on my 4.11 home network, my server abended multiple times.  Turns out I had neglected to replace the TCPIP.NLM with the one from the SP8 distribution.  My home server is at SP6, if I remember correctly.  Once TCPIP.NLM was updated with the version from SP8, NAT started working fine.

Works great with the 1-IP address cable modem!

>>> randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM 5/1/2000 8:43:34 AM >>>
> You do not need to install BorderManager on NW 4.11 for NAT.  The
> NAT.NLM was included in SP8.  If you don't want to apply SP8, all
> you need to do is copy NAT.NLM and TCPIP.NLM from the SP8
> distribut> >>>>>>>>

        Have you done this successfully?  I've tried this before, but it
resulted in ABENDs, although that was with Support Pack 7.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com 
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/ 

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/


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From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Mon May  1 21:20:48 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:20:48 -0400
Subject: LOADING TCPIP on Multiple server cards
Message-ID: <01JOW004E8LY8Y53KZ@cc.usu.edu>

>> Learning as I go, I have found that Novell only allows one IP address
>> loaded on a server per subnet mask.  My hope was to use two of the cards to
>> load balance and increase bandwidth from the server to the 100MB switch.
>> The third card is for Vinca.

        Well, I think we should start with the choice of words and then
progress to what NW can do. First, it's not IP nets per subnet mask. For
years NW supported only one network mask, applied the to all interfaces.
That alone says multiple IP numbers yet one mask, right? Today it supports
multiple network masks. It also support multiple IP addresses per lan adapter,
but this is really asking for network management headaches across the net.
        Now to details. To "load balance" IP traffic on one network with
multiple lan adapters use OSFP. In practice this is overkill because a
modern lan adapter can easily fill a 100Mbps Ethernet and use only small
server resources. So I think you may wish to reconsider your approach and
see if there is a problem needing solution.
        Joe D.

 

From jgroetsema at UOP.EDU  Mon May  1 21:24:02 2000
From: jgroetsema at UOP.EDU (Jeff Groetsema)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:24:02 -0400
Subject: NDPS
Message-ID: <s90d8444.077@uop.edu>

All,

If I upgrade one of my seven NW4.11 servers to NW5.1 and I install NDPS, what will it do to my printing?  Can I run queue based printing along side NDPS or do I need to plan on converting all my printers and print servers to NDPS?

If this has already been discussed in the FAQs, then just point me there.

Thanks


Jeff Groetsema
Network Analyst
UOP, McGeorge School of Law
jgroetsema at uop.edu

 

From PLeebhart at HCFA.GOV  Mon May  1 21:28:23 2000
From: PLeebhart at HCFA.GOV (Patricia Leeb-Hart (Patricia Leeb-Hart))
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:28:23 -0400
Subject: NOVELL Digest - 28 Apr 2000 to 29 Apr 2000 (#2000-83)
Message-ID: <s90dafcb.061@hcfa.gov>

Farid, I could use more detail on your setup.  Did the figures you cite below
come from identical hardware/topology setups?  What about file types -- I've
noticed that databases and files already compressed by NetWare take longer to
back up. Has any tuning of AS itself been done for each NOS?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 16:28:23 -0400
From:    elbourki at QGPC.COM.QA
Subject: Netware 4.11 & Arcserve 6.x & DLT tape speeds

Hi all,

What is the maximum speed that Arcserve 6.1 SP2 can get to when backing up a
Netware 4.11 server SP6, with 35/70 DLT tape drive on a Compaq ProLiant 6500?
The maximum we could is  around 60 Mbytes/min, yet with Windows NT the rate is
300 Mbytes/min.  Did anyone get any better speeds or is this it?

We have contacted Novell support in Holland, but couldn't get a satisfactory
answer.

Thanks in advance.


 Farag Hamid Elbourki
 LAN Engineer
 Qatar General Petroleum Corporation
 ICS Department
 P.O. Box 47, Doha, Qatar
 Phone: (+974) 402326, Fax: (+974) 402051
 E-mail: elbourki at qgpc.com.qa

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 21:28:42 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:28:42 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <1B7FCF072E@AGRIC.um.ac.ir>
Message-ID: <66BC08C7B9F@inter-corporate.net>

> I install novell netware 4.11 ,Can you help me for installing and
> configuration e-mail,www,tel,ftp software on it(edura,pmail,...)

        You want to tackle each of these one at a time.  Here are some
pointers for you:

        eMail:
                I highly recommend Mercury Mail Server by David Harris because it
integrates so nicely into NDS, and doesn't have any scalability
issues, has a ver low memory footprint, low overhead, is stable, &c.

                        Pegaus Mail and Mercury Mail Server
                        http://www.pmail.com/

        Web:
                You have three choices, one of which is discontinued...

                        Netscape Enterprise Server for NetWare
                        http://www.novonyx.com/

                        Novell Web Server 3.1 (discontinued product, but still works)
                        http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2935496

                        Apache Web Server (NetWare 4.11 if you have infamous WinSock NLMs)
                        http://www.apache.org/dist/binaries/netware/

        TelNet:
                I'm not aware of any TelNet servers for NetWare (or for that matter
for any other platforms aside from mainframes).

        FTP:
                Novell has an FTP server, but it has some bugs.  You might consider
using third-party products as well.  My list is incomplete today, and
only one comes to mind (there are many others -- list members, please
add to my list)...

                        WonLoo FTP server
                        http://www.wonloo.com/

        Once you are familiar with these products and have them installed
and running on your system, you should have no problem getting the
clients connecting to them.  If not, then post another message to let
us know where you're at.

        I hope this helps!

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From Jason_Oliver at FIRSTAR.COM  Mon May  1 21:30:43 2000
From: Jason_Oliver at FIRSTAR.COM (Jason_Oliver at FIRSTAR.COM)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:30:43 -0400
Subject: NDPS
Message-ID: <862568D2.0071A5B7.00@mail.firstar.com>

You can run them both no problem.

Jason Oliver






Jeff Groetsema <jgroetsema at UOP.EDU> on 05/01/2000 03:18:46 PM

Please respond to Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>

To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
cc:    (bcc: Jason Oliver/FISC/WIMKE/Firstar)
Subject:  NDPS



All,

If I upgrade one of my seven NW4.11 servers to NW5.1 and I install NDPS, what
will it do to my printing?  Can I run queue based printing along side NDPS or do
I need to plan on converting all my printers and print servers to NDPS?

If this has already been discussed in the FAQs, then just point me there.

Thanks


Jeff Groetsema
Network Analyst
UOP, McGeorge School of Law
jgroetsema at uop.edu

 

From rsher02 at EMORY.EDU  Mon May  1 21:40:04 2000
From: rsher02 at EMORY.EDU (Robert Sherman)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:40:04 -0400
Subject: NDPS
References: <s90d8444.077@uop.edu>
Message-ID: <390DEBC0.5E1F0010@emory.edu>

NDPS and queue-based can co-exist quite happily...check out the documentation...(and it is not even difficult to set up)

===================
Robert Sherman
Emory University
===================

Jeff Groetsema wrote:

> All,
>
> If I upgrade one of my seven NW4.11 servers to NW5.1 and I install NDPS, what will it do to my printing?  Can I run queue based printing along side NDPS or do I need to plan on converting all my printers and print servers to NDPS?
>
> If this has already been discussed in the FAQs, then just point me there.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeff Groetsema
> Network Analyst
> UOP, McGeorge School of Law
> jgroetsema at uop.edu

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 21:44:27 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:44:27 -0400
Subject: when was the last client installed?!
In-Reply-To: <4.3.0.20000411165844.00aab620@pop.primenet.com>
References: <200004111754.KAA16068@smtp01.primenet.com>
Message-ID: <66C04EC039A@inter-corporate.net>

> i was wondering how i can find out when the latest client (3.2) was
> installed on some of the machines at my office.  I'm trying to narrow down
> a trouble with a networked app. and i think it's linked to either the
> client install or a patch on the app.  i have a log of when the troubles
> started, and i know when the patch was applied.  now i need to find out
> when the client was installed (right around the time the patch was applied).
>
> are there any files created when the client is upgraded that i can look at
> the time stamp on to see when the client was last updated?
>
> appreciate any help.

        Does the file "NET2REG.LOG" give you the needed insight?  You'll
have to search for this file, and it should be in your Client32
Installation directory.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Mon May  1 21:45:25 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:45:25 -0400
Subject: Win95 Client32 - printer offline
In-Reply-To: <307CE14BA6F6D211B3B500A0C99818BA01303AC1@excsrv01>
Message-ID: <66C09E169BB@inter-corporate.net>

> I have a Windows 98 laptop I'm trying to connect to some Netware printers.
> Whenever I add a printer, it tells me it's offline, whether it is or not.
> On some rare occasions it will connect & can print. Other machines with the
> same client can connect & print with no problem.
> It's running Client 32, version 3.2.
> Anyone else run into this, and if so, how did you get around the problem?

        Disable spooling in your local printer properties.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From columbo at DDS.NL  Mon May  1 22:02:19 2000
From: columbo at DDS.NL (Roland Kool)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 17:02:19 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <66BC08C7B9F@inter-corporate.net>
References: <1B7FCF072E@AGRIC.um.ac.ir>
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050117021912@LSV.SYR.EDU>

IIRC, murkworks does have a telnet daemon for Netware. There is an
eval version on their site. I couldn't get it working (wouldn't let
me login) but I'm sure it's my fault. The telnet daemon uses NDS for
authentication.
They also have a FTP server.

Roland

PS: I thought XConsole is also a telnet daemon written by Novell.
Don't know for sure in what package it comes.


> > I install novell netware 4.11 ,Can you help me for installing and
> > configuration e-mail,www,tel,ftp software on it(edura,pmail,...)
>
>         You want to tackle each of these one at a time.  Here are some
> pointers for you:
>
>         eMail:
>                 I highly recommend Mercury Mail Server by David Harris because it
> integrates so nicely into NDS, and doesn't have any scalability
> issues, has a ver low memory footprint, low overhead, is stable, &c.
>
>                         Pegaus Mail and Mercury Mail Server
>                         http://www.pmail.com/
>
>         Web:
>                 You have three choices, one of which is discontinued...
>
>                         Netscape Enterprise Server for NetWare
>                         http://www.novonyx.com/
>
>                         Novell Web Server 3.1 (discontinued product, but still works)
>                         http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2935496
>
>                         Apache Web Server (NetWare 4.11 if you have infamous WinSock NLMs)
>                         http://www.apache.org/dist/binaries/netware/
>
>         TelNet:
>                 I'm not aware of any TelNet servers for NetWare (or for that matter
> for any other platforms aside from mainframes).
>
>         FTP:
>                 Novell has an FTP server, but it has some bugs.  You might consider
> using third-party products as well.  My list is incomplete today, and
> only one comes to mind (there are many others -- list members, please
> add to my list)...
>
>                         WonLoo FTP server
>                         http://www.wonloo.com/
>
>         Once you are familiar with these products and have them installed
> and running on your system, you should have no problem getting the
> clients connecting to them.  If not, then post another message to let
> us know where you're at.
>
>         I hope this helps!
>
> Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>
> *** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM  Mon May  1 22:10:29 2000
From: netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM (John Namias)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 17:10:29 -0400
Subject: NAT on NetWare 4.11 <<-- was Re: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5 -->>
Message-ID: <s90dac62.096@krlegal.com>

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From Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET  Mon May  1 22:39:18 2000
From: Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET (Hix Charlie)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 17:39:18 -0400
Subject: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
Message-ID: <E3191797BE96D111AB8B0000F806805401F14809@orlex03.orl.medcity.net>

Yes the Novonyx - The Novell-Netscape alliance http://www.novonyx.com/ tells
all about the product, but try finding the latest update.  According to TID
10026562 AND 10026600, I should be able to download : nesn451a.exe.
However, it is NO WHERE TO BE FOUND.  Does anyone have this or know where I
can get is?  Help PLEASE.  I need it per TID 10026600.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randolf Richardson [SMTP:randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:41 AM
> Subject:      Re: Netscape Enterprise Server Gone??
>
> > Is Netscape Enterprise Server for Netware still a Novell product?  I see
> > many mentions of nesn451a.exe as an update . However it is NO WHERE to
> be
> > found.
>
>         Yes.  It's bundled with NetWare 5.x now.
>
>         You can also use the following URI to find links to it:
>
>                 Novonyx - The Novell-Netscape alliance
>                 http://www.novonyx.com/
>
> Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>
> *** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From arthur-b at ZEELANDNET.NL  Mon May  1 22:40:45 2000
From: arthur-b at ZEELANDNET.NL (Arthur B.)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 17:40:45 -0400
Subject: FYI: NetWare ABEND Analysis System - Beta Site
References: <6695F460E75@inter-corporate.net>
Message-ID: <390DF92D.8A8634F4@zeelandnet.nl>

Randolf Richardson wrote:
>
> > http://abend.provo.novell.com/
>
>         Many people have recommended this web site to me, but it's always
> down.  Do you think it may be ABENDing?


Not for me it isn't.


** Arthur B.
** arthur-b at zeelandnet.nl
** http://people.zeelandnet.nl/arthur-b

 

From kdlrn at KENTLIBRARY.LIB.MI.US  Mon May  1 22:47:11 2000
From: kdlrn at KENTLIBRARY.LIB.MI.US (Rich Nagel)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 17:47:11 -0400
Subject: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
In-Reply-To: <E3191797BE96D111AB8B0000F806805401F14809@orlex03.orl.medcity.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.02.10005011746270.18589-100000@kdl.kentlibrary.lib.mi.us>

You're not alone, Charlie, I've been looking high and low for it too!


Richard J. Nagel                   "Opinions stated are personal, and
Network Support Specialist          do not reflect official library
Kent District Library+              policy or statements."
kdlrn at kentlibrary.lib.mi.us
---
"Chance is irrelevant, we will succeed."
 - Seven of Nine (ST:Voyager)





On Mon, 1 May 2000, Hix Charlie wrote:

> Yes the Novonyx - The Novell-Netscape alliance http://www.novonyx.com/ tells
> all about the product, but try finding the latest update.  According to TID
> 10026562 AND 10026600, I should be able to download : nesn451a.exe.
> However, it is NO WHERE TO BE FOUND.  Does anyone have this or know where I
> can get is?  Help PLEASE.  I need it per TID 10026600.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Randolf Richardson [SMTP:randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM]
> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:41 AM
> > Subject:      Re: Netscape Enterprise Server Gone??
> >
> > > Is Netscape Enterprise Server for Netware still a Novell product?  I see
> > > many mentions of nesn451a.exe as an update . However it is NO WHERE to
> > be
> > > found.
> >
> >         Yes.  It's bundled with NetWare 5.x now.
> >
> >         You can also use the following URI to find links to it:
> >
> >                 Novonyx - The Novell-Netscape alliance
> >                 http://www.novonyx.com/
> >
> > Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
> > Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> > Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> > http://www.inter-corporate.com/
> >
> > *** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
> > http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/
>

 

From Lester.Bennett at TREASURY.QLD.GOV.AU  Mon May  1 23:04:52 2000
From: Lester.Bennett at TREASURY.QLD.GOV.AU (Lester.Bennett at TREASURY.QLD.GOV.AU)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 18:04:52 -0400
Subject: Netware 4.11 & Arcserve 6.x & DLT tape speeds
Message-ID: <4A2568D2.00793750.00@nt_trs_2.treasury.qld.gov.au>

Have you read the performance tuning document on Arcserve. You can download
it from http://support.cai.com. I'm not sure of the actual name but a
search will soon find it.

Lester Bennett
Queensland Treasury
Brisbane,  Qld.,  Australia






elbourki at QGPC.COM.QA on 29/04/2000 17:49:31

Please respond to Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>

To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
cc:    (bcc: Lester Bennett/Treasury_QLD_GOV/AU)
Subject:  Netware 4.11 & Arcserve 6.x & DLT tape speeds




Hi all,

What is the maximum speed that Arcserve 6.1 SP2 can get to when backing up
a
Netware 4.11 server SP6, with 35/70 DLT tape drive on a Compaq ProLiant
6500?
The maximum we could is  around 60 Mbytes/min, yet with Windows NT the rate
is
300 Mbytes/min.
Did anyone get any better speeds or is this it?

We have contacted Novell support in Holland, but couldn't get a
satisfactory
answer.

Thanks in advance.


 Farag Hamid Elbourki
 LAN Engineer
 Qatar General Petroleum Corporation
 ICS Department
 P.O. Box 47, Doha, Qatar
 Phone: (+974) 402326, Fax: (+974) 402051
 E-mail: elbourki at qgpc.com.qa

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Mon May  1 23:24:22 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 18:24:22 -0400
Subject: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
Message-ID: <01JOW4CIPCLU94DOWY@cc.usu.edu>

>You're not alone, Charlie, I've been looking high and low for it too!
>
>
>Richard J. Nagel                   "Opinions stated are personal, and
>Network Support Specialist          do not reflect official library
>Kent District Library+              policy or statements."
>kdlrn at kentlibrary.lib.mi.us
--------
        I don't know if this will help or not, but I put my copy of
Netscape Enterprise Server for NW into directory misc on netlab2.usu.edu.
That's the same as directory pub/mirror/misc on netlab1.usu.edu. The
filename is  nsnwent.exe  74.6MB  dated 25 Dec 1999 (local copy date).
        Web limited folks can go to either machine and dig under the
"Netlab1 and Netlab2 complete file archives" section, then mirror, and
then misc.
        Joe D.

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Mon May  1 23:26:26 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 18:26:26 -0400
Subject: Disabling network broadcast messages?
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB2C@mta_internet>

Is there a way to prevent/disable network broadcast messages from the
[NW 5] server.

Since the 'grace connection' pop-up message problem is occurring more
frequently, it is actually hindering
my clients.

Thank you,
Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Mon May  1 23:32:07 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 18:32:07 -0400
Subject: seagate
Message-ID: <01JOW4NWYYGU94DOWY@cc.usu.edu>

>Of course.
>Even if there were improperly setup, that still doesn't explain the
>*complete* failures, I've experienced.
>
>Complete failures: meaning no longer seen on controller (any SCSI
>controller) or spindle no longer starts up or capacitor blows (as in the
>latest scenario).   The serial numbers were in a series beginning at:
>LP198114... I must have a bad batch!

        Capacitor blowing etc? This is the sign of a broken system, one
which could have experienced a SCSI ribbon cable being plugged in upside
down and zapping lots of electronics. Similarly, an insane power supply
could zap things.

>This is not a temperature problem either, all drives are monitored and
>operate at a relatively cool temperature of 31 C (or 88 F).

        The drives or the box? I'll bet the drives are warmer than that.

>Now I'm finding out that it's [thus far] impossible to locate an
>equivalent Single Ended, 68 pin ultra-wide, ultra-wide HD.  Help please!

        Check Seagate again. I think the LVD drives can be cabled as
single ended and still work. Corrections welcomed.
        I think this is not your week Shawn. Best take holiday before
worse happens.
        Joe D.

>Anyone know where I can get one?
>Thanks,
>Shawn

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Mon May  1 23:49:34 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 18:49:34 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB2D@mta_internet>

Hi Jeff,

Been there done that!

Also everything that was in the TID 10017860.

And all over again while under the influence of a Novell tech person.

Novell admits to the problem but no resolution is in site.
How many others are experiencing this problem with NW5 SP4?

You know what though... I'm going to go do it [yet] again anyway.

________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Jeff Tinch [SMTP:jtinch at FUSE.NET]
        Sent:   Monday, May 01, 2000 1:09 PM
        Subject:        Re: License error in NW5 - anyone else?

        shawn

        try this  nwconfig - license options -  set up license service -


        I have had to do this on about 3 NW 5.x servers


        jeff


        >>> Shawn Connelly<sconnell at DIPIX.COM> 05/01/00 01:00PM >>>
        Hello everyone, I hope y'all are having a better day than me!

        Since bringing NW 5 on-line, I've been putting up with the
blasted
        Policy manager errors.   The errors occur frequently [every few
seconds]
        on the server console and fortunately a similar message had
appeared
        infrequently on only several client workstations.

        Unfortunately, after rebooting the server last night [necessary
because
        of HD failure - see previous msg.], the policy manage message is
now
        reaching most or all clients and it is broadcasting enough to
hinder
        their work!

        Error message:
        Policy manager - 5.00-035 update connection license failed.
Error #
        C0001001 .. then the client ID

        As mentioned before, I tried the suggestions given in Novell's
document
        #10017860.

        Novell support has admitted to a bug...but when is this going to
be
        fixed?

        I cannot go back to an older service pack because CAI claims
that I may
        experience problems with ArcServeIT (with newest patches).

        Agghh... the DPT HD failure alarm is driving me crazzzzy!!

        You know, I'm not paid enough for this level of stress!

        I think it's time for a career change or least move to a company
where
        I'm not the sole person in the IT department!


        Help is appreciated.
        Thank you,
        Shawn


________________________________________________________________________
        ___
        Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
        Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C
3P1
        tel. 613-596-4942 x177, x115 or dial extension 0 to page me.

 

From mavery at MAIL.OTHERWHEN.COM  Mon May  1 23:51:01 2000
From: mavery at MAIL.OTHERWHEN.COM (Mike Avery)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 18:51:01 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <390DC3C2.14190.12CB54E@localhost>

On 1 May 2000, at 12:48, Shawn Connelly wrote:

> Last night, I experienced my 3rd Seagate Barracuda (ST118273W) failure
> in less then 8 months!!

> Can anyone recommend a reliable 18.2gb (or larger) Single Ended
> Ultra-wide SCSI HD?

> I'm in a very vulnerable state now with 1 drive missing from the
> RAID-5 configuration.

> Has anyone else experienced problems with this HD?
> I just knew I was in for trouble the first day I inspected these
> drives; they are full of wire-mods!!!

I've used different Bardacuda models over the years.  The common
thread seems to be that they run really hot, and they need lots of
cooling air to be happy.  I'd check the ventilation in your cabinet and
make sure it's adequate.  I'd add fans, and/or force ventilated drive
carriers.

I'm currently using Hitatchi 18.2 gig SCSI drives and am happy so
far.  Check out http:/www.hitechcafe.com for what Louie has in
stock now.  So far, Louie has treated me well.

Also... what has Seagate said - and done - about your dead drives?

Mike

--
Mike Avery                            MAvery at mail.otherwhen.com
                                         (409)-842-2942 (voice)
                                           (409)-842-4352 (FAX)
                                                  ICQ: 16241692

* Spam is for lusers who can't get business any other way *

A Randomly Selected Thought For The Day:
Egyptian back doctors are cairopractors.

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Tue May  2 00:10:14 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 19:10:14 -0400
Subject: Disabling network broadcast messages?
In-Reply-To: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB2C@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <390DA9F7.14806.1947DB@localhost>

On 1 May 2000, at 18:25, Shawn Connelly wrote:

> Is there a way to prevent/disable network broadcast messages from the
> [NW 5] server.
>
> Since the 'grace connection' pop-up message problem is occurring more
> frequently, it is actually hindering
> my clients.
>
> Thank you,
> Shawn
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ___
> Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.

ISTR that in a DOS window, under Win9x at least, SEND /a=a disables
all broadcasts to a client.  SEND /a=n may disable all non-console
broadcasts.

---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM  Tue May  2 00:20:24 2000
From: mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM (Mark Puchalski)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 19:20:24 -0400
Subject: NAT on NetWare 4.11 <<-- was Re: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5 -->>
Message-ID: <s90dd8d6.047@xjp.couzens.com>

I have the cable modem connected to the public NIC, and my private NIC connected to the network hub.  Routing is enabled in NetWare, but that's it.  No external router.  It is just a home network, but I haven't experienced any problems with disconnects.

>>> netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM 5/1/2000 6:09:56 PM >>>
Hello again,

Mark, do you have a router between your Hub and the cable Modem?  Our
cable ISP is saying that our disconnect problems are due to the fact that
we are not using a (their) router.  We have BM 3.5 installed and are
running NAT with static IP addresses.  We use the Web for research and my
users complain of constant disconnects while browsing.  I ask this
question because I would like to eliminate not having a router installed
as a source of our problems.

I feel that the problem is either a timeout issue or a filtering problem.
I tried using the steps outlined in the Packet Filter Troubleshooting
and Solutions TID (10018659).  When I issued the "ipflt_debug_on"
command, I got lots of info (captured with ConLog) that I really don't
know how to decipher.  I tried setting individual debugs on, but got NO
console output.  I've also gone through TIDs 10013542 and 2928543
regarding TCP debug SET commands, but I'm still lost.

Any help in finding the culprit would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,  John

>>> Mark Puchalski <mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM> 5/1/00 1:51:46 PM >>>
When I first set it up on my 4.11 home network, my server abended
multiple times.  Turns out I had neglected to replace the TCPIP.NLM with
the one from the SP8 distribution.  My home server is at SP6, if I
remember correctly.  Once TCPIP.NLM was updated with the version from
SP8, NAT started working fine.

Works great with the 1-IP address cable modem!

>>> randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM 5/1/2000 8:43:34 AM >>>
> You do not need to install BorderManager on NW 4.11 for NAT.  The
> NAT.NLM was included in SP8.  If you don't want to apply SP8, all
> you need to do is copy NAT.NLM and TCPIP.NLM from the SP8
> distribut> >>>>>>>>

        Have you done this successfully?  I've tried this before, but it
resulted in ABENDs, although that was with Support Pack 7.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com 
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/ 

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/ 


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From kdlrn at KENTLIBRARY.LIB.MI.US  Tue May  2 00:21:59 2000
From: kdlrn at KENTLIBRARY.LIB.MI.US (Rich Nagel)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 19:21:59 -0400
Subject: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
In-Reply-To: <01JOW4CIPCLU94DOWY@cc.usu.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.02.10005011921380.20986-100000@kdl.kentlibrary.lib.mi.us>

Thank you, Joe!  That is indeed a big help!


Richard J. Nagel                   "Opinions stated are personal, and
Network Support Specialist          do not reflect official library
Kent District Library+              policy or statements."
kdlrn at kentlibrary.lib.mi.us
---
"Chance is irrelevant, we will succeed."
 - Seven of Nine (ST:Voyager)





On Mon, 1 May 2000, Joe Doupnik wrote:

> >You're not alone, Charlie, I've been looking high and low for it too!
> >
> >
> >Richard J. Nagel                   "Opinions stated are personal, and
> >Network Support Specialist          do not reflect official library
> >Kent District Library+              policy or statements."
> >kdlrn at kentlibrary.lib.mi.us
> --------
>         I don't know if this will help or not, but I put my copy of
> Netscape Enterprise Server for NW into directory misc on netlab2.usu.edu.
> That's the same as directory pub/mirror/misc on netlab1.usu.edu. The
> filename is  nsnwent.exe  74.6MB  dated 25 Dec 1999 (local copy date).
>         Web limited folks can go to either machine and dig under the
> "Netlab1 and Netlab2 complete file archives" section, then mirror, and
> then misc.
>         Joe D.
>

 

From bsneed at MINT.NET  Tue May  2 00:31:29 2000
From: bsneed at MINT.NET (Bill Sneed)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 19:31:29 -0400
Subject: Omnitron Switch Considerations
Message-ID: <390E0378.C76EA540@mint.net>

Can't speak to their switches but used Omnitron hardware a few years
ago on a token ring network with AS/400's & NW3.12
servers....everything worked as it should....at a decent price...

FWIW, I've had good luck over the years with Bay Networks/Nortel
switches....................


...Bill Sneed, Prospect, Maine...

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Tue May  2 00:53:08 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 19:53:08 -0400
Subject: FYI: NetWare ABEND Analysis System - Beta Site
In-Reply-To: <390DF92D.8A8634F4@zeelandnet.nl>
Message-ID: <66F29CF5622@inter-corporate.net>

> > > http://abend.provo.novell.com/
> >
> >         Many people have recommended this web site to me, but it's always
> > down.  Do you think it may be ABENDing?
>
> Not for me it isn't.

        It's still down for me.  When I try to browse it, my browser just
goes off into la-la land and never times out, spinning it's animated
"N" forever.

        Is there a contact person listed on this web site?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Tue May  2 00:56:32 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 19:56:32 -0400
Subject: NAT on NetWare 4.11 <<-- was Re: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5 -->>
In-Reply-To: <s90dac62.096@krlegal.com>
Message-ID: <66F390A0F8D@inter-corporate.net>

        What type of Cable NIC [Modem] are you using?  I've heard of
problems with certain brands as far as reliability is concerned, and
I've heard that LANcity isn't one of them (that's the brand I'm using
on my NetWare server, and it works very well).

> Hello again,
>
> Mark, do you have a router between your Hub and the cable Modem?  Our
> cable ISP is saying that our disconnect problems are due to the fact that
> we are not using a (their) router.  We have BM 3.5 installed and are
> running NAT with static IP addresses.  We use the Web for research and my
> users complain of constant disconnects while browsing.  I ask this
> question because I would like to eliminate not having a router installed
> as a source of our problems.
>
> I feel that the problem is either a timeout issue or a filtering problem.
> I tried using the steps outlined in the Packet Filter Troubleshooting
> and Solutions TID (10018659).  When I issued the "ipflt_debug_on"
> command, I got lots of info (captured with ConLog) that I really don't
> know how to decipher.  I tried setting individual debugs on, but got NO
> console output.  I've also gone through TIDs 10013542 and 2928543
> regarding TCP debug SET commands, but I'm still lost.
>
> Any help in finding the culprit would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,  John
>
> >>> Mark Puchalski <mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM> 5/1/00 1:51:46 PM >>>
> When I first set it up on my 4.11 home network, my server abended
> multiple times.  Turns out I had neglected to replace the TCPIP.NLM with
> the one from the SP8 distribution.  My home server is at SP6, if I
> remember correctly.  Once TCPIP.NLM was updated with the version from
> SP8, NAT started working fine.
>
> Works great with the 1-IP address cable modem!
>
> >>> randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM 5/1/2000 8:43:34 AM >>>
> > You do not need to install BorderManager on NW 4.11 for NAT.  The
> > NAT.NLM was included in SP8.  If you don't want to apply SP8, all
> > you need to do is copy NAT.NLM and TCPIP.NLM from the SP8
> > distribut> >>>>>>>>
>
>         Have you done this successfully?  I've tried this before, but it
> resulted in ABENDs, although that was with Support Pack 7.
>
> Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>
> *** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/
>
>
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> recipient, please do not read, copy, or use it, and do not disclose it
> to others.  Please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying
> to this message, and then delete it from your system.  Thank you.
>

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Tue May  2 01:01:19 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 20:01:19 -0400
Subject: NAT on NetWare 4.11 (multiple ABENDs)
In-Reply-To: <s90da82b.004@xjp.couzens.com>
Message-ID: <66F4B734924@inter-corporate.net>

> When I first set it up on my 4.11 home network, my server abended
> multiple times.  Turns out I had neglected to replace the
> TCPIP.NLM with the one from the SP8 distribution.  My home server
> is at SP6> >>>>>>>>

        Thanks for the excellent tip!  I also experienced more than 100
ABENDs when I tried this, and I know for a fact that I didn't copy
TCPIP.NLM -- only added NAT.NLM.

        I'll try this the next chance I get.  Thanks again!

> Works great with the 1-IP address cable modem!

        That's one of the things I like about cable is the static IP
address.  The big ADSL providers around here refuse to give out
static IPs to home users, and I think they're loosing a lot of
business from computer professionals because of it.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Tue May  2 01:44:10 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 20:44:10 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <NOVELL%2000050117021912@LSV.SYR.EDU>
References: <66BC08C7B9F@inter-corporate.net>
Message-ID: <670051065A4@inter-corporate.net>

> IIRC, murkworks does have a telnet daemon for Netware. There is an
> eval version on their site. I couldn't get it working (wouldn't let
> me login) but I'm sure it's my fault. The telnet daemon uses NDS for
> authentication.

        I just downloaded it and gave it a try.  It's pretty good as long as
you don't use the TelNet client that comes with Windows.

                MurkWorks TConsole NLM
                http://www.murkworks.com/BasePages/tconsole.htm

                TeraTerm - Freeware TelNet Terminal for Windows
                http://www.teraterm.com/

> They also have a FTP server.

        Thanks Roland.  This is one of the FTP servers I was trying to
remember.

> Roland
>
> PS: I thought XConsole is also a telnet daemon written by Novell.
> Don't know for sure in what package it comes.

        XConsole is, I believe, bundled with the Unix Print Services, and I
forgot all about this one.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Tue May  2 04:09:34 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 23:09:34 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <670051065A4@inter-corporate.net>
References: <NOVELL%2000050117021912@LSV.SYR.EDU>
Message-ID: <390DE167.21080.F1DE6B@localhost>

On 1 May 2000, at 17:42, Randolf Richardson wrote:

> > IIRC, murkworks does have a telnet daemon for Netware. There is an
> > eval version on their site. I couldn't get it working (wouldn't let
> > me login) but I'm sure it's my fault. The telnet daemon uses NDS for
> > authentication.
>
>         I just downloaded it and gave it a try.  It's pretty good as long as
> you don't use the TelNet client that comes with Windows.
>
>                 MurkWorks TConsole NLM
>                 http://www.murkworks.com/BasePages/tconsole.htm
>
>                 TeraTerm - Freeware TelNet Terminal for Windows
>                 http://www.teraterm.com/

SSH?

---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Tue May  2 04:11:45 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 23:11:45 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
In-Reply-To: <390DC3C2.14190.12CB54E@localhost>
Message-ID: <390DE500.20922.FFEB52@localhost>

On 1 May 2000, at 17:49, Mike Avery wrote:

> I'm currently using Hitatchi 18.2 gig SCSI drives and am happy so
> far.  Check out http:/www.hitechcafe.com for what Louie has in
> stock now.  So far, Louie has treated me well.

FWIW URL above needs a 2nd slash ...

http://www.compgeeks.com has some 18GB Hitachis and Seagates listed
... I've had good luck purchasing form them (although not SCSI
stuff - haven't needed it yet).



---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Tue May  2 04:11:46 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 23:11:46 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
In-Reply-To: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB25@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <390DE516.6568.100420B@localhost>

On 1 May 2000, at 12:48, Shawn Connelly wrote:

> Last night, I experienced my 3rd Seagate Barracuda (ST118273W) failure
> in less then 8 months!!
>
> Can anyone recommend a reliable 18.2gb (or larger) Single Ended
> Ultra-wide SCSI HD?
>
> I'm in a very vulnerable state now with 1 drive missing from the
> RAID-5 configuration.

Don't you need to keep the same types of drive for this to work
reliably?  Or am I living in the past when it comes to mix-and-match
SCSI?



---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From hfleming at MOOSEBIRD.COM  Tue May  2 04:28:13 2000
From: hfleming at MOOSEBIRD.COM (Howard Fleming)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 23:28:13 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
In-Reply-To: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB25@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <390E1355.16161.167F480@localhost>

I have 4 of these ST118273WC (SCA version), 2 of which have been
in service about 1 1/2 years, the other 2 in service about 6 months.
The system is setup in a duplexed setup, with 2 drives per channel,
using Mylex Flastpoint BT-950 cards.  The rev's of the drives are
5764 and 6244.

Seagate does have the same cap. drives, but the model numbers are
different (do not have them with me at the moment).

These drives should be covered by a 5 year warrenty, (tho that will
not help you "right" at this moment.

Good luck!
Howard


On 1 May 2000, at 12:48, Shawn Connelly wrote:

> Last night, I experienced my 3rd Seagate Barracuda (ST118273W) failure
> in less then 8 months!!
>
> Can anyone recommend a reliable 18.2gb (or larger) Single Ended
> Ultra-wide SCSI HD?
>
> I'm in a very vulnerable state now with 1 drive missing from the RAID-5
> configuration.
>
> Has anyone else experienced problems with this HD?
> I just knew I was in for trouble the first day I inspected these drives;
> they are full of wire-mods!!!



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99 EuroVan MV - 97 Cabrio - 85 Vanagon - 84 Westy
84 Vanagon GL (spare parts that turned into a project)
1945 Cletrac AG

 

From mavery at MAIL.OTHERWHEN.COM  Tue May  2 04:31:44 2000
From: mavery at MAIL.OTHERWHEN.COM (Mike Avery)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 23:31:44 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
Message-ID: <390E05AF.6419.22E44A6@localhost>

On 1 May 2000, at 23:01, Roland Kool wrote:

> PS: I thought XConsole is also a telnet daemon written by Novell.
> Don't know for sure in what package it comes.

It is, and it was bundled with IntraNetWare.  It's probably a part
of the TCP stack upgrades as well.

It works with Telnet and X-Windows quite well.  I use it at some
client sites.... using XWindows to get into their servers from my
FreeBSD or Linux boxes "feels" more like being on the console than
RConsole.

Mike

--
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                                         (409)-842-2942 (voice)
                                           (409)-842-4352 (FAX)
                                                  ICQ: 16241692

* Spam is for lusers who can't get business any other way *

A Randomly Selected Thought For The Day:
Slang is language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands,
and goes to work.

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Tue May  2 06:09:14 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 01:09:14 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AB6@INTERGW>

The IBM disks are good.

Havn't had one failure out of around 40 disks.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Connelly [SMTP:sconnell at DIPIX.COM]
> Sent: ? ??? 01 2000 18:49
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
>
> Last night, I experienced my 3rd Seagate Barracuda (ST118273W) failure
> in less then 8 months!!
>
> Can anyone recommend a reliable 18.2gb (or larger) Single Ended
> Ultra-wide SCSI HD?
>
> I'm in a very vulnerable state now with 1 drive missing from the RAID-5
> configuration.
>
> Has anyone else experienced problems with this HD?
> I just knew I was in for trouble the first day I inspected these drives;
> they are full of wire-mods!!!
>
> Your suggestions are appreciated,
> Shawn
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ___
> Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
> Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
> email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
> postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
> <mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Tue May  2 06:10:46 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 01:10:46 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AB7@INTERGW>

We get these on a regular basis on some of our Netware servers, and altho
it's annoying, it hasn't seemed to cause any user problems.

Novell have put out a new NLS SP, but I am not all that into installing
things that havn't been proven to actually fix the problem.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Connelly [SMTP:sconnell at DIPIX.COM]
> Sent: ? ??? 01 2000 19:00
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      License error in NW5 - anyone else?
>
> Hello everyone, I hope y'all are having a better day than me!
>
> Since bringing NW 5 on-line, I've been putting up with the blasted
> Policy manager errors.   The errors occur frequently [every few seconds]
> on the server console and fortunately a similar message had appeared
> infrequently on only several client workstations.
>
> Unfortunately, after rebooting the server last night [necessary because
> of HD failure - see previous msg.], the policy manage message is now
> reaching most or all clients and it is broadcasting enough to hinder
> their work!
>
> Error message:
> Policy manager - 5.00-035 update connection license failed. Error #
> C0001001 .. then the client ID
>
> As mentioned before, I tried the suggestions given in Novell's document
> #10017860.
>
> Novell support has admitted to a bug...but when is this going to be
> fixed?
>
> I cannot go back to an older service pack because CAI claims that I may
> experience problems with ArcServeIT (with newest patches).
>
> Agghh... the DPT HD failure alarm is driving me crazzzzy!!
>
> You know, I'm not paid enough for this level of stress!
>
> I think it's time for a career change or least move to a company where
> I'm not the sole person in the IT department!
>
>
> Help is appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Shawn
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ___
> Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
> Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
> tel. 613-596-4942 x177, x115 or dial extension 0 to page me.

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Tue May  2 06:12:54 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 01:12:54 -0400
Subject: FYI: NetWare ABEND Analysis System - Beta Site
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AB8@INTERGW>

Good one Randy :)

Actually, I'v used it a few times, but only on 1 occassion did it actually
have a solution to my AbEnd.

It's still in the beta stage, so maybe that's what's happening ?

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randolf Richardson [SMTP:randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM]
> Sent: ? ??? 01 2000 13:04
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      Re: FYI: NetWare ABEND Analysis System - Beta Site
>
> > http://abend.provo.novell.com/
>
>         Many people have recommended this web site to me, but it's always
> down.  Do you think it may be ABENDing?
>
> Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>
> *** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Tue May  2 06:18:04 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 01:18:04 -0400
Subject: rconsole system resources
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AB9@INTERGW>

If you have the IPX routing parameter set to NLSP try setting it to NONE.

That worked here.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randolf Richardson [SMTP:randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM]
> Sent: ? ??? 01 2000 15:11
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      Re: rconsole system resources
>
> > is there a utilization threshold above which users cannot connect with
> > rconsole in a 4.11 box?  the box was upgraded from 3.12 to 4.11 so it
> > behaves a bit differently than other "pure" 4.11 boxes do.
> >
> > i intermittently can't connect using rconsole, and the only thing i
> notice
> > is that util. % is around 80-90% (backups, DB maint. etc.)
>
>         I've noticed this too in testing, and I'm assuming that Remote.NLM
> and RSPX.NLM are low-priority processes.
>
> Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>
> *** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From ATARODI at AGRIC.UM.AC.IR  Tue May  2 06:32:08 2000
From: ATARODI at AGRIC.UM.AC.IR (Mohammad-Reza Atarodi)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 01:32:08 -0400
Subject: slow server
Message-ID: <32B25D3B21@AGRIC.um.ac.ir>

Hi

when I login to my netware 4.11 server and get DIR (e.g) or any command it
is very slow apear why,other network vey good when i login it?
thanks

 

From hbae at NYC.RR.COM  Tue May  2 07:14:25 2000
From: hbae at NYC.RR.COM (Hansang Bae)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 02:14:25 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <390DE167.21080.F1DE6B@localhost>
References: <670051065A4@inter-corporate.net>
            <NOVELL%2000050117021912@LSV.SYR.EDU>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000502021320.00a81710@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>

> >                 TeraTerm - Freeware TelNet Terminal for Windows
> >                 http://www.teraterm.com/
>
>SSH?


TereTerm is _THE_ best telnet client bar none.  It has free ssh support as
well as SSL support.  Code is available as well.

Alas, no ssh support on the server side.  I don't think this changed with 5.1

hsb

 

From admin at DRACO.CO.UK  Tue May  2 09:36:35 2000
From: admin at DRACO.CO.UK (Derek Brabrook)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 04:36:35 -0400
Subject: seagate
Message-ID: <004a01bfb411$1e106d60$0400000a@python>

Ever tried plugging a 68 pin high density UltraWide connector round the
wrong way ?
you would need two things to achieve this :-

1) large rubber hammer
2) blind

Second point switch mode PSU's never zap anything if they have an internal
component failure
they are designed to drop the current and voltage, they go down not up
although they will pass
a mains transient/spike depending on the frequency, that is providing your
PSU has passed all
the relevant electrical safety tests in your country


        Capacitor blowing etc? This is the sign of a broken system, one
which could have experienced a SCSI ribbon cable being plugged in upside
down and zapping lots of electronics. Similarly, an insane power supply
could zap things.


Regards

Derek Brabrook
Draco Computer Systems
http://www.draco.co.uk

 

From dbphilos at MAIL.RZ.UNI-DUESSELDORF.DE  Tue May  2 09:43:27 2000
From: dbphilos at MAIL.RZ.UNI-DUESSELDORF.DE (Hans Nellissen)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 04:43:27 -0400
Subject: Happy
In-Reply-To: <000401bfb25b$1d7a8500$564af9d8@wing>
Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000502104629.0094a6a0@mail.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de>

At 21:18 29.04.2000 -0700, you wrote:
Brad,
take a look at www.nai.com and search for happy.exe . After this,
are you happy?

>Nice,
>Attached to my latest digest was Happy99.exe. Very nice control over the
>mail list.
>Brad Loomis
>
>
Hans Nellissen
----------------------------------------------------------------
Philosophisches Institut              Email:dbphilos at mail.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Studiengang Informationswissenschaft  Phone: ++49 211 81 14137
Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet           Fax  : ++49 211 81 12917
40225 Duesseldorf                     Universitaetsstr. 1

 

From a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK  Tue May  2 10:49:47 2000
From: a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK (Andy Swiffin)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 05:49:47 -0400
Subject: LVD drives was Re: seagate
In-Reply-To: <E12mQ0L-0005xJ-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <E12mZJA-0005F1-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>

>
> >Now I'm finding out that it's [thus far] impossible to locate an
> >equivalent Single Ended, 68 pin ultra-wide, ultra-wide HD.  Help
> >please!
>
>         Check Seagate again. I think the LVD drives can be cabled as
> single ended and still work. Corrections welcomed.

You're quite right Joe, you can use an LVD drive on a standard
bus.  I usually use IBM drives, these have a jumper on them to
specify that they'll be SE, although I don't even think that's
necessary, if you put them on a single ended cable they work as
single ended drives.  I've used them fine with DPT 3334 controllers.

Cheers
Andy


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Andy Swiffin,
Senior network specialist,
IT services, Dundee University,
Dundee, DD1 4HN.
SCOTLAND.  UK.      Tel 01382 344762
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Tue May  2 13:18:49 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 08:18:49 -0400
Subject: DOS SET Environment variables in a login script
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AC0@INTERGW>

All,

I am sure this is simple but my brain is obviously not working as I can't
get this to work.

I want to set a DOS variable called LAPTOP to a value of 1 for all users
using laptops.

I then want to check the value in the Login Script and run mappings etc
according to this.

I tried setting the following with no help :

IF LAPTOP="1"
IF %LAPTOP="1"
IF "%LAPTOP%"="1"
IF "%LAPTOP"="1"

So ?????

I am sure some small thing is missing....anyone done this succesefuly ?

Mike Glassman
System & Security Admin
Israeli Airports Authority
Ben-Gurion Airport
http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il

Tel : 972-3-9710785
Fax : 972-3-9710939
Email : admin at iaa.gov.il

Usage of this email address or any email address at iaa.gov.il for the
purpose of sales pitches, SPAM or any other such unwanted garbage, is
illegal, and any person, whether corporate or alone doing so, will be
prosecuted to the fullest possible extent.

 

From joe at ALUM.UHS.EDU  Tue May  2 13:57:32 2000
From: joe at ALUM.UHS.EDU (Joe Serrone, Network Administrator, Informat)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 08:57:32 -0400
Subject: Novell & NT Mappings = Slow?
Message-ID: <2E4A41931AB@ALUM.UHS.EDU>

We have an individual on our Network that is logging into a Novell
4.11 server (NW4SP8A) and also has a mapping to an NT 4.0 (SP5)
server. If the user cancels the mapping to the NT server, all
applications will run fine. If the mapping to the NT server is
allowed, all apps run VERY slow.

The access order has been changed from the Microsoft client 1st and
Novell client 2nd to the Novell client 1st and this didn't help. It
is currently set for Novell client=1st. He is using the latest Novell
4.7 client for NT as well (was on 4.61).

Anyone have any ideas on how to use both mappings and get all apps up
to speed?

Thanks
joe s.





Joe Serrone
Network Administrator
The University of Health Sciences
1750 Independence Blvd.
Kansas City,  MO  64106-1453
(816) 283-2472
joe at alum.uhs.edu

 

From SWohlers at COROMED.COM  Tue May  2 14:11:01 2000
From: SWohlers at COROMED.COM (SWohlers at COROMED.COM)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:11:01 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
Message-ID: <3320710665@coromed.com>

I have experienced and done everything in the same TID, I get errors and once
the NW5 server with BMgr 3.5 "lost contact" with all it's licenses and I had to
delete and recreate them.  I have deleted and recreated the license containers,
NLS objects, etc. a number of times in an effort to get rid of errors or to fix
license problems in Bmgr or NW5.  Sometimes with success, sometimes without.  I
installed SP4 because of my strong hope that the update would fix most of the
license errors, but I have had little change.  I don't know how, but SP4 also
changed something in NAT or Bmgr that broke the filters.   Needless to say, I am
a little disappointed in NW5 and especially NLS.... I never had a problem with
licenses in NW4x.

Spencer



____________________Reply Separator____________________
Subject:    Re: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
Author: "Novell LAN Interest Group" <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>
Date:         Tue, 2 May 2000 09:11:01 -0400

We get these on a regular basis on some of our Netware servers, and altho
it's annoying, it hasn't seemed to cause any user problems.

Novell have put out a new NLS SP, but I am not all that into installing
things that havn't been proven to actually fix the problem.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Connelly [SMTP:sconnell at DIPIX.COM]
> Sent: ? ??? 01 2000 19:00
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      License error in NW5 - anyone else?
>
> Hello everyone, I hope y'all are having a better day than me!
>
> Since bringing NW 5 on-line, I've been putting up with the blasted
> Policy manager errors.   The errors occur frequently [every few seconds]
> on the server console and fortunately a similar message had appeared
> infrequently on only several client workstations.
>
> Unfortunately, after rebooting the server last night [necessary because
> of HD failure - see previous msg.], the policy manage message is now
> reaching most or all clients and it is broadcasting enough to hinder
> their work!
>
> Error message:
> Policy manager - 5.00-035 update connection license failed. Error #
> C0001001 .. then the client ID
>
> As mentioned before, I tried the suggestions given in Novell's document
> #10017860.
>
> Novell support has admitted to a bug...but when is this going to be
> fixed?
>
> I cannot go back to an older service pack because CAI claims that I may
> experience problems with ArcServeIT (with newest patches).
>
> Agghh... the DPT HD failure alarm is driving me crazzzzy!!
>
> You know, I'm not paid enough for this level of stress!
>
> I think it's time for a career change or least move to a company where
> I'm not the sole person in the IT department!
>
>
> Help is appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Shawn
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ___
> Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
> Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
> tel. 613-596-4942 x177, x115 or dial extension 0 to page me.

 

From jtinch at FUSE.NET  Tue May  2 14:25:12 2000
From: jtinch at FUSE.NET (Jeff Tinch)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:25:12 -0400
Subject: DOS SET Environment variables in a login script
References: 382c988c00001f5e
Message-ID: <0d09a1125130250FE1@mail1.cinci.rr.com>

Mike

Try putting the command to show what laptop is equal to then a pause as a test to see if the value is even being set correctly, this will let you see if it's being set at all.

write %LAPTOP%
Pause

jeff


>>> Mike Glassman - Admin<admin at IAA.GOV.IL> 05/02/00 09:17AM >>>
All,

I am sure this is simple but my brain is obviously not working as I can't
get this to work.

I want to set a DOS variable called LAPTOP to a value of 1 for all users
using laptops.

I then want to check the value in the Login Script and run mappings etc
according to this.

I tried setting the following with no help :

IF LAPTOP="1"
IF %LAPTOP="1"
IF "%LAPTOP%"="1"
IF "%LAPTOP"="1"

So ?????

I am sure some small thing is missing....anyone done this succesefuly ?

Mike Glassman
System & Security Admin
Israeli Airports Authority
Ben-Gurion Airport
http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il 

Tel : 972-3-9710785
Fax : 972-3-9710939
Email : admin at iaa.gov.il 

Usage of this email address or any email address at iaa.gov.il for the
purpose of sales pitches, SPAM or any other such unwanted garbage, is
illegal, and any person, whether corporate or alone doing so, will be
prosecuted to the fullest possible extent.

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Tue May  2 14:34:47 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:34:47 -0400
Subject: DOS SET Environment variables in a login script
Message-ID: <s90ea137.097@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Try <DosVar>="value"  

-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------


>>> Mike Glassman - Admin <admin at IAA.GOV.IL> 05/02/00 09:17AM >>>
All,

I am sure this is simple but my brain is obviously not working as I can't
get this to work.

I want to set a DOS variable called LAPTOP to a value of 1 for all users
using laptops.

I then want to check the value in the Login Script and run mappings etc
according to this.

I tried setting the following with no help :

IF LAPTOP="1"
IF %LAPTOP="1"
IF "%LAPTOP%"="1"
IF "%LAPTOP"="1"

So ?????

I am sure some small thing is missing....anyone done this succesefuly ?

Mike Glassman
System & Security Admin
Israeli Airports Authority
Ben-Gurion Airport
http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il 

Tel : 972-3-9710785
Fax : 972-3-9710939
Email : admin at iaa.gov.il 

Usage of this email address or any email address at iaa.gov.il for the
purpose of sales pitches, SPAM or any other such unwanted garbage, is
illegal, and any person, whether corporate or alone doing so, will be
prosecuted to the fullest possible extent.

 

From MCUNNING at PCT.EDU  Tue May  2 14:41:55 2000
From: MCUNNING at PCT.EDU (Mike Cunningham)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:41:55 -0400
Subject: Windows 2000 / 4.7 Client /AXIS CD-ROM Tower
Message-ID: <s90ea30e.077@pct.edu>

We have a AXIS CD-Rom tower that emulates a Novell Server.  From a
Windows 98 box I can logon as myself and get a drive mapping to the Axis
CD Tower.  From a Windows 2000 box logging on as the same user the drive
mapping gets an 886f error code and fails.  The server name is
AXIS29249A_NW.

Axis support says it's not them

Windows support says it's not them

Novell KnowledgeBase does not list any issues related to this problem

Has anyone see this problem with Windows 2000 ?   Might the length if
the Server Name or the fact that it has the underline character in it
have anything to do with it ?  This is the only server we have that has
an underline in it.

Thanks for any help

Mike Cunningham
Director of Computer Services
PA College of Technology
mcunning at pct.edu
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From eckardt at EADQ.IZFP.FHG.DE  Tue May  2 14:47:13 2000
From: eckardt at EADQ.IZFP.FHG.DE (Hans-Dieter Eckardt)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:47:13 -0400
Subject: DOS SET Environment variables in a login script
Message-ID: <s90ef86f.042@eadqmain.eadq.izfp.fhg.de>

IF LAPTOP=="1"   should work.

( set variable in login script:  DOS SET LAPTOP="1" )

Hans-Dieter

>All,
>
>I am sure this is simple but my brain is obviously not working as I can't
>get this to work.
>
>I want to set a DOS variable called LAPTOP to a value of 1 for all users
>using laptops.
>
>I then want to check the value in the Login Script and run mappings etc
>according to this.
>
>I tried setting the following with no help :
>
>IF LAPTOP="1"
>IF %LAPTOP="1"
>IF "%LAPTOP%"="1"
>IF "%LAPTOP"="1"
>
>So ?????
>
>I am sure some small thing is missing....anyone done this succesefuly ?
>
>Mike Glassman
>System & Security Admin
>Israeli Airports Authority
>Ben-Gurion Airport
>http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il 
>
>Tel : 972-3-9710785
>Fax : 972-3-9710939
>Email : admin at iaa.gov.il 
>
>Usage of this email address or any email address at iaa.gov.il for the
>purpose of sales pitches, SPAM or any other such unwanted garbage, is
>illegal, and any person, whether corporate or alone doing so, will be
>prosecuted to the fullest possible extent.

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Tue May  2 15:03:28 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:03:28 -0400
Subject: New Clients
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AC2@INTERGW>

All,

Clients versions 4.71 (NT) and 3.21 (Win9X) have been released for dld. go
to http://www.novell.com/download/ in the clients section.

Following is a description of what they (supposedly) fix :

New Issues for Novell Client
1. If you have specified that the Novell Client for Windows NT/2000
installation files should be copied locally to complete the Automatic Client
Upgrade, the directories created during the file copy will not be deleted
once the client has been installed successfully. This will not interfere
with the client software. You can delete these directories once the
installation is completed.

2. If you have specified that the Novell Client installation files should be
copied locally during the Automatic Client Upgrade and then the file copy
fails, you may experience problems with the installation.

If the file copy failed before the setup utility was copied locally
(SETUPNW.EXE on Windows NT/2000 or SETUP.EXE on Windows 95/98), the
installation will not be launched. Run ACU again to copy all files.

If the file copy failed after the setup utility and some critical
installation files were not copied locally, the installation will be
launched but will fail. Run ACU again to copy all files.

If the file copy failed after the setup utility and all critical
installation files were copied locally, the installation will fail. You
should uninstall the client and then reinstall it from the CD.

Fixes since January 2000 Release:
- If you set the policy refresh seconds to something other than zero you
will not be able to set them back to zero without resetting the entire
search policy. Attempting to do so will produce an error indicating that the
value for that field must be between 1 and 59.

- The "Novell" directory is setup as a shared mapping on the NT server. This
allows clients to run the Management utilities from a drive mapping.
However, if a DOS client (Client32) attaches to the NT server, it has no
ability to run login, map, or any other dos utility. This is a necessity for
companies who plan a large number of server installs from a mounted volume
using DOS clients.

- Opportunistic Locking does not seem to be working in the SP2 3.10 client
32. With the 3.10 client 32 unpatched, running a query on an MS Access
database takes 5-7 minutes. After installing SP2 the same query can take 45
minutes to an hour or more.

- 3.1 unable to get attributes from compressed files on server
- From a Win 95 client using Dialup Networking to connect to ISP, then
running VPN LAN Client, Client 32 allows login to occur then the client will
disconnect the Client32 only leaving the DUN link up, then try to
re-establish Client32 login which fails with the following error : " Tree or
Server can not be found " but the Client32 GUI pops up to allow login if you
select to search the Tree you locate it and you are then able to login.

- After applying SP8 for NW4.11 or applying the DECRENFX.NLM patch, users
can no longer save changes to existing files. They will receive an Access
Denied error. The error only occurs if the files are compressed and the 3.1
SP2 or 3.2 clients are installed.

- Increased buffer size for replies on two packets. Virtual Lans will bind
many IP addresses to the server
NICs. This created a fault somewhere in the client.
- Application objects that launch executables or batch files needing access
to the NetWare file system, that are associated to workstation objects and
are set to force run, do not run.

- Unable to run NetBench Performance Benchmark with Opportunistic Locking
enabled on the clients.
- Corrected the case where the user has turned NWEnableLogging=True but
either not entered a Log File path or entered an invalid one in the Client's
Advanced Settings pages. If the file specified is invalid, it will use the
default file, which is c:\novell\client32\nios.log.

- Win98SE not shutting down if Client is installed.
- Modified to not shut down another dialup adapter if the current one is
also a dialup adapter. This fixes a problem with a VPN PPP adapter where the
related physical dialup adapter should not be shutdown.

ACU.EXE
- Added the context to the log.
- Added a local file copy install option.
- Added code to load the status logging dll from the launch directory.
- Changed Nwlocal.exe to only require the destination directory and not the
source directory. Minimizes the problem of the path being too long.
- Local install files need to be deleted. When doing the install and NWLOCal
is enabled - users lose diskspace and could have install problems based on
the fact the files already exist.
- Added processing of temp directory for nwlocal.
- Changed local directory name to avoid command line length problem.
- It is nice to have an option for the user to prevent unauthorized entering
to the desktop in Windows 9x. We know that we can't get into WinNT if we
don't know the password, but we can still get into Windows 9x environment
even though we don't know the password. We can always cancel login in order
to get into desktop. "Prevent canceling Desktop Login"
- Location Profiles from unattended files are now only installed if the
component NOVELL32 is installed.
- In the Win 9x Novell Client Properties, Location Profiles tab, the Default
location profile doesn't show up; however, it is set up and configurable in
the registry.

- Fixed registry settings to show/not show WM icon when WM is being
installed/not installed.
- In the NT Client 4.7 when the user enters a password incorrectly aside
from informing him to check his username and password, he is asked a
question whether he wishes to login locally to his NT Workstation. The user
is presented with two buttons - "YES" and "NO". If he selects "NO", then he
is presented with the NWGINA and is given a second chance to enter his
password correctly. If however, he selects YES - then the MSGINA is
presented and he is not given the option to retry entering his NetWare
password.

- Login script variable LOGIN_ALIAS_CONTEXT no longer works
- Added support for setting up Windows 2000 drivers from a Win98 pc.
- Added enhancement so the login prompt will only be displayed once, if
cancelled, even if the user forgot to uncheck login to network in the Dialup
settings page.

- Modifications made for Location Profiles to be added in NCIMan. (always
show LP page)
- Now the Login Service Count is not written to the unattend file if there
were no Location Profiles.
- This was added in order to not cost on IPX connections. This is a
configurable setting in the registry.
- Fixed a problem with the 1985 appearing when right clicking on a file.
- This helps to fix the caching problem with files oplocked. This puts the
modified time into the directory before returning the information.

- Added Terminal Server enhancements to do background authentication.
- Changed the way the reboot info is read from the unattend file.
- fixed problem with Red N not coming up.
- If the workstation manager were running before a user had logged in and
the spooler service was not yet running, the check to see if the printer was
installed was failing.



Mike Glassman
System & Security Admin
Israeli Airports Authority
Ben-Gurion Airport
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From jdisett at SSU.EDU  Tue May  2 15:11:15 2000
From: jdisett at SSU.EDU (Jonathan Isett)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:11:15 -0400
Subject: Windows 2000 / 4.7 Client /AXIS CD-ROM Tower
Message-ID: <s90ea9a8.099@mail2.ssu.edu>

Its AXIS.   Their firmware does not talk with NDS correctly.    The problems that I had were the cdtower was not allowing logins unless you had supervisor rights to the container that it existed in.    I tried everything to get it to work correctly with just read/file scan access but had no luck.    I had to resort to "access without bindery authentication".     This method still keeps the config files safe but allows anyone ipx access to all the cds.    Since all my cds were for everyone on campus, this was not a problem.    If you want to restrict access to cds then this will not work for you.    But it worked great for me.     and the access speed increased fourfold (no more NDS traffic).   I never liked axis implementation anyway (it emulates a 4.10 server).    I can now access the cdtower with 95,98,NT,and 2000 without a problem.


Jonathan D. Isett
Network/Email Administrator
Salisbury State University
jdisett at ssu.edu

>>> MCUNNING at PCT.EDU 05/02/00 09:42AM >>>
We have a AXIS CD-Rom tower that emulates a Novell Server.  From a
Windows 98 box I can logon as myself and get a drive mapping to the Axis
CD Tower.  From a Windows 2000 box logging on as the same user the drive
mapping gets an 886f error code and fails.  The server name is
AXIS29249A_NW.

Axis support says it's not them

Windows support says it's not them

Novell KnowledgeBase does not list any issues related to this problem

Has anyone see this problem with Windows 2000 ?   Might the length if
the Server Name or the fact that it has the underline character in it
have anything to do with it ?  This is the only server we have that has
an underline in it.

Thanks for any help

Mike Cunningham
Director of Computer Services
PA College of Technology
mcunning at pct.edu

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From rmacdonald at GFS.COM  Tue May  2 15:13:59 2000
From: rmacdonald at GFS.COM (Robert MacDonald)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:13:59 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
Message-ID: <s90eaa71.059@gfs.com>

The Teraterm has a pluggin for SSH(ttssh) and works very well. TeraTerm is one of the better telnets I've seen.

For up-to-date information on TTSSH, please consult the Web page at
http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html

Best of Luck!
Robert

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Voice: +1.616.261.7987 email: rmacdonald at gfs.com

>>> Angus Scott-Fleming <angussf at GEOAPPS.COM> 5/1/00 10:56:23 PM >>>
>On 1 May 2000, at 17:42, Randolf Richardson wrote:
>
>> > IIRC, murkworks does have a telnet daemon for Netware. There is an
>> > eval version on their site. I couldn't get it working (wouldn't let
>> > me login) but I'm sure it's my fault. The telnet daemon uses NDS for
>> > authentication.
>>
>>         I just downloaded it and gave it a try.  It's pretty good as long as
>> you don't use the TelNet client that comes with Windows.
>>
>>                 MurkWorks TConsole NLM
>>                 http://www.murkworks.com/BasePages/tconsole.htm 
>>
>>                 TeraTerm - Freeware TelNet Terminal for Windows
>>                 http://www.teraterm.com/ 
>
>SSH?
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
>Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
>angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
>---------------------------------------------------------

 

From wallewek at KMSI.NET  Tue May  2 16:13:56 2000
From: wallewek at KMSI.NET (wallewek at KMSI.NET)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:13:56 -0400
Subject: Netware 4.11 & Arcserve 6.x & DLT tape speeds
In-Reply-To: <432568D0.002B2BB3.00@mail.qgpc.com.qa>
References: <432568D0.002B2BB3.00@mail.qgpc.com.qa>
Message-ID: <urqtgsksjo1h7pbbjejipcrmv3dam23h8i@4ax.com>

I can't say for ARCserve, but with BackupExec I get speeds in the 300 to
400 Mbytes/minute range depending on volume, even across the (100baseTX)
wire from another server.  It does depend on the volume, though: lots of
little files really slows things down.  Our best performance is on a volume
with lots of 100MB+ files.  We're running basically the same hardware you
are.

Some thoughts:
o   BE does a read/CRC post-backup tape-only verify pass that doesn't touch
the hard disk drives.  It gives a pretty good idea what the tape drive can
really do, and we exceed the 400MB/min mark there.  If you can do something
similar with ARCserve, you might want to try it to get an idea whether disk
drives are slowing you down.
o   It might be worthwhile to see if you're getting full storage capacity
from your tapes.  If they're filling up quickly, it can indicate soft write
errors, or possibly a congested I/O channel somewhere that's causing large
interrecord gaps on the tape as it waits for data.  You could listen for
"shoe shining" as the tape drive backs up and restarts.
o   ARCserve does tend to be fast; I doubt that's your problem directly.
Both CA and Veritas have FAQs that talk about this kind of thing; they're
good for sanity checks.
o   Double-check both the tape drive and disk drive I/O channels for SCSI
problems and confguration.  You _do_ have the two on different SCSI
channels, don't you?  Different controllers would be better yet.  And
double-check those IRQs!  Compaq auto-config does NOT do a good job of
assigning them.  No sharing (especially between dissimilar devices), no
using 2/9 or 15.

/kenw

On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 10:49:31 +0300, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>What is the maximum speed that Arcserve 6.1 SP2 can get to when backing up a
>Netware 4.11 server SP6, with 35/70 DLT tape drive on a Compaq ProLiant 6500?
>The maximum we could is  around 60 Mbytes/min, yet with Windows NT the rate is
>300 Mbytes/min.
>Did anyone get any better speeds or is this it?
>
>We have contacted Novell support in Holland, but couldn't get a satisfactory
>answer.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Farag Hamid Elbourki
> LAN Engineer
> Qatar General Petroleum Corporation
> ICS Department
> P.O. Box 47, Doha, Qatar
> Phone: (+974) 402326, Fax: (+974) 402051
> E-mail: elbourki at qgpc.com.qa

Ken Wallewein
Calgary, Alberta
kenw at kmsi.net

 

From M.A.Johnston at SOTON.AC.UK  Tue May  2 16:23:40 2000
From: M.A.Johnston at SOTON.AC.UK (Mark Johnston)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:23:40 -0400
Subject: New Clients
In-Reply-To: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AC2@INTERGW>
References: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AC2@INTERGW>
Message-ID: <EXECMAIL.1000502162337.B@nermal.soton.ac.uk>

> Clients versions 4.71 (NT) and 3.21 (Win9X) have been released for dld. go
> to http://www.novell.com/download/ in the clients section.
>
> Following is a description of what they (supposedly) fix :

And still it doesn't fix the AutoLogonCount that is almost crucial for
unattended 2000 installations. Is there any way to encourage Novell to
add absent functionality to their products while they are still in beta
stage?

I have reported this fault ever since the first beta of 4.70 to no
avail.

Incidentally, how many people are doing unattended installations? Has
anyone overcome the problem of not being able to put a distibution
directory (essentially a copy of the CD so that drivers for new
hardware can be accessed) on a server?

It appears that using an unattended installation configures windows to
only use the CD drive in the PC you are building for this purpose.
Published MS solution: use a RIS server! Great.

Mark.

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From JWarren at MINDSATWORK.NET  Tue May  2 16:25:22 2000
From: JWarren at MINDSATWORK.NET (John Warren)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:25:22 -0400
Subject: DNS service on 5.0 & 5.1 + BorderManager
Message-ID: <390E90D3.30442.1D74F7C5@localhost>

Is there any way to setup the Novell DNS server to support the same domain
differently for the Internet and Intranet side of BorderManager and manage
them both from NDS?

This seems to be a natural way of doing things as you don't want you inside
DNS information going out the Internet but you need to supply the outside
with DNS information.

My old firewall did this just fine so I hope that Novell did not blow it
and forget to allow for this necessary feature.


John Warren

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From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Tue May  2 16:45:05 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:45:05 -0400
Subject: seagate
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB30@mta_internet>

>Capacitor blowing etc? This is the sign of a broken system, one
>which could have experienced a SCSI ribbon cable being plugged in
upside

True, but not in my case.... The 'system' was running fine for a bit
less than 2 months when that happened.

>>This is not a temperature problem either, all drives are monitored and
>>operate at a relatively cool temperature of 31 C (or 88 F).
>The drives or the box? I'll bet the drives are warmer than that.

That is the exact temperature in the drive electronics area.  I have a
Fluke probe attached just under the spindle
on the PCB side.   Is it better to measure the temperature on the top
surface?
Just thought of that....perhaps that truly is a better area to monitor.

>>Now I'm finding out that it's [thus far] impossible to locate an
>>equivalent Single Ended, 68 pin ultra-wide, ultra-wide HD.  Help
please!
>        Check Seagate again. I think the LVD drives can be cabled as
>single ended and still work. Corrections welcomed.

Not according to my vendor but you're right.  Many drives can be
configured for either SE or LVD.  I should check out Seagate's website
myself.

Shawn

________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Joe Doupnik [SMTP:JRD at CC.USU.EDU]
        Sent:   Monday, May 01, 2000 6:32 PM
        Subject:        Re: seagate

        >Of course.
        >Even if there were improperly setup, that still doesn't explain
the
        >*complete* failures, I've experienced.
        >
        >Complete failures: meaning no longer seen on controller (any
SCSI
        >controller) or spindle no longer starts up or capacitor blows
(as in the
        >latest scenario).   The serial numbers were in a series
beginning at:
        >LP198114... I must have a bad batch!

                Capacitor blowing etc? This is the sign of a broken
system, one
        which could have experienced a SCSI ribbon cable being plugged
in upside
        down and zapping lots of electronics. Similarly, an insane power
supply
        could zap things.

        >This is not a temperature problem either, all drives are
monitored and
        >operate at a relatively cool temperature of 31 C (or 88 F).

                The drives or the box? I'll bet the drives are warmer
than that.

        >Now I'm finding out that it's [thus far] impossible to locate
an
        >equivalent Single Ended, 68 pin ultra-wide, ultra-wide HD.
Help please!

                Check Seagate again. I think the LVD drives can be
cabled as
        single ended and still work. Corrections welcomed.
                I think this is not your week Shawn. Best take holiday
before
        worse happens.
                Joe D.

        >Anyone know where I can get one?
        >Thanks,
        >Shawn

 

From Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET  Tue May  2 16:48:33 2000
From: Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET (Hix Charlie)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:48:33 -0400
Subject: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
Message-ID: <E3191797BE96D111AB8B0000F806805401F14811@orlex03.orl.medcity.net>

THANK YOU JOE D.  That was exactly what I was looking for.  The second part
of the fix in TID 10026600 says to download and install nslcgi1a.exe.
Surprise, Surprise, NO WHERE to be found.  Any one know where I can find
this one?  Joe D anything left in your bag of tricks?
FYI Novell TID 10026562 (last modified 01 MAY2000)  lists the FIX to
download the latest version of Netscape Servers for Netware, however, the
file is NO WHERE on NOVELL's site.  Thanks again Joe D.  This list is GREAT.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Doupnik [SMTP:JRD at CC.USU.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:24 PM
> Subject:      Re: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
>
> >You're not alone, Charlie, I've been looking high and low for it too!
> >
> >
> >Richard J. Nagel                   "Opinions stated are personal, and
> >Network Support Specialist          do not reflect official library
> >Kent District Library+              policy or statements."
> >kdlrn at kentlibrary.lib.mi.us
> --------
>         I don't know if this will help or not, but I put my copy of
> Netscape Enterprise Server for NW into directory misc on netlab2.usu.edu.
> That's the same as directory pub/mirror/misc on netlab1.usu.edu. The
> filename is  nsnwent.exe  74.6MB  dated 25 Dec 1999 (local copy date).
>         Web limited folks can go to either machine and dig under the
> "Netlab1 and Netlab2 complete file archives" section, then mirror, and
> then misc.
>         Joe D.

 

From JWettlaufer at SYSTEMS-GROUP.NET  Tue May  2 16:49:08 2000
From: JWettlaufer at SYSTEMS-GROUP.NET (Jeffrey Wettlaufer)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:49:08 -0400
Subject: Partition Utility
Message-ID: <41F5A1F9D303D311B3A500805FD7A4009AAC82@sgl-mail1.systems-group.net>

Hello everyone, we are looking for a utility that maps your NDS
infrastructure to an Excel spreadsheet.  From what we know, this utility is
available from Novell, as well as other Internet resources.  Also, from what
we can tell, this utility is called 'partitionexcel.exe.'

It utilizes (again, from what we can tell) Excel macros to display the NDS
build.  The output is an easy to use, quickly generated NDS map of your (or
your clients) Network.  As well, of great assistance when performing health
checks etc.

If anyone had a link to it a site that provided this, or the actual utility
they could send as an attachment, it would be really appreciated.

Thanks everyone........

Jeff Wettlaufer
Consultant
Systems Group International
Systems House, Goldsworth Road
Woking, Surrey UK
GU21 1JT
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From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Tue May  2 16:49:54 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:49:54 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB31@mta_internet>

That may be the case for some RAID controllers but the DPT Smart Cache4
(now totally obsolete!!) will work with dissimilar HDs so long as the
capacity is the same or greater.  Of course, it must also be the same
type of HD (all Ultra-wide, 68pin etc.) so that it will work on the same
SCSI bus with the others.
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Angus Scott-Fleming [SMTP:angussf at GEOAPPS.COM]
        Sent:   Monday, May 01, 2000 11:12 PM
        Subject:        Re: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!

        On 1 May 2000, at 12:48, Shawn Connelly wrote:

        > Last night, I experienced my 3rd Seagate Barracuda (ST118273W)
failure
        > in less then 8 months!!
        >
        > Can anyone recommend a reliable 18.2gb (or larger) Single
Ended
        > Ultra-wide SCSI HD?
        >
        > I'm in a very vulnerable state now with 1 drive missing from
the
        > RAID-5 configuration.

        Don't you need to keep the same types of drive for this to work
        reliably?  Or am I living in the past when it comes to
mix-and-match
        SCSI?



        ---------------------------------------------------------
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From columbo at DDS.NL  Tue May  2 16:52:29 2000
From: columbo at DDS.NL (Roland Kool)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:52:29 -0400
Subject: DSREPAIR -128 Error
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050211522979@LSV.SYR.EDU>

Hi,

This week, 90% of the users are gone because of a vacation. So I
decided it was time to do some maintenance on the network by running
DSREPAIR on all servers. I hadn't run DSREPAIR in a couple of months
so I thought this was a good idea.
On all servers, except three, DSREPAIR ran just fine. It repaired the
problems.
On the three problem servers (all NW5 btw) DSREPAIR exits with a -128
error which means that it can't create temporary database files. The
KB does have some clues but they didn't help me. I haven't tried a
reboot yet.
But what is worse, on one server the database files got corrupted
after this error. In fact they we're so corrupted that I had to quit
DSREPAIR after the error counter passed 250.000 errors. I had to
physically remove the _NETWARE directory and reboot the server to
reinstall NDS.

So my questions are: how can this happen and how can I effectively
recover from -128 errors? Has anyone run into something similar?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

Roland

 

From JWettlaufer at SYSTEMS-GROUP.NET  Tue May  2 17:11:51 2000
From: JWettlaufer at SYSTEMS-GROUP.NET (Jeffrey Wettlaufer)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 12:11:51 -0400
Subject: DSREPAIR -128 Error
Message-ID: <41F5A1F9D303D311B3A500805FD7A4009AAC83@sgl-mail1.systems-group.net>

Hey Roland, one of my co- workers here in London UK just had 128 errors the
other day at a site.  They found that they had users logged in while they
were trying to run Dsrepair.  (You probably knew this one)

2 solutions: either bump them off, disable login and run it - or wait until
the evening when no-one (including backup jobs and AV jobs ) may be logged
in.  As well, ensure you are running the Dsrepair from the console, not your
workstation, as you would then be logged in yourself.

Hope this helps............


Jeff Wettlaufer
Consultant
Systems Group International
Systems House, Goldsworth Road
Woking, Surrey UK
GU21 1JT
JWettlaufer at systems-group.net



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From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Tue May  2 17:15:11 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 12:15:11 -0400
Subject: seagate
Message-ID: <s90ec6c7.063@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>>        Check Seagate again. I think the LVD drives can be cabled as
>>single ended and still work. Corrections welcomed.
>

I think the LVD specs allow for LVD drives to work as single ended. 

According to legend (specs) the drive should detect the controller and switch on it own.   The ones I have (cheetahs) sport a jumper that "force" single ended operation.

Painful experience, and plain old paranoia, now have me placing that jumper and not relying on good intentions.  

-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
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From TwLawton at SYR.EDU  Tue May  2 17:26:45 2000
From: TwLawton at SYR.EDU (Tyler Lawton)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 12:26:45 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5
Message-ID: <s90ec718.087@gwia201.syr.edu>

We resolve the license error message - 

Error message:
Policy manager - 5.00-035 update connection license failed. Error #C0001001 .. then the client ID

by running Setupnls.nlm at the console. Login as admin, allow program to make modifications. Then in nwconfig / license options,  select set up licensing service. Login as admin. This has fixed the error message on all NW5 servers for us.



Tyler Lawton
NSS Problem Resolution
(315) 443-5771

 

From tonyw at MAILMEDIA.COM  Tue May  2 17:29:33 2000
From: tonyw at MAILMEDIA.COM (Tony Woodruff)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 12:29:33 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <s90ea081.097@flanders.mailmedia.com>

I struggle with poor backups of my GroupWise server.

Since St. Bernards' OFM and Veritas "Open File Option" both cause locking problems on my servers does anybody have a solution to getting a proper daily backup of our GroupWise databases?

I have two ideas that I'd like to hear feedback on - plus if anyone has other ideas I'm "all ears" (or is it "eyes"?).

Idea #1)  Run somebody's OFM that works and doesn't cause abends, lock-ups and client-file locking problems on the servers.  Any ideas?
idea #2)  Run a CRON utility that shuts down GroupWise for a time during the night while the tape system hits it, then brings it back up a bit later.

I don't know how happy the server would be about having the full GroupWise system loading and unloading every day (I cringe every time I "unload" an NLM).

Any thoughts on these possible solutions?  Any more ideas?

Thanks

- Tony -


And now for the quote of the day...

"You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R."
--Dennis Miller

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Tue May  2 17:38:55 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 12:38:55 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB32@mta_internet>

You're the 15th person to claim the same issue.  What is going on at
Novell?

*       They have known about the problem for almost 2 months now
*       Other then the aforementioned TID (which only vaguely references
this issue and also claims to fix it), there isn't a single reference to
this specific problem

Is there any way to make sure or at least confirm that this problem is
escalated?

Hell, even Microsoft issues can be monitored for status.

When I called (Novell - actually it's an IBM tech. center) to find out
the status of my open incident (#2376209), I found that the incident was
erroneously closed (reported as solved!!).   I had to re-open it and
when I asked about the status of a solution I heard the same answer I
always hear (paraphrased: "I don't know!").   Novell tech support never
makes any effort to call back for follow ups, if they call, it's only
once and if one does not call back in a timely manner, the incident is
closed.

In contrast, Microsoft calls back (on average) about 4 times over a
period of two weeks before they close an incident (they actually seem to
care).  In fact, they often call back about a month later to check on
their client. (this is from personal experience).   Another nice touch
was a personally signed letter from the BackOffice Support Manager to
apologize for an incident where I did receive poor support.

I rarely complement M$ but when it comes to technical support, Microsoft
usually impresses me.

I'm certainly not meaning to bash Novell, I still have more trust for
Novell products than Microsoft (strictly technically speaking).

Its just that I had a number of issues with Novell over the past 8
years, more often these issues were due to real (and later) documented
bugs.   In each incident I felt that I was at the mercy of Novell, this
huge untouchable giant, guarded by secrets and mysteries, totally
inaccessible to any regular Joe that couldn't afford the $10000 per year
(or more) support contract.
This is only my impression and opinion based on my experience.

The only 'bright-light' is this list and if I haven't said it before, I
really appreciate the people in this group!

I'm done now... :-]

Shawn
P.S.  There is supposed to be a web link on Novell's support connection
that allows one to monitor incident #s, anyone have the URL?
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
<mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   SWohlers at COROMED.COM [SMTP:SWohlers at COROMED.COM]
        Sent:   Tuesday, May 02, 2000 9:10 AM
        Subject:        Re: License error in NW5 - anyone else?

        I have experienced and done everything in the same TID, I get
errors and once
        the NW5 server with BMgr 3.5 "lost contact" with all it's
licenses and I had to
        delete and recreate them.  I have deleted and recreated the
license containers,
        NLS objects, etc. a number of times in an effort to get rid of
errors or to fix
        license problems in Bmgr or NW5.  Sometimes with success,
sometimes without.  I
        installed SP4 because of my strong hope that the update would
fix most of the
        license errors, but I have had little change.  I don't know how,
but SP4 also
        changed something in NAT or Bmgr that broke the filters.
Needless to say, I am
        a little disappointed in NW5 and especially NLS.... I never had
a problem with
        licenses in NW4x.

        Spencer



 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Tue May  2 18:13:35 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 13:13:35 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <s90ed47f.080@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>I struggle with poor backups of my GroupWise server.
>
>Since St. Bernards' OFM and Veritas "Open File Option" both cause 
>locking problems on my servers does anybody have a solution to getting a 
>proper daily backup of our GroupWise databases?
>
>I have two ideas that I'd like to hear feedback on - plus if anyone has 
>other ideas I'm "all ears" (or is it "eyes"?).
>
>Idea #1)  Run somebody's OFM that works and doesn't cause abends, 
>lock-ups and client-file locking problems on the servers.  Any ideas?
>idea #2)  Run a CRON utility that shuts down GroupWise for a time during 
>the night while the tape system hits it, then brings it back up a bit later.
>
>I don't know how happy the server would be about having the full 
>GroupWise system loading and unloading every day (I cringe every time I 
>"unload" an NLM).
>

I opt for solution number two.  Some tape s/w has a "run before" and "run after" feature that should facilitate that and minimize the GW down time.

I have not had any bad experiences with unload/load of the GW modules.  But I don't do this every day.  I do, however, unload/load DNS every day to resolve a DNS "lockup" problem.

joea/

>
>Any thoughts on these possible solutions?  Any more ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>- Tony -
>
>
>And now for the quote of the day...
>
>"You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize 
>that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R."
>--Dennis Miller

 

From tom.lintemuth at JNLI.COM  Tue May  2 18:14:13 2000
From: tom.lintemuth at JNLI.COM (Lintemuth, Tom)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 13:14:13 -0400
Subject: Borderman Logging
Message-ID: <DDAFA8EE98B4D311962200508B4AB432483B88@mail2.jacksonnational.com>

Netware 4.11 sp7
Borderman 3.0 sp2

My server stops logging for no apparent reason.  Anybody run into this
before?
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From jperry at UNM.EDU  Tue May  2 18:15:10 2000
From: jperry at UNM.EDU (Jo Ann Perry)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 13:15:10 -0400
Subject: NDPS and banners
Message-ID: <3783388641.957266128@dhcp-test-012.unm.edu>

In following TID 2929347 "Creating Custom Banners for Use
with NDPS" we have been unsuccessful.

Has anyone had any success?  We have 50 people who
want very large print for the banner pages so that they can
easily see the banner, but we have not been successful
doing this.

jo ann
university of new mexico

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Tue May  2 18:23:01 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 13:23:01 -0400
Subject: slow server
Message-ID: <01JOX86M9GB68WW6TU@cc.usu.edu>

>when I login to my netware 4.11 server and get DIR (e.g) or any command it
>is very slow apear why,other network vey good when i login it?
>thanks
-------
        There can be many reasons. On the server PURGE deleted files,
and allow enough buffers to cache directory requests. Too little server
memory also has a major impact on performance; 128MB is a nice figure
today. Communications difficulities are the most common problem for
poor performance. Bad wiring, misconfigured lan adapters, using Full
Duplex Ethernet are a few of the problems.
        Overall these things can't be solved via email. One must dig into
the system piece by piece and get it operating properly. This means people
working on-site. If necessary have local experts come in to help a bit.
        Joe D.

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Tue May  2 18:26:52 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 13:26:52 -0400
Subject: seagate
Message-ID: <01JOX8AQP1JS8WW6TU@cc.usu.edu>

>Ever tried plugging a 68 pin high density UltraWide connector round the
>wrong way ?
>you would need two things to achieve this :-
>
>1) large rubber hammer
>2) blind

        We don't know what the person did, do we? The reported electrical
failures are indicative of cabling problems, right?

>Second point switch mode PSU's never zap anything if they have an internal
>component failure
>they are designed to drop the current and voltage, they go down not up
>although they will pass
>a mains transient/spike depending on the frequency, that is providing your
>PSU has passed all
>the relevant electrical safety tests in your country

        If only failures were so well behaved. It depends on what failed,
not what we expect to fail.
        Joe D.

>Derek Brabrook
>Draco Computer Systems
>http://www.draco.co.uk

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Tue May  2 18:44:24 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 13:44:24 -0400
Subject: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
Message-ID: <01JOX8X1RAOE8WW6TU@cc.usu.edu>

>THANK YOU JOE D.  That was exactly what I was looking for.  The second part
>of the fix in TID 10026600 says to download and install nslcgi1a.exe.
>Surprise, Surprise, NO WHERE to be found.  Any one know where I can find
>this one?  Joe D anything left in your bag of tricks?
>FYI Novell TID 10026562 (last modified 01 MAY2000)  lists the FIX to
>download the latest version of Netscape Servers for Netware, however, the
>file is NO WHERE on NOVELL's site.  Thanks again Joe D.  This list is GREAT.
----
        Sorry, no local cgi patch file here. But later this week I will
inquire what's going on with distribution of Netscape servers. This might
be only a reshuffle of Novonyx stuff in Provo and things could reappear soon,
but I have no idea if that's the case.
        Joe D.

 

From dj.becker at WORLDNET.ATT.NET  Tue May  2 18:47:55 2000
From: dj.becker at WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Debbie Becker)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 13:47:55 -0400
Subject: Happy
In-Reply-To: <20000502151410.FQMQ29484.mtiwgwc27.worldnet.att.net@mailer
              .syr.edu>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000502134440.00a7e890@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>

At 11:14 AM 5/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
>take a look at www.nai.com and search for happy.exe . After this,
>are you happy?
>
> >Nice,
> >Attached to my latest digest was Happy99.exe. Very nice control over the
> >mail list.


Just got an e-mail from a medical center -- also with happy99 attached  --
must just be my week!

Deb

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Tue May  2 19:07:36 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 14:07:36 -0400
Subject: seagate
Message-ID: <s90ee127.090@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>>Ever tried plugging a 68 pin high density UltraWide connector round the
>>wrong way ?
>>you would need two things to achieve this :-
>>
>>1) large rubber hammer
>>2) blind
>

I once provided tech support for a guy in the field, who had managed a similar feat.  This was an IBM card punch device with "molex" type signal and power connectors.  He had managed to force completed dissimilarly keyed connectors onto various boards and could not fathom why things were not working.  Oddly, the only smoke evident was that residual on his rather sedated exhalations.

Heck, once I was forced by politics to warranty (for the third time) a fried system board for a customer.  Their "expert" insisted that 115 a/c was an appropriate power source for (serial) "current loop" interface.  ("What? you guys don't have a resistor on the board?", " Well, no, Mr. customer  . . .  not any more, only this crater  . . .")

These days, you can get "adapters" to mate virtually anything, to anything, without regard to the logic of it.  PS2/DB9 mouse adapters anyone?  

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Tue May  2 19:11:33 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 14:11:33 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000502021320.00a81710@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>
References: <390DE167.21080.F1DE6B@localhost>
Message-ID: <390EAC2C.338.63E9F9@localhost>

On 2 May 2000, at 2:14, Hansang Bae wrote:

> > >                 TeraTerm - Freeware TelNet Terminal for Windows
> > >                 http://www.teraterm.com/
> >
> >SSH?
>
>
> TereTerm is _THE_ best telnet client bar none.  It has free ssh support as
> well as SSL support.  Code is available as well.
>
> Alas, no ssh support on the server side.  I don't think this changed with 5.1

That's what I was looking for.  I already have TT w/ SSH plugin for
my SSH work.

---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From network at KASB.ORG  Tue May  2 19:49:49 2000
From: network at KASB.ORG (TOM SIEMERS)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 14:49:49 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <s90eda8d.031@kasb.org>

Tony - Search the Novell site for GWBUPAUS.EXE. It is two utilities that let you do a backup of GroupWise while it is online.

HTH.

Tom



Tom Siemers
Technology Specialist
Kansas Association of School Boards
network at kasb.org

 

From williada at LEXMARK.COM  Tue May  2 19:52:15 2000
From: williada at LEXMARK.COM (williada at LEXMARK.COM)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 14:52:15 -0400
Subject: Unsubscription
Message-ID: <200005021852.OAA12817@interlock2.lexmark.com>

could you please stop sending me novell mail you send me a virus and my company
complained to me... please do not send me any more mail !!!!


Davina

Technical Support Engineer
Technical Services Marlow
Phone : 01628 480631    Fax  : 01628 481908

 

From rbutler at DUKE.EDU  Tue May  2 20:09:27 2000
From: rbutler at DUKE.EDU (Thomas Rhett Butler Jr.)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 15:09:27 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000502021320.00a81710@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.1000502150429.16682A@godzilla6.acpub.duke.edu>

5.1 doesn't support ssh.  Novell is leaving administrators hanging that
need to use a SECURE remote console...  -sigh-

-Rhett

On Tue, 2 May 2000, Hansang Bae wrote:

> Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 02:14:12 -0400
> From: Hansang Bae <hbae at NYC.RR.COM>
> To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NOVELL] setup e-mail
>
> > >                 TeraTerm - Freeware TelNet Terminal for Windows
> > >                 http://www.teraterm.com/
> >
> >SSH?
>
>
> TereTerm is _THE_ best telnet client bar none.  It has free ssh support as
> well as SSL support.  Code is available as well.
>
> Alas, no ssh support on the server side.  I don't think this changed with 5.1
>
> hsb
>
>

 

From Wallace.Marks at VISTAEYECARE.COM  Tue May  2 21:02:58 2000
From: Wallace.Marks at VISTAEYECARE.COM (Wallace Marks)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 16:02:58 -0400
Subject: DOS SET Environment variables in a login script
Message-ID: <QQinme24557.200005022002@sjc3sosrv11.alter.net>

On 2 May 00, Mike Glassman - Admin wrote:

> I want to set a DOS variable called LAPTOP to a value of 1 for all
> users using laptops. I then want to check the value in the Login
> Script and run mappings etc according to this.

Two options:

1) Use %<> to include a DOS environment variable.  For example:
"If %<Laptop>=1 Then...".  One thing to worry about is what if there
isn't a LAPTOP variable?  Would you get a syntax error?  Back in the
DOS days we'd add delimiters, such as "If .Laptop.=.1. Then..." to
prevent syntax errors.  If the variable didn't exist, you'd still get
text on both sides of the "=".  I don't know if you can use these in
a login script...

2) Use the MACHINE variable instead.  Normally it defaults to IBM_PC,
but you can change it to anything you like.  In the client's advanced
settings look for "Long Machine Type".  Since this setting is stored
in the registry, it's relatively safe from users who like to tweak
things...



       Wallace Marks
   Systems Administrator
     Vista Eyecare, Inc.
  (770) 822-2030 / 2021 Fax
Wallace.Marks at vistaeyecare.com

 

From PAltmaier at MDGI.COM  Tue May  2 22:15:22 2000
From: PAltmaier at MDGI.COM (Phil Altmaier)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 17:15:22 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5
Message-ID: <61D5B3BA64A4D311A04A006008A6C64D16D0A0@BELUGA>

Just some food for thought...

So far I have found that if I log in as -anything- other than Admin, the
process fails.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Lawton [mailto:TwLawton at SYR.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 8:16 AM
To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
Subject: License error in NW5


We resolve the license error message -

Error message:
Policy manager - 5.00-035 update connection license failed. Error #C0001001
.. then the client ID

by running Setupnls.nlm at the console. Login as admin, allow program to
make modifications. Then in nwconfig / license options,  select set up
licensing service. Login as admin. This has fixed the error message on all
NW5 servers for us.



Tyler Lawton
NSS Problem Resolution
(315) 443-5771

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Tue May  2 23:25:34 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 18:25:34 -0400
Subject: DSREPAIR -128 Error
In-Reply-To: <NOVELL%2000050211522979@LSV.SYR.EDU>
Message-ID: <685B5435C18@inter-corporate.net>

> This week, 90% of the users are gone because of a vacation. So I
> decided it was time to do some maintenance on the network by running
> DSREPAIR on all servers. I hadn't run DSREPAIR in a couple of months
> so I thought this was a good idea.

        Running this process outside business hours is usually the best
practice (plus you could get paid for your overtime).  =)

> On all servers, except three, DSREPAIR ran just fine. It repaired the
> problems.
> On the three problem servers (all NW5 btw) DSREPAIR exits with a -128
> error which means that it can't create temporary database files. The
> KB does have some clues but they didn't help me. I haven't tried a
> reboot yet.

        Running low on disk space on your SYS: volume?

> But what is worse, on one server the database files got corrupted
> after this error. In fact they we're so corrupted that I had to quit
> DSREPAIR after the error counter passed 250.000 errors. I had to
> physically remove the _NETWARE directory and reboot the server to
> reinstall NDS.
[Snip]

        I hope you've got full backups, but I can't tell by your message.

        At any rate, this could either be the result of a bug in software
somewhere (there have been a few that cause problems, albeit minor
ones, these things can grow like the "Tribbles" on Star Trek).

        The other more likely possibility is data corruption.  A number of
things can lead to this, and the three most common ones I see are:

                1. SCSI bus misconfiguration
                2. SCSI hard drives were NOT low-level formatted prior to use
                3. "Extended translation for drives greater than 1 GB" is enabled

        The first point is a really vague one, but it's very important.  You
must look into all the details to prevent this from happening again.

        As for the second and third points, the solution includes a
low-level format of the SCSI drives, and complete re-installation
followed by a restore from full backups.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From minn0008 at METNET.EDU  Wed May  3 05:58:49 2000
From: minn0008 at METNET.EDU (dh)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 00:58:49 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <200005030458.XAA11631@email2.metnet.edu>

Hi,

Both Joea and Network have responded with very viable suggestions so please
check their posts.

However, Backup Exec 8.x does a good job of backing up GW  without OFM in
my experience.


For  testing, we have actually backed up our campus GW server in the middle
of the day, restored to a TEST box, and have been able to access random
email boxes.

Also, we had a major GW server crash recently, and used our normal
BE backups to restore GW with no problems (other than lost messages that
were not on tape).

Let us know if you need more info.

Thanks
Dana
















On Tue, 2 May 2000 09:31:21 -0700 wrote...
>I struggle with poor backups of my GroupWise server.
>
>Since St. Bernards' OFM and Veritas "Open File Option" both cause locking
>problems on my servers does anybody have a solution to getting a proper
>daily backup of our GroupWise databases?
>
>I have two ideas that I'd like to hear feedback on - plus if anyone has
>other ideas I'm "all ears" (or is it "eyes"?).
>
>Idea #1)  Run somebody's OFM that works and doesn't cause abends, lock-ups
>and client-file locking problems on the servers.  Any ideas?
>idea #2)  Run a CRON utility that shuts down GroupWise for a time during
>the night while the tape system hits it, then brings it back up a bit
>later.
>
>I don't know how happy the server would be about having the full GroupWise
>system loading and unloading every day (I cringe every time I "unload" an
>NLM).
>
>Any thoughts on these possible solutions?  Any more ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>- Tony -
>
>
>And now for the quote of the day...
>
>"You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize
>that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R."
>--Dennis Miller
>
>

 

From williada at LEXMARK.COM  Wed May  3 08:58:52 2000
From: williada at LEXMARK.COM (williada at LEXMARK.COM)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 03:58:52 -0400
Subject: unsubscribe
Message-ID: <200005030758.DAA10727@interlock2.lexmark.com>

do not send me any more mails!!!


Davina

Technical Support Engineer
Technical Services Marlow
Phone : 01628 480631    Fax  : 01628 481908

 

From williada at LEXMARK.COM  Wed May  3 08:59:11 2000
From: williada at LEXMARK.COM (williada at LEXMARK.COM)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 03:59:11 -0400
Subject: Unsubscribe
Message-ID: <200005030759.DAA10775@interlock2.lexmark.com>

I thought I just received the below message so why am I still get these mails
please stop my company is not happy about receiving them after that virus that
came with one please do not send me any further mails




Your  message   dated  Tue,  2   May  2000  17:04:11  +0100   with  subject
"Unsubscription" has been successfully distributed to the NOVELL list (2975
recipients).
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From allan.bank at DRIFTBOLAGET.COM  Wed May  3 09:17:45 2000
From: allan.bank at DRIFTBOLAGET.COM (Bank, Allan)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 04:17:45 -0400
Subject: Unsubscribe
Message-ID: <B09194E613DAD211A1E10008C71E4D9C0328C064@mail.framfab.se>

please read the the manual on the following site:
http://lsv.syr.edu

/Allan

-----Original Message-----
From: williada at LEXMARK.COM [mailto:williada at LEXMARK.COM]
Sent: den 3 maj 2000 10:01
To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Unsubscribe


I thought I just received the below message so why am I still get these
mails
please stop my company is not happy about receiving them after that virus
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From ATARODI at AGRIC.UM.AC.IR  Wed May  3 10:24:34 2000
From: ATARODI at AGRIC.UM.AC.IR (Mohammad-Reza Atarodi)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 05:24:34 -0400
Subject: mistmatch map root for soft volume
Message-ID: <4E92F25E8E@AGRIC.um.ac.ir>

Hi all

I setup novell 4.11 and the following information:

O=agriculture
OU=computer
and create atarod server with user,soft,sys volumes (block size 16) and
atarodi user object,also i use netadmin and f10 on computer then select
first menu and then select login script,then write the following variable in
login script:

MAP DISPLAY OFF

MAP ROOT S:=SOFT:\
MAP ROOT T:=USER:\
IF "%1"="ADMIN" THEN
    MAP ROOT K:=SOFT:\APPS\WIN311
    WRITE "GOOD"
ENDIF
FIRE PHASER 2 TIMES
MAP DISPLAY ON
and then enter F10 for saving.
when i login as admin in agriculture container ,the login script not run and
when i login as atarodi user,the login script run but the following error
was apperar

map s:=soft.computer.agriculture "the specified volume dos not exist"but I
sure that i creat and mount it with USER volume.
map t:=user:\ is ok at time

any body help me step by step

 

From ian.kennedy at DTU.OX.AC.UK  Wed May  3 10:36:34 2000
From: ian.kennedy at DTU.OX.AC.UK (Ian Kennedy)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 05:36:34 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <390FF30D.3E61B879@dtu.ox.ac.uk>

Tony Woodruff wrote:
> I struggle with poor backups of my GroupWise server.
>
> Since St. Bernards' OFM and Veritas "Open File Option" both cause locking
> problems on my servers does anybody have a solution to getting a proper
> daily backup of our GroupWise databases?
>
> I have two ideas that I'd like to hear feedback on - plus if anyone has
> other ideas I'm "all ears" (or is it "eyes"?).
>
> Idea #1)  Run somebody's OFM that works and doesn't cause abends,
> lock-ups and client-file locking problems on the servers.  Any ideas?

We use OFM and BE to backup a running GroupWise and it works fine.
What version are you running, we have 6.2. We did have problems
with earlier versions.

We have also excluded the following files/directories from cover by
OFM:

sys:\etc\tmp\* (and sub)
sys:\system\ofm\* (and sub)
sys:\servapps\bkupexec\history\* (and sub)
sys:\etc\group
sys:\bkupexec\history\* (and sub)


< snip >

> Any thoughts on these possible solutions?  Any more ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> - Tony -

HTH
Ian

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From jburton at TELEPATH.COM  Wed May  3 11:58:42 2000
From: jburton at TELEPATH.COM (john burton)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 06:58:42 -0400
Subject: Unsubscribe
References: <B09194E613DAD211A1E10008C71E4D9C0328C064@mail.framfab.se>
Message-ID: <39100400.6F2EC0A4@telepath.com>

"Bank, Allan" wrote:
>
> please read the the manual on the following site:
> http://lsv.syr.edu

Since this list has moved it's really behaving quite irregurlarly.

So even knowing how to operate listserv doesn't always provide the
answers.




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From M.A.Johnston at SOTON.AC.UK  Wed May  3 12:28:21 2000
From: M.A.Johnston at SOTON.AC.UK (Mark Johnston)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 07:28:21 -0400
Subject: Allocating Resources
Message-ID: <EXECMAIL.1000503122815.C@nermal.soton.ac.uk>

In the least few days, one of our servers ocassionally displays

Allocating Resources

on the console. I cannot find a way to force this to appear and I have
no idea what is sourcing it.

Can anyone shed any light on this please?

NW5.0 SP4 with Legato and Softrack installed

Mark.

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From dwd at UMR.EDU  Wed May  3 13:35:28 2000
From: dwd at UMR.EDU (Daniel DeNise)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 08:35:28 -0400
Subject: Keyboard/Monitor Switches on Novell Servers
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050308352843@LSV.SYR.EDU>

I've seen ads for the LinkSys PS2KVM4 ProConnect Compact 4-port KVM switch
running $70-80, which seems mighty cheap for a 4 port switch. I've
confirmed already with LinkSys that it IS an intelligent KVM that actively
emulates a keyboard and mouse to all 4 attached systems. Has anyone bought
one of these yet? What's your opinion?

Daniel W. DeNise dwd at umr.edu
Computing Services
University of Missouri - Rolla

 

From netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM  Wed May  3 13:58:12 2000
From: netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM (John Namias)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 08:58:12 -0400
Subject: Keyboard/Monitor Switches on Novell Servers
Message-ID: <s90fdbf8.001@krlegal.com>

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From columbo at DDS.NL  Wed May  3 14:15:14 2000
From: columbo at DDS.NL (Roland Kool)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:15:14 -0400
Subject: DSREPAIR -128 Error
In-Reply-To: <41F5A1F9D303D311B3A500805FD7A4009AAC83@sgl-mail1.systems-group.net>
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050309151468@LSV.SYR.EDU>

Thanks all for the reactions so far.

The problem does not occur because of users logged in. It's vacation
so nobody is at the location. I ran the DSREPAIRs remotely.

Virusscanning was running (Sophos Sweep) but that doesn't check
_NETWARE right? Backupsoftware was loaded, but not running at the
moment.

The SYS volume had about 300MB of diskspace left. Should be enough
for temporary files.
Another strange thing was that when I tried to reinstall DS, DSI.NLM
didn't want to load. When I remotely rebooted the server, I saw a
process (BAOF) doing something with SYS, so I suspect that. I haven't
figured out what it was but it seems to be related to the GW backup
agents.
After reboot, I could reinstall NDS.

Concerning the disks, I'm not sure if the translation thing is set up
correctly. I haven't touched the defaults. The disks have not been
low level formatted before use. Doing that now takes too much time
and I doubt it will help. This is the first major problem I have with
this server. It had been running for more than a year without
problems.

Roland

> Hey Roland, one of my co- workers here in London UK just had 128 errors the
> other day at a site.  They found that they had users logged in while they
> were trying to run Dsrepair.  (You probably knew this one)
>
> 2 solutions: either bump them off, disable login and run it - or wait until
> the evening when no-one (including backup jobs and AV jobs ) may be logged
> in.  As well, ensure you are running the Dsrepair from the console, not your
> workstation, as you would then be logged in yourself.
>
> Hope this helps............
>
>
> Jeff Wettlaufer
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From ESicard at GENETICS.COM  Wed May  3 14:19:12 2000
From: ESicard at GENETICS.COM (Eric Sicard)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:19:12 -0400
Subject: Trouble after SP8A on NW 411
Message-ID: <s90fec8d.024@genetics.com>

Last week I applied SP8A on all of my Netware 411 servers and have
been having trouble ever since.  I get abends in server.nlm constantly
with the following abend.log section being a typical report of what
happened.  I had one server abend 26 times within 15mins of a reboot
yesterday.  I tried reapplying the SP to the servers assuming
something happend during the install, but still the same errors occur.
 This is only happening on 4 of my 38 servers.  All of the servers are
running file/pring and GroupWise 5.2.  Any help would be much
appreciated!

Thanks

Eric


Server CE08A09 halted Tuesday, May 2, 2000   5:39:57 am
Break 26: Server-4.11a: Page Fault Processor Exception (Error code
00000000)

Registers:
    CS = 0008 DS = 0010 ES = 0010 FS = 0010 GS = 0010 SS = 0010
    EAX = F91E7060 EBX = 3FA3C385 ECX = 002FBA70 EDX = 00000000
    ESI = 00000000 EDI = 00000000 EBP = 3FA3C338 ESP = 3FEEBFFC
    EIP = F8017632 FLAGS = 00010046
    F8017632 8B8ABA000000   MOV     ECX,[EDX+000000BA]= ?
    EIP in SERVER.NLM at code start +00017632h

Running process: Server 07 Process
Created by: SERVER.NLM
Stack pointer: 3FEEC004
Stack limit: 3FEE9010
Scheduling priority: 0
Wait state: 00
Stack: F802185C
(SERVER.NLM|InternalDiskGetNoReadNoWaitNoAlloc+5CED)
       --3FA3C338  ?
       --002FBA70  (STREAMS.NLM|u+CA54)
       --00000000  ?
       --FB025560  ?
       --73737373  ?
       -F065CAEC  (SERVER.NLM|WorkToDoListTail+4BCC)
       --00000050  ?
       --00063020  ?
       --3F424640  ?
       --000C3E82  ?
       --000061F6  (DS.NLM|DSF90AA930+2EC3)
       --00DB00DB  (IDECD.CDM|IDECDMHandle+CC43)
       --00000002  ?
       --000C3E82  ?
       F801B600  ?
       --00000010  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00DB0000  (IDECD.CDM|IDECDMHandle+CB68)
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --3FEEC070  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --3F85B0A0  ?
       --3F486F50  ?
       F801B630  ?
       --FB003080  ?
       --73737373  ?
       -F065CAE0  (SERVER.NLM|WorkToDoListTail+4BC0)
       --00000020  ?

 

From maryb at UMICH.EDU  Wed May  3 14:25:42 2000
From: maryb at UMICH.EDU (MaryBeth Stuenkel)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:25:42 -0400
Subject: Trouble after SP8A on NW 411
References: <s90fec8d.024@genetics.com>
Message-ID: <01b601bfb503$1536b760$f75bd38d@umich.edu>

Go to abend.provo.novell.com and submit your abend log.  The site will
return with a fix.  The fix will be to get the patch ncprcvfx.nlm.  I
believe you have to call Novell for this patch.

--MaryBeth

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Sicard <ESicard at GENETICS.COM>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell
To: <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 9:07 AM
Subject: Trouble after SP8A on NW 411


> Last week I applied SP8A on all of my Netware 411 servers and have
> been having trouble ever since.  I get abends in server.nlm constantly
> with the following abend.log section being a typical report of what
> happened.  I had one server abend 26 times within 15mins of a reboot
> yesterday.  I tried reapplying the SP to the servers assuming
> something happend during the install, but still the same errors occur.
>  This is only happening on 4 of my 38 servers.  All of the servers are
> running file/pring and GroupWise 5.2.  Any help would be much
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks
>
> Eric
>
>
> Server CE08A09 halted Tuesday, May 2, 2000   5:39:57 am
> Break 26: Server-4.11a: Page Fault Processor Exception (Error code
> 00000000)
>
> Registers:
>     CS = 0008 DS = 0010 ES = 0010 FS = 0010 GS = 0010 SS = 0010
>     EAX = F91E7060 EBX = 3FA3C385 ECX = 002FBA70 EDX = 00000000
>     ESI = 00000000 EDI = 00000000 EBP = 3FA3C338 ESP = 3FEEBFFC
>     EIP = F8017632 FLAGS = 00010046
>     F8017632 8B8ABA000000   MOV     ECX,[EDX+000000BA]= ?
>     EIP in SERVER.NLM at code start +00017632h
>
> Running process: Server 07 Process
> Created by: SERVER.NLM
> Stack pointer: 3FEEC004
> Stack limit: 3FEE9010
> Scheduling priority: 0
> Wait state: 00
> Stack: F802185C
> (SERVER.NLM|InternalDiskGetNoReadNoWaitNoAlloc+5CED)
>        --3FA3C338  ?
>        --002FBA70  (STREAMS.NLM|u+CA54)
>        --00000000  ?
>        --FB025560  ?
>        --73737373  ?
>        -F065CAEC  (SERVER.NLM|WorkToDoListTail+4BCC)
>        --00000050  ?
>        --00063020  ?
>        --3F424640  ?
>        --000C3E82  ?
>        --000061F6  (DS.NLM|DSF90AA930+2EC3)
>        --00DB00DB  (IDECD.CDM|IDECDMHandle+CC43)
>        --00000002  ?
>        --000C3E82  ?
>        F801B600  ?
>        --00000010  ?
>        --00000000  ?
>        --00DB0000  (IDECD.CDM|IDECDMHandle+CB68)
>        --00000000  ?
>        --00000000  ?
>        --00000000  ?
>        --00000000  ?
>        --3FEEC070  ?
>        --00000000  ?
>        --3F85B0A0  ?
>        --3F486F50  ?
>        F801B630  ?
>        --FB003080  ?
>        --73737373  ?
>        -F065CAE0  (SERVER.NLM|WorkToDoListTail+4BC0)
>        --00000020  ?

 

From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Wed May  3 14:28:39 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:28:39 -0400
Subject: unsubscribe
In-Reply-To: <200005030758.DAA10727@interlock2.lexmark.com>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEKELECGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

> do not send me any more mails!!!
>
> Davina
>
> Technical Support Engineer
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I guess you get one on every list ... but you'd think on a Technical
list people would have a clue. I mean, how can you be a "Technical
Support Engineer" and not know how you got on a list or not be able
to figure out how to get off without throwing hissy fits, heh.

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From bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG  Wed May  3 15:56:25 2000
From: bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG (Brian Volpone)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 10:56:25 -0400
Subject: IPX Gateway and NT workstation
Message-ID: <s9100619.069@luthercare>

Ok, here's the deal. I haven't gotten this to work yet.

Installing the NT client (any version, but currently 4.6) is is no problem.

Installing the IPX gateway though, causes RPC services to hang 
on startup (you can see this in event log). That hangs two other 
processes, but research indicates the problem resides with 
RPC hanging. MS has a tid describing something similar, only in their 
case, PRC services weren't starting. Symptoms were identical.

When RPC hangs, then all RPC-aware apps take about 2-3 minutes 
to start. This means opening Control Panel, Explorer (not IE), browsing 
using a "browse" button, opening My Computer, etc. all hang the 
computer during that time.

I guess my question is how to fix this. I *only* use NetWare networking 
(no NT servers) so I don't even need RPC I think. I may need to add MS 
networking stuff in the future for sharing a scanner, but I'll address this then.

I've removed all services from Network Properties except "Novell Client for
Windows NT". Now the computer barks at me when I open Network 
Properties that NT networking is not install and do I want to install it now.

The only protocols installed are NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport,
NWLink NetBIOS, and TCP/IP Protocol.

I've searched Novell's and Microsoft's KBs with no success. One other list 
member has graciously helped off list, but I'm stuck here so far.

I know from past comments, Randy, that you have this working, so I'd be 
really grateful if you'd let me in on your secret. Maybe I'm not holding the mouse 
right or something.  :-)


Brian Volpone, CNE
Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net 

>>> "Randolf Richardson" <randy at inter-corporate.com> 05/01/00 07:25AM >>>
> Has ANYONE gotten the IPX/IP Gateway working on a Windows NT 4.0
> workstation (any client revision)?

        I'm using it at this moment.  We also use it to browse the web and 
deal with Oracle over the internet, no problems here.

> I realize that hardly anyone uses this product anymore, so if
> you've accomplished this, I would really appreciate hearing from
> you. You can mail off list if you'd like. I won't bore anyone with
> detai> >>>>>>>>

        It wouldn't have made a difference anyway because you need to enable 
Word Wrap in your mailer.

> FWIW, server is NetWare 4.11.

        Myself, and many of my clients, use this product every day to 
enable anywhere from a small handful to hundreds of workstations to 
access the internet (FTP, eMail, Web, TelNet, IRC, &c).  We're also 
using NetWare 4.11.

        But clients using NetWare 5 (I'm upgrading to v5.1 soon) are using 
NAT since it's included in MPR (INetCfg.NLM).  I still prefer IPX/IP 
Gateway due to its simple configuration compared to TCP/IP, but I 
also prefer to keep things as simple as possible and with the odd 
internet application that's not truly WinSock compliant, I tend to 
lean towards using Microsoft's TCP/IP stack (because this forces me 
to, not because it's my choice).

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com 
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/ 

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/

 

From bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG  Wed May  3 16:13:57 2000
From: bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG (Brian Volpone)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 11:13:57 -0400
Subject: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5
Message-ID: <s9100a37.070@luthercare>

I've installed SP8a and don't have NAT.NLM available. Did you have to 
choose the "upgrade drivers" to get that portion of the patch?

Looking at Novell's KB, they show NAT.NLM and 2 versions of TCPIP.NLM 
(BM and non-BM) in the 8a download.

What's the deal to configure? Any tricks to know before I try. This would eliminate 
my problems that I've been fighting with the IPX gateway.

Thanks in advance.

Brian Volpone, CNE
Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net 

>>> Mark Puchalski <mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM> 05/01/00 02:26PM >>>
You do not need to install BorderManager on NW 4.11 for NAT.  The NAT.NLM was included in SP8.  If you don't want to apply SP8, all you need to do is copy NAT.NLM and TCPIP.NLM from the SP8 distribution and you can run NAT on the server.

>>> randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM 5/1/2000 7:18:27 AM >>>
> We are currently using the IP/IPX Gateway in Novell Intranetware 4.11
> for several years now.  It has worked great with all internet
> applications but ever since IE5 came out, it won't work with that
> application.  We have never experienced problems with Netscape users or
> any other applications including Outlook.  Internet Explorer 4 worked
> fine but 5.0 just sits there and cannot make a connection.  It just
> times out.
[Snip]

        Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 is NOT a truly WinSock compliant
application, so it's no suprise that it doesn't work -- I haven't
been able to get it working either, mind you this is not a big deal
here in B.C. because Netscape Navigator is very popular anyway.

        You do have at least one option though:

                1. Install NAT on your server (NetWare 4.11/4.2 requires
BorderManager just be installed in order to get NAT working, but
NetWare 5 has it included).

                2. IPX/IP Gateway from Client32 v3.x does function better in some
circumstances when a TCP/IP stack in the Network Neighbourhood (just
leave it's settings configured blank, but turn off DHCP stuff which
seems to be enabled by default randomly).

        The following TIDs may also be helpful to you:

                IPX-IP Gateway fails with Internet Explorer
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2942282 

                Workstations are unable to browse the [internet]
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?10012684 

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com 
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/ 

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/ 


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From mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM  Wed May  3 16:47:18 2000
From: mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM (Mark Puchalski)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 11:47:18 -0400
Subject: IP/IPX Gateway and IE5
Message-ID: <s91011c4.042@xjp.couzens.com>

You may need to manually copy the NAT.NLM from the location you expanded the SP8A archive to.  You configure NAT in INETCFG.  I've only done it once, so I'm not too familiar with it off hand.  Check the docs on Novell's website for this.  Most are in reference to configuring it with BorderManager, but I used them to get mine set up (non-BM).

>>> bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG 5/3/2000 11:14:57 AM >>>
I've installed SP8a and don't have NAT.NLM available. Did you have to 
choose the "upgrade drivers" to get that portion of the patch?

Looking at Novell's KB, they show NAT.NLM and 2 versions of TCPIP.NLM 
(BM and non-BM) in the 8a download.

What's the deal to configure? Any tricks to know before I try. This would eliminate 
my problems that I've been fighting with the IPX gateway.

Thanks in advance.

Brian Volpone, CNE
Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net 

>>> Mark Puchalski <mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM> 05/01/00 02:26PM >>>
You do not need to install BorderManager on NW 4.11 for NAT.  The NAT.NLM was included in SP8.  If you don't want to apply SP8, all you need to do is copy NAT.NLM and TCPIP.NLM from the SP8 distribution and you can run NAT on the server.

>>> randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM 5/1/2000 7:18:27 AM >>>
> We are currently using the IP/IPX Gateway in Novell Intranetware 4.11
> for several years now.  It has worked great with all internet
> applications but ever since IE5 came out, it won't work with that
> application.  We have never experienced problems with Netscape users or
> any other applications including Outlook.  Internet Explorer 4 worked
> fine but 5.0 just sits there and cannot make a connection.  It just
> times out.
[Snip]

        Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 is NOT a truly WinSock compliant
application, so it's no suprise that it doesn't work -- I haven't
been able to get it working either, mind you this is not a big deal
here in B.C. because Netscape Navigator is very popular anyway.

        You do have at least one option though:

                1. Install NAT on your server (NetWare 4.11/4.2 requires
BorderManager just be installed in order to get NAT working, but
NetWare 5 has it included).

                2. IPX/IP Gateway from Client32 v3.x does function better in some
circumstances when a TCP/IP stack in the Network Neighbourhood (just
leave it's settings configured blank, but turn off DHCP stuff which
seems to be enabled by default randomly).

        The following TIDs may also be helpful to you:

                IPX-IP Gateway fails with Internet Explorer
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2942282 

                Workstations are unable to browse the [internet]
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?10012684 

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com 
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/ 

*** NEW *** Freeware NLM to speed up your server's keyboard:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/kbspeed/ 


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From PAltmaier at MDGI.COM  Wed May  3 17:05:35 2000
From: PAltmaier at MDGI.COM (Phil Altmaier)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:05:35 -0400
Subject: GroupWise web access problem
Message-ID: <61D5B3BA64A4D311A04A006008A6C64D16D0A2@BELUGA>

Good morning everyone.

I am trying to set up web access for my GroupWise server. I have everything
installed and this generated no errors at all.
However... there always seems to be one... when I start the web access agent
it complains with this error: "Login rejected: Password is incorrect"

I have reset every password I can find and have failed to resolve this
error.
I am using the admin ID to start this and have reset that password, both in
NDS and in the GroupWise data base. I have also tried to alter the name
passed to Gwinter when it starts. In the NCF file... I have tried:
.admin.container
admin.container
admin

None of these will fix this error. The error does not change. It is always
the same.
I am running NW5 SP4 GroupWise 5.5 SP3a with Novell Enterprise Server 4.51a
Any ideas on what I am doing wrong??

TIA
Phil

 

From Stevens at KIMBERLY.ARS.PN.USBR.GOV  Wed May  3 17:33:31 2000
From: Stevens at KIMBERLY.ARS.PN.USBR.GOV (John L. Stevens)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:33:31 -0400
Subject: Unsubscribe
In-Reply-To: <39100400.6F2EC0A4@telepath.com>
Message-ID: <200005031633.KAA03558@water.kimberly.uidaho.edu>

> "Bank, Allan" wrote:
> >
> > please read the the manual on the following site:
> > http://lsv.syr.edu
>
> Since this list has moved it's really behaving quite irregurlarly.
>
> So even knowing how to operate listserv doesn't always provide the
> answers.
>  john burton                         The SANDBOX ** MultiLine Linux

"Join or leave the list (or change settings)" on the page at
http://lsv.syr.edu/archives/novell.html
does not function. Maybe it just does not work from Idaho.
john

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From tbrannan at GSCYCLONE.COM  Wed May  3 17:46:26 2000
From: tbrannan at GSCYCLONE.COM (tom brannan)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:46:26 -0400
Subject: GroupWise web access problem
References: <61D5B3BA64A4D311A04A006008A6C64D16D0A2@BELUGA>
Message-ID: <391057CB.FCEC8BE5@gscyclone.com>

During the install you were asked for the account and password  of  the account
that would be used  by gwinter to access gw. Try reinstalling after setting a
account and password and rights to the domain file structure to be safe.
Remember caps count also.

tom

Phil Altmaier wrote:

> Good morning everyone.
>
> I am trying to set up web access for my GroupWise server. I have everything
> installed and this generated no errors at all.
> However... there always seems to be one... when I start the web access agent
> it complains with this error: "Login rejected: Password is incorrect"
>
> I have reset every password I can find and have failed to resolve this
> error.
> I am using the admin ID to start this and have reset that password, both in
> NDS and in the GroupWise data base. I have also tried to alter the name
> passed to Gwinter when it starts. In the NCF file... I have tried:
> .admin.container
> admin.container
> admin
>
> None of these will fix this error. The error does not change. It is always
> the same.
> I am running NW5 SP4 GroupWise 5.5 SP3a with Novell Enterprise Server 4.51a
> Any ideas on what I am doing wrong??
>
> TIA
> Phil

 

From clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET  Wed May  3 17:51:18 2000
From: clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET (James Clark)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:51:18 -0400
Subject: NSS cachebalance default?
Message-ID: <200005031633.MAA26984@websmtp1.bellsouth.bigfoot.com>

Does anyone know or know how to find out what the default for cachebalance under the latest version of NSS if you do not specify that parameter on the LOAD NSS command?





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From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Wed May  3 17:53:12 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:53:12 -0400
Subject: GroupWise web access problem
Message-ID: <s9102134.017@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>Good morning everyone.
>
>I am trying to set up web access for my GroupWise server. I have 
>everything
>installed and this generated no errors at all.
>However... there always seems to be one... when I start the web access 
>agent
>it complains with this error: "Login rejected: Password is incorrect"
>
>I have reset every password I can find and have failed to resolve this
>error.
>I am using the admin ID to start this and have reset that password, both in
>NDS and in the GroupWise data base. I have also tried to alter the name
>passed to Gwinter when it starts. In the NCF file... I have tried:
>.admin.container
>admin.container
>admin

I would avoid using ADMIN, as the pw is stored in clear text, as you must know.

This is the what worked for me, at one time.  In whatever file you use to start GWINTER.NLM -

"load SYS:system\gwinter /ph=path_to_domain_webacc_folder /user=special_user /password=special_user_pw"

I say "at one time" cause now WebAccess never try to login, probably because it attaches via IP only at this point now that I have specified that in the webaccess configuration.

>None of these will fix this error. The error does not change. It is always
>the same.
>I am running NW5 SP4 GroupWise 5.5 SP3a with Novell Enterprise 
>Server 4.51a
>Any ideas on what I am doing wrong??
>
>TIA
>Phil


-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET  Wed May  3 17:53:55 2000
From: clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET (James Clark)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:53:55 -0400
Subject: NT/95/98 Screen Saver
Message-ID: <200005031635.MAA27199@websmtp1.bellsouth.bigfoot.com>

I am looking for a screen saver for an NT/98/95 workstation that will cycle through the open applications one screen at a time either switching screen or minimizing an app and maximizing an app or a predefined time basis both for activation the screen saver and a delay factor between each application screen view.  Anyone know of something similar to this?  I use SCRNROLL.NLM on my NetWare servers that does this with the console screens and it works great.  I have some idle client machines that have apps open and no use them but being able to see their screens from across a computer room would be helpful.




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From PAltmaier at MDGI.COM  Wed May  3 17:57:32 2000
From: PAltmaier at MDGI.COM (Phil Altmaier)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:57:32 -0400
Subject: GroupWise web access problem
Message-ID: <61D5B3BA64A4D311A04A006008A6C64D16D0A3@BELUGA>

That is correct. I chose the admin account. That is the account that I am
editing in the STRTWEB5.NCF file. The information is passed to GWINTER.NLM
at this point. I am not sure it is this ID and password that is failing...

I have reset this password in NDS and in GroupWise.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: tom brannan [mailto:tbrannan at GSCYCLONE.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:46 AM
To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: GroupWise web access problem


During the install you were asked for the account and password  of  the
account
that would be used  by gwinter to access gw. Try reinstalling after setting
a
account and password and rights to the domain file structure to be safe.
Remember caps count also.

tom

Phil Altmaier wrote:

> Good morning everyone.
>
> I am trying to set up web access for my GroupWise server. I have
everything
> installed and this generated no errors at all.
> However... there always seems to be one... when I start the web access
agent
> it complains with this error: "Login rejected: Password is incorrect"
>
> I have reset every password I can find and have failed to resolve this
> error.
> I am using the admin ID to start this and have reset that password, both
in
> NDS and in the GroupWise data base. I have also tried to alter the name
> passed to Gwinter when it starts. In the NCF file... I have tried:
> .admin.container
> admin.container
> admin
>
> None of these will fix this error. The error does not change. It is always
> the same.
> I am running NW5 SP4 GroupWise 5.5 SP3a with Novell Enterprise Server
4.51a
> Any ideas on what I am doing wrong??
>
> TIA
> Phil

 

From kleadbea at ESO.ORG  Wed May  3 18:05:26 2000
From: kleadbea at ESO.ORG (Kevin Leadbeater)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 13:05:26 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
Message-ID: <39105C25.A0F712BC@eso.org>

My penny worth...

I opened an incident with Novell after my nw5 server started displaying
console messages and rather more annoyingly started broadcasting messages
to users after sp4 was applied.  The technical support engineer gave me
lots of TIDs.  These  have not helped with the console messages, but do
restrict the broadcasting (TID 10017305, 10025366).  The engineer has
helped a small amount, but in the main has just suggested patches that he
can't tell me what they do!

He suggested the new NLS patch (which "gets rid of the many problems with
licensing in nw5 and replaces NLS with a new version like in nw51"), This
was patch nlslsp4a.exe - "that fixes everything" - but then 4b came out the
next day, and I haven't read the latest readme's yet.  One annoying point
is the version control - I'm not sure whether 5.0, 5.01, 5.02 is the
correct number because the readme (TID 2955876) has various numbers in it.
And these appear to be confused with the sp4 patch too.  On first glance,
TID 2956257 (nlslsp4b) looks better.  I'll try it on my test tree when i
get a chance...

With regard to the knowledge base, there are several TIDs there that
reference the C001001 errors, but none that clearly explain what is going
wrong or how to correct it (none that work for me, that is!).  Also the
nls patch describes a new deployment tool for nls - but not what it does!

Kevin

--
Kevin Leadbeater, Desktop Systems Administrator,
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2,
D-85748 Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
Email: kleadbea at eso.org  Tel: +49-89-32006460  Fax: +49-89-32006380

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Wed May  3 18:07:10 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 13:07:10 -0400
Subject: NSS cachebalance default?
Message-ID: <01JOYM0S57FS8WWARL@cc.usu.edu>

>Does anyone know or know how to find out what the default for cachebalance under the latest version of NSS if you do not specify that parameter on the LOAD NSS command?

        Type NSS at the console prompt, follow the signs.
        Joe D.

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Wed May  3 18:12:08 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 13:12:08 -0400
Subject: Connecting 2 networks via firewalls
In-Reply-To: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191A9B@INTERGW>
Message-ID: <390FFA24.32570.3F9DC8@localhost>

On 1 May 2000, at 12:25, Mike Glassman - Admin wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am in the process of trying to come up with a scheme to connect two
> seperate networks (2 trees) via non-Netware firewalls (Checkpoint).
>
> The idea is as follows :
>
> Tree1+Server1
> Firewall
> Firewall
> Tree2+Server2
>
> There will be a VPN between the FireWalls.
>
> The idea is to allow users on either network to map a drive to the other
> server in the other network.
>
> I do not want NDS data to flow though (other then for authentication
> purposes as per the explanation following), so basically what I would expect
> is that when the user performs the mapping via an icon on their desktop,
> they will be asked to login to the second tree.
>
> Anyone done something similar to this ?
>
> I have no problem blocking all other data flow (smtp, ftp, http, and so on)
> by setting rules in the firewalls, so my only issue is how to get the
> Netware servers talking minimaly (for login only and then data transferals
> of documents).
>
> Mike Glassman
> System & Security Admin
> Israeli Airports Authority
> Ben-Gurion Airport
> http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il

Still no answers on this one?  This looks like a very interesting
topic to me.  Does this mean nobody is doing this?

Would BorderManager meet these needs?

---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From PAltmaier at MDGI.COM  Wed May  3 18:14:39 2000
From: PAltmaier at MDGI.COM (Phil Altmaier)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 13:14:39 -0400
Subject: GroupWise web access problem
Message-ID: <61D5B3BA64A4D311A04A006008A6C64D16D0A4@BELUGA>

Good Morning Joe.

Yes, I do know that the password is stored in clear text. I plan to change
things once I have it working. I am only using IP. Where did you set Web
Access to only use IP??

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Acquisto [mailto:ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:53 AM
To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: GroupWise web access problem


>Good morning everyone.
>
>I am trying to set up web access for my GroupWise server. I have
>everything
>installed and this generated no errors at all.
>However... there always seems to be one... when I start the web access
>agent
>it complains with this error: "Login rejected: Password is incorrect"
>
>I have reset every password I can find and have failed to resolve this
>error.
>I am using the admin ID to start this and have reset that password, both in
>NDS and in the GroupWise data base. I have also tried to alter the name
>passed to Gwinter when it starts. In the NCF file... I have tried:
>.admin.container
>admin.container
>admin

I would avoid using ADMIN, as the pw is stored in clear text, as you must
know.

This is the what worked for me, at one time.  In whatever file you use to
start GWINTER.NLM -

"load SYS:system\gwinter /ph=path_to_domain_webacc_folder /user=special_user
/password=special_user_pw"

I say "at one time" cause now WebAccess never try to login, probably because
it attaches via IP only at this point now that I have specified that in the
webaccess configuration.

>None of these will fix this error. The error does not change. It is always
>the same.
>I am running NW5 SP4 GroupWise 5.5 SP3a with Novell Enterprise
>Server 4.51a
>Any ideas on what I am doing wrong??
>
>TIA
>Phil


-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Wed May  3 19:02:09 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 14:02:09 -0400
Subject: GroupWise web access problem
Message-ID: <s9103160.045@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>Good Morning Joe.
>
>Yes, I do know that the password is stored in clear text. I plan to change
>things once I have it working. I am only using IP. Where did you set Web
>Access to only use IP??
>

Hope I am not drifting out here, but what I am thinking of is in NWadmin, GWview,  Webaccess, details, Server Configuration.

joea/

>Phil
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Acquisto [mailto:ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU] 
>Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:53 AM
>To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU 
>Subject: Re: GroupWise web access problem
>
>
>>Good morning everyone.
>>
>>I am trying to set up web access for my GroupWise server. I have
>>everything
>>installed and this generated no errors at all.
>>However... there always seems to be one... when I start the web access
>>agent
>>it complains with this error: "Login rejected: Password is incorrect"
>>
>>I have reset every password I can find and have failed to resolve this
>>error.
>>I am using the admin ID to start this and have reset that password, both 
>in
>>NDS and in the GroupWise data base. I have also tried to alter the name
>>passed to Gwinter when it starts. In the NCF file... I have tried:
>>.admin.container
>>admin.container
>>admin
>
>I would avoid using ADMIN, as the pw is stored in clear text, as you must
>know.
>
>This is the what worked for me, at one time.  In whatever file you use to
>start GWINTER.NLM -
>
>"load SYS:system\gwinter /ph=path_to_domain_webacc_folder 
>/user=special_user
>/password=special_user_pw"
>
>I say "at one time" cause now WebAccess never try to login, probably 
>because
>it attaches via IP only at this point now that I have specified that in the
>webaccess configuration.
>
>>None of these will fix this error. The error does not change. It is always
>>the same.
>>I am running NW5 SP4 GroupWise 5.5 SP3a with Novell Enterprise
>>Server 4.51a
>>Any ideas on what I am doing wrong??
>>
>>TIA
>>Phil
>
>
>-----------------------------------------
>Joe Acquisto
>SUNY New Paltz
>914-257-3134 (V)
>914-257-6900 (F)
>-----------------------------------------
>Pay attention.
>-----------------------------------------

 

From clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET  Wed May  3 19:15:10 2000
From: clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET (James Clark)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 14:15:10 -0400
Subject: SCRNROLL.NLM
Message-ID: <0005031417003Z.00275@noname>

SCRNROLL.NLM is a freebie from Compaq.  It is quite slick and does exactly what I needed it for.  Here it is for those of you who do not have it.  The readme file tells you all about how to use it.

James





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From bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG  Wed May  3 19:37:39 2000
From: bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG (Brian Volpone)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 14:37:39 -0400
Subject: Long filenames with toolbox - NW411 SP8a
Message-ID: <s91039f5.082@luthercare>

I'd be interested in knowing if that works.

Brian Volpone, CNE
Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net 

>>> Jerry Shenk <jas at DECT.COM> 04/25/00 06:41AM >>>
Well, I'll have to try that.  I know that I've copied long filenames before
and I never did that before....

===== Original Message from Hans Nellissen <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU> at 4/25/00
5:01 am
>At 22:22 20.04.2000 -0400, Jerry Shenk wrote:
>>Anybody have any guesses why I can't copy long filenames with  toolbox
>>version 2.11 (I think that's the latest) on a Netware 4.11 server with
>>Service Pack 8 installed?  The server has long name support and copying the
>>files with a workstation is working just fine.....only slower.
>
>In your tbox.cfg you must create an entry:
>NSV4
>
>After this, unload and reload toolbox and you are happy with lfn.
>HTH
>
>Hans Nellissen
>----------------------------------------------------------------
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Jerry A. Shenk, MCNE, GIAC LevelTwo certified intrusion analyst
Sr. Systems Engineer - Computer Networking Services
D&E Communications, Inc.
jshenk at decommunications.com 
1-877-433-8632 Fax via efax: (603) 250-1453
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From jas at DECT.COM  Wed May  3 19:44:07 2000
From: jas at DECT.COM (Jerry Shenk)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 14:44:07 -0400
Subject: Long filenames with toolbox - NW411 SP8a
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050314440784@LSV.SYR.EDU>

I don't really have an opportunity to try it anymore.....at least not on
this server and I've had it work other times.

===== Original Message from Brian Volpone <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU> at 5/03/00
2:38 pm
>I'd be interested in knowing if that works.
>
>Brian Volpone, CNE
>Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
>LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
>email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net
>
>>>> Jerry Shenk <jas at DECT.COM> 04/25/00 06:41AM >>>
>Well, I'll have to try that.  I know that I've copied long filenames before
>and I never did that before....
>
>===== Original Message from Hans Nellissen <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU> at 4/25/00
>5:01 am
>>At 22:22 20.04.2000 -0400, Jerry Shenk wrote:
>>>Anybody have any guesses why I can't copy long filenames with  toolbox
>>>version 2.11 (I think that's the latest) on a Netware 4.11 server with
>>>Service Pack 8 installed?  The server has long name support and copying the
>>>files with a workstation is working just fine.....only slower.
>>
>>In your tbox.cfg you must create an entry:
>>NSV4
>>
>>After this, unload and reload toolbox and you are happy with lfn.
>>HTH
>>
>>Hans Nellissen
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>Philosophisches Institut              Email:dbphilos at mail.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
>>Studiengang Informationswissenschaft  Phone: ++49 211 81 14137
>>Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet           Fax  : ++49 211 81 12917
>>40225 Duesseldorf                     Universitaetsstr. 1
>
>Jerry A. Shenk, MCNE, GIAC LevelTwo certified intrusion analyst
>Sr. Systems Engineer - Computer Networking Services
>D&E Communications, Inc.
>jshenk at decommunications.com
>1-877-433-8632 Fax via efax: (603) 250-1453
>my website: www.dect.com/jas

Jerry A. Shenk, MCNE, GIAC LevelTwo certified intrusion analyst
Sr. Systems Engineer - Computer Networking Services
D&E Communications, Inc.
jshenk at decommunications.com
1-877-433-8632 Fax via efax: (603) 250-1453
my website: www.dect.com/jas

 

From Stevens at KIMBERLY.ARS.PN.USBR.GOV  Wed May  3 19:57:52 2000
From: Stevens at KIMBERLY.ARS.PN.USBR.GOV (John L. Stevens)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 14:57:52 -0400
Subject: Unsubscribe
In-Reply-To: <10706F5564E@sswdserver.sswd.csus.edu>
Message-ID: <200005031857.MAA03938@water.kimberly.uidaho.edu>

>
> Date sent:            Wed, 3 May 2000 10:33:15 -0600
> From:                 "John L. Stevens" <Stevens at KIMBERLY.ARS.PN.USBR.GOV>
> Subject:              Re: Unsubscribe
>
> >
> > "Join or leave the list (or change settings)" on the page at
> > http://lsv.syr.edu/archives/novell.html
> > does not function. Maybe it just does not work from Idaho.
>
> Worked great from here (Sacramento, California USA).
> ep
>

Right ye are!  I clicked on it and it came up instantly.  Maybe it is a
busy port. Although I tried over a period of 10 minutes with no
success. I put the link on my web page under "Netware" where I keep all
the good stuff.
john

John L. Stevens -- Computer Spec.
USDA-ARS, Kimberly, ID. USA
(208)423-6519
Stevens at kimberly.ars.pn.usbr.gov
http://kimberly.ars.usda.gov/stevens.shtml
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From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Wed May  3 20:20:28 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 15:20:28 -0400
Subject: Displaying Logged in ID
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHECEMOCGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

Ok, I had asked this before, a few people responded but nothing I
could really use. In our computer lab we use VNC to monitor the
computers, but only when we feel some illicit act is happening.
Earlier we had about 8 guys around a screen cutting up and rowdy
looking at a site that contained pornographic images. We warned them
to break it up, they of course ignored it. We could have called
campus security, but that's usually only a last resort. What we need
is some way to tell who is logged into the computer at that time. VNC
wont give you that info, another program I used before was Altiris
Vision and it did put the user id in the title bar so you knew who
was logged in. This way we knew the name of the person, and we could
suspend their account if need be.

Anyone know a way to do this? It seems like it would be simple but I
don't have the capability. What we need is a small program maybe that
runs at login and gets the userid and displays it in a small window
in the corner of the screen that is always on top and can't be
closed. If someone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Bill

 

From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Wed May  3 20:23:56 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 15:23:56 -0400
Subject: Displaying Logged in ID
In-Reply-To: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHECEMOCGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEGEMPCGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

Oh, I forgot to add .. having it  be a taskbar button would be fine
as well .. someone suggested a desktop icon, but that would be hidden
when they didnt have the desktop displayed.

Bill

 

From awit at CASEMA.NET  Wed May  3 20:41:50 2000
From: awit at CASEMA.NET (Alexander de Wit)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 15:41:50 -0400
Subject: GroupWise web access problem
Message-ID: <NCBBIPOHNJHBKFBHPGPCKEMOCJAA.awit@casema.net>

Phil,

Have u used special characters like ; : . , ( ) or something in your
password???

Greetz,
Alexander.

--
Alexander de Wit
Network Engineer
Guide Networking Solutions
Awit at guide.nl


> Good morning everyone.
>
> I am trying to set up web access for my GroupWise server. I have
everything
> installed and this generated no errors at all.
> However... there always seems to be one... when I start the web access
agent
> it complains with this error: "Login rejected: Password is incorrect"
>
> I have reset every password I can find and have failed to resolve this
> error.
> I am using the admin ID to start this and have reset that password, both
in
> NDS and in the GroupWise data base. I have also tried to alter the name
> passed to Gwinter when it starts. In the NCF file... I have tried:
> .admin.container
> admin.container
> admin
>
> None of these will fix this error. The error does not change. It is always
> the same.
> I am running NW5 SP4 GroupWise 5.5 SP3a with Novell Enterprise Server
4.51a
> Any ideas on what I am doing wrong??
>
> TIA
> Phil

 

From awit at CASEMA.NET  Wed May  3 21:02:11 2000
From: awit at CASEMA.NET (Alexander de Wit)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 16:02:11 -0400
Subject: eGuide and photos
Message-ID: <NCBBIPOHNJHBKFBHPGPCEEMPCJAA.awit@casema.net>

Bill,

I got a little further this morning on our problem, it seems like an
permission problem on the extra attributes we added at users (like the photo
attributes). I had only one hour to test it but so far so good.
I have some more time next week to test eGuide, so more info next week..

Greetz,
Alexander.

--
Alexander de Wit
Network Engineer
Guide Networking Solutions
Awit at guide.nl

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Bill Broadway [mailto:bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU]
Verzonden: Friday, April 28, 2000 10:32 PM
Onderwerp: Re: eGuide and photos


I had to go to our main campus today and meet with some Novell
representatives, we're working toward a ALA contract hopefully ...
while there I asked about the eGuide error at least Alexander and I
are getting .. I've just emailed the engineer I met today and
hopefully he'll have an answer to the error message, or either get me
in touch with someone who will. They were pushing eGuide to us today
pretty hard, so I felt ahead of the game when I told them I was
already close to having it fully operational ... so, for those with
the same problem as me, if/when I get a solution I'll be sure to post
it here.

Bill

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Wed May  3 21:02:28 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 16:02:28 -0400
Subject: "unscoped" value
Message-ID: <s9104d8f.098@lan.newpaltz.edu>

While fumbling about SLP, and such, I noted that, Under SLP_SCOPE, unscoped, one server has this entry:

service:smdr_novell:__127_0_0_1:413_servername

The other servers (nw5) show the correct IP address.  I had been trying to setup a DA on it without IP bound (yes it has been a long day).  

So, how can I correct this, or is it even necessary?

Also - I could not authenticate to any server other than the DA, until I went to monitor, Server Parameters, Service location protocol parameters, and dit a SLP reset.  Is this normal?  Am I just getting impatient and should have waited longer?

-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Wed May  3 21:11:57 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 16:11:57 -0400
Subject: "unscoped" value
Message-ID: <01JOYSCNAB3M8Y5AWY@cc.usu.edu>

>While fumbling about SLP, and such, I noted that, Under SLP_SCOPE, =
>unscoped, one server has this entry:
>
>service:smdr_novell:__127_0_0_1:413_servername
>
>The other servers (nw5) show the correct IP address.  I had been trying to =
>setup a DA on it without IP bound (yes it has been a long day). =20
>
>So, how can I correct this, or is it even necessary?
>
>Also - I could not authenticate to any server other than the DA, until I =
>went to monitor, Server Parameters, Service location protocol parameters, =
>and dit a SLP reset.  Is this normal?  Am I just getting impatient and =
>should have waited longer?
>
>-----------------------------------------
>Joe Acquisto
>SUNY New Paltz
>914-257-3134 (V)
>914-257-6900 (F)
---------------
        Try this. Go to file etc\hosts on the problem server. Look at the
entries and note the usual 127.0.0.1 for localhost and the needed second
entry of the real IP number and the real IP name of the machine. Often,
can we say habitually?, Novell's software blunders on the second entry
and uses the IPX name of the server there. Fix that via an editor, reinit
system, and see if things improve. Give SLP about 20 minutes to settle
down before you SLP DISPLAY SERVICES to check. SLPDA info is cached and
can be out of sync with NDS for short times.
        Joe D.

 

From aadil at LAW.COLUMBIA.EDU  Wed May  3 21:50:00 2000
From: aadil at LAW.COLUMBIA.EDU (aadil at LAW.COLUMBIA.EDU)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 16:50:00 -0400
Subject: LDAP Log
Message-ID: <OF0FE2263C.623B55D0-ON852568D4.006FD807@law.columbia.edu>

I am testing LDAP on my NW5.1 server. I am not able to get LDAP messages on
the server console. I have checked all "Display Options" in the "Screen
Options" tab of the LDAP group object. I get the "NLDAP SCREEN" on my NW5.0
server but I cant get it to work on the 5.1 server. Is there a log file
option in NW5.1 perhaps? Please help.

Thanks in advance.

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Wed May  3 21:56:38 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 16:56:38 -0400
Subject: "unscoped" value
Message-ID: <s9105a47.020@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>>While fumbling about SLP, and such, I noted that, Under SLP_SCOPE, =
>>unscoped, one server has this entry:
>> . . .
>>. . . 
>        Try this. Go to file etc\hosts on the problem server. Look at the
>entries and note the usual 127.0.0.1 for localhost and the needed second
>entry of the real IP number and the real IP name of the machine. Often,
>can we say habitually?, Novell's software blunders on the second entry
>and uses the IPX name of the server there. Fix that via an editor, reinit
>system, and see if things improve. Give SLP about 20 minutes to settle
>down before you SLP DISPLAY SERVICES to check. SLPDA info is 
>cached and
>can be out of sync with NDS for short times.
>        Joe D.

It helps if there *are* actual _non_default entries in the hosts file. Oops.

However, the issue has not been fixed by re-init and waiting (so far), so I went into Monitor again, thinking I would force a DA reset.  ?? There seem to be two entries missing on this server, 

SLP Maximum WTD and SLP Reset, both of which are at the top of the list on the other NW5 servers (monitor screen).  All are patched to sp4, os5sp4a.   The odd one does not have 128 bit tcp/ip installed.  

Also, display slp services does not show all the servers.  Same info for the ones that appear, but not all services show on each.  Should be the same, no?  No IP routing, all on same switch.

Sorry about the quoted printable thing.  Soon, perhaps.

joea/

joea/

 

From clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET  Wed May  3 22:01:44 2000
From: clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET (James Clark)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 17:01:44 -0400
Subject: Removing A/S IT 6.6
Message-ID: <200005032043.QAA12432@websmtp1.bellsouth.bigfoot.com>

What's the cleanest way to remove Arcserve IT 6.6 from a server and NDS?



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From Eric at SENTGROUP.COM  Wed May  3 22:10:33 2000
From: Eric at SENTGROUP.COM (Eric Bloom)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 17:10:33 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <s9104f71.017@mail.sentgroup.com>

We do the following:

Set up Stuffkey with the keystrokes to unload MTA, POA, etc.
Have CRON run Stuffkey at the appropriate time
Have the desktop scheduler either unload notify or logout the user from the network (we do the latter) at the appropriate time
Run the backup
Schedule CRON to re-load the GW stuff

We've been doing that for a long time with no problems and yes, we've had to go to the tape for a restore on a production system and it worked without a hitch.

HTH

Eric

Eric A. Bloom
Sentinel Management Group, Inc.
Tel: 847-412-4420
Fax: 847-412-4470
eric at sentgroup.com
http://www.sentgroup.com

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>>> tonyw at MAILMEDIA.COM 05/02/2000 11:31:21 >>>
I struggle with poor backups of my GroupWise server.

Since St. Bernards' OFM and Veritas "Open File Option" both cause locking problems on my servers does anybody have a solution to getting a proper daily backup of our GroupWise databases?

I have two ideas that I'd like to hear feedback on - plus if anyone has other ideas I'm "all ears" (or is it "eyes"?).

Idea #1)  Run somebody's OFM that works and doesn't cause abends, lock-ups and client-file locking problems on the servers.  Any ideas?
idea #2)  Run a CRON utility that shuts down GroupWise for a time during the night while the tape system hits it, then brings it back up a bit later.

I don't know how happy the server would be about having the full GroupWise system loading and unloading every day (I cringe every time I "unload" an NLM).

Any thoughts on these possible solutions?  Any more ideas?

Thanks

- Tony -


And now for the quote of the day...

"You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R."
--Dennis Miller

 

From PAltmaier at MDGI.COM  Wed May  3 22:10:51 2000
From: PAltmaier at MDGI.COM (Phil Altmaier)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 17:10:51 -0400
Subject: GroupWise web access problem
Message-ID: <61D5B3BA64A4D311A04A006008A6C64D16D0A7@BELUGA>

Hi.

No, I have not. I even set it to something really simple... like 'password'
just to make sure everything was OK.
I am puzzled as to what password it is actually looking for.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander de Wit [mailto:awit at CASEMA.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 11:44 AM
To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: GroupWise web access problem


Phil,

Have u used special characters like ; : . , ( ) or something in your
password???

Greetz,
Alexander.

--
Alexander de Wit
Network Engineer
Guide Networking Solutions
Awit at guide.nl


> Good morning everyone.
>
> I am trying to set up web access for my GroupWise server. I have
everything
> installed and this generated no errors at all.
> However... there always seems to be one... when I start the web access
agent
> it complains with this error: "Login rejected: Password is incorrect"
>
> I have reset every password I can find and have failed to resolve this
> error.
> I am using the admin ID to start this and have reset that password, both
in
> NDS and in the GroupWise data base. I have also tried to alter the name
> passed to Gwinter when it starts. In the NCF file... I have tried:
> .admin.container
> admin.container
> admin
>
> None of these will fix this error. The error does not change. It is always
> the same.
> I am running NW5 SP4 GroupWise 5.5 SP3a with Novell Enterprise Server
4.51a
> Any ideas on what I am doing wrong??
>
> TIA
> Phil

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Wed May  3 22:15:28 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 17:15:28 -0400
Subject: "unscoped" value
Message-ID: <01JOYUH1MH5494DW0B@cc.usu.edu>

>>>While fumbling about SLP, and such, I noted that, Under SLP_SCOPE, =3D
>>>unscoped, one server has this entry:
>>> . . .
>>>. . .=20
>>        Try this. Go to file etc\hosts on the problem server. Look at the
>>entries and note the usual 127.0.0.1 for localhost and the needed second
>>entry of the real IP number and the real IP name of the machine. Often,
>>can we say habitually?, Novell's software blunders on the second entry
>>and uses the IPX name of the server there. Fix that via an editor, reinit
>>system, and see if things improve. Give SLP about 20 minutes to settle
>>down before you SLP DISPLAY SERVICES to check. SLPDA info is=20
>>cached and
>>can be out of sync with NDS for short times.
>>        Joe D.
>
>It helps if there *are* actual _non_default entries in the hosts file. =
>Oops.
>
>However, the issue has not been fixed by re-init and waiting (so far), so =
>I went into Monitor again, thinking I would force a DA reset.  ?? There =
>seem to be two entries missing on this server,=20
>
>SLP Maximum WTD and SLP Reset, both of which are at the top of the list on =
>the other NW5 servers (monitor screen).  All are patched to sp4, os5sp4a.  =
> The odd one does not have 128 bit tcp/ip installed. =20
>
>Also, display slp services does not show all the servers.  Same info for =
>the ones that appear, but not all services show on each.  Should be the =
>same, no?  No IP routing, all on same switch.
>
>Sorry about the quoted printable thing.  Soon, perhaps.
>
>joea
-----------
        Servers lacking a SLP Directory Agent will typically multi/broadcast
for Service Agents to show you when you type SLP DISPLAY SERVICES. That
list make go slowly. Lack of IP comms will inhibit what is transferred.
Saying Load SLPDA will allow the DA to collect and cache this info for
instantaneous replies.
        We can say Unload SLPDA, Load SLPDA to reinit much of SLP without
needing to play with more detailed commands.
        If SLP isn't setup correctly in NDS then all bets are off. I show
a snapshot of one setup in paper tut161.ppt (bsus2000 directory on netlab1/
netlab2.usu.edu). If IP filtering somewhere blocks SLP traffic then only
partials appear, natch. Encryption isn't involved.
        If a server does house an SLP DA then you can help the resident
Service Agents (SAs) by editing etc\slp.cfg to state the IP address of
a DA.
        SLP is oblivious to NDS tree boundries. It crosses them willy nilly.
        Lastly, SLPDA.NLM has various versions, some better than others.
If in doubt go backward in Service Pack time to say SP2 or so.
        Joe D.

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Wed May  3 22:43:09 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 17:43:09 -0400
Subject: NW5 NAT implicit filtering
Message-ID: <s910652d.024@lan.newpaltz.edu>

while fingering thu inetcfg, noticed that "NAT implicit filtering" is on on some servers and off on others.  This is a suprise, to me, as I never messed with that at all.

It is "on" on the server doing Netscape ES and the GW (includes GWIA) servers and off on the others.  

I am not clear, from the help screen, what this means.  NAT is off, in anycase. Clarification anyone?

-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From rsher02 at EMORY.EDU  Wed May  3 22:49:45 2000
From: rsher02 at EMORY.EDU (Robert Sherman)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 17:49:45 -0400
Subject: Displaying Logged in ID
References: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHECEMOCGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>
Message-ID: <39109F24.FAE3BCAC@emory.edu>

what platforms? what type of network? how are the users logging in?




Bill Broadway wrote:

> Ok, I had asked this before, a few people responded but nothing I
> could really use. In our computer lab we use VNC to monitor the
> computers, but only when we feel some illicit act is happening.
> Earlier we had about 8 guys around a screen cutting up and rowdy
> looking at a site that contained pornographic images. We warned them
> to break it up, they of course ignored it. We could have called
> campus security, but that's usually only a last resort. What we need
> is some way to tell who is logged into the computer at that time. VNC
> wont give you that info, another program I used before was Altiris
> Vision and it did put the user id in the title bar so you knew who
> was logged in. This way we knew the name of the person, and we could
> suspend their account if need be.
>
> Anyone know a way to do this? It seems like it would be simple but I
> don't have the capability. What we need is a small program maybe that
> runs at login and gets the userid and displays it in a small window
> in the corner of the screen that is always on top and can't be
> closed. If someone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Bill

 

From stead at ISTAR.CA  Wed May  3 23:03:15 2000
From: stead at ISTAR.CA (Greg Bembridge)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 18:03:15 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <3910A2A9.21A0AA60@istar.ca>

We have Backup Exec without the open file option, and it skips numerous
files in Groupwise as they are open.  Same message as you get when it is
trying to backup console.log file.  If there is an easy solution to get
around this (Dana seems to have it working) then I would love to hear
about it.

Greg

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Wed May  3 23:08:06 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 18:08:06 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB44@mta_internet>

So it's not just me.

At least, Kevin, you seem to experience a more useful tech. support
person than I.

Thanks for the TIDs, I shall look them up!

Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Kevin Leadbeater [SMTP:kleadbea at ESO.ORG]
        Sent:   Wednesday, May 03, 2000 1:05 PM
        Subject:        Re: License error in NW5 - anyone else?

        My penny worth...

        I opened an incident with Novell after my nw5 server started
displaying
        console messages and rather more annoyingly started broadcasting
messages
        to users after sp4 was applied.  The technical support engineer
gave me
        lots of TIDs.  These  have not helped with the console messages,
but do
        restrict the broadcasting (TID 10017305, 10025366).  The
engineer has
        helped a small amount, but in the main has just suggested
patches that he
        can't tell me what they do!

        He suggested the new NLS patch (which "gets rid of the many
problems with
        licensing in nw5 and replaces NLS with a new version like in
nw51"), This
        was patch nlslsp4a.exe - "that fixes everything" - but then 4b
came out the
        next day, and I haven't read the latest readme's yet.  One
annoying point
        is the version control - I'm not sure whether 5.0, 5.01, 5.02 is
the
        correct number because the readme (TID 2955876) has various
numbers in it.
        And these appear to be confused with the sp4 patch too.  On
first glance,
        TID 2956257 (nlslsp4b) looks better.  I'll try it on my test
tree when i
        get a chance...

        With regard to the knowledge base, there are several TIDs there
that
        reference the C001001 errors, but none that clearly explain what
is going
        wrong or how to correct it (none that work for me, that is!).
Also the
        nls patch describes a new deployment tool for nls - but not what
it does!

        Kevin

        --
        Kevin Leadbeater, Desktop Systems Administrator,
        European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2,
        D-85748 Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
        Email: kleadbea at eso.org  Tel: +49-89-32006460  Fax:
+49-89-32006380

 

From netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM  Wed May  3 23:17:34 2000
From: netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM (John Namias)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 18:17:34 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <s9105f0e.043@krlegal.com>

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From MKessler at CERES.SFSU.EDU  Wed May  3 23:20:55 2000
From: MKessler at CERES.SFSU.EDU (Michael Kessler)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 18:20:55 -0400
Subject: Appleshare 3.6.4 problems
Message-ID: <200005032220.PAA08884@diana.sfsu.edu>

My apologies for any duplication, but I've had problems sending out
mail from my server (and probably indirectly related this problem).

One of my colleagues swears that he just ran the purge command on
his server, and all of a sudden the Mac clones with system 7.6 and
Appleshare 3.6.4 can't connect to the server.  The following message
appears on the screen:  "This server does not use a recognizable log
on sequence."  Any explanation and solution for this problem?
Thanks.

Michael Kessler
College of Humanities
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
MKessler at ceres.sfsu.edu
voice: 415 338-1662
FAX: 415 338-7030
********************************************

 

From tonyw at MAILMEDIA.COM  Wed May  3 23:28:43 2000
From: tonyw at MAILMEDIA.COM (Tony Woodruff)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 18:28:43 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <s9104631.056@flanders.mailmedia.com>

Unfortunately, the GroupWise server is a separate box - so an NCF file wouldn't help - wrong server.  The CRON utility should work however, and I shall look into it.

Thanks for everyone's suggestions.  I wish there was a more elegant solution than unloading GroupWise and setting up CRON - but that's why we get paid isn't it!

Tony Woodruff
Mailmedia, Inc.


>>> John Namias <netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM> 5/3/2000 4:16:26 PM >>>
BackupExec will run a "command" before and after its backup.  You could
put the StuffKey commands in NCF files and have BE run the NCFs.

John

>>> Eric Bloom <Eric at SENTGROUP.COM> 5/3/00 3:09:49 PM >>>
We do the following:

Set up Stuffkey with the keystrokes to unload MTA, POA, etc.
Have CRON run Stuffkey at the appropriate time
Have the desktop scheduler either unload notify or logout the user from
the network (we do the latter) at the appropriate time
Run the backup
Schedule CRON to re-load the GW stuff

We've been doing that for a long time with no problems and yes, we've had
to go to the tape for a restore on a production system and it worked
without a hitch.

HTH

Eric

Eric A. Bloom
Sentinel Management Group, Inc.
Tel: 847-412-4420
Fax: 847-412-4470
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http://www.sentgroup.com 

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>>> tonyw at MAILMEDIA.COM 05/02/2000 11:31:21 >>>
I struggle with poor backups of my GroupWise server.

Since St. Bernards' OFM and Veritas "Open File Option" both cause locking
problems on my servers does anybody have a solution to getting a proper
daily backup of our GroupWise databases?

I have two ideas that I'd like to hear feedback on - plus if anyone has
other ideas I'm "all ears" (or is it "eyes"?).

Idea #1)  Run somebody's OFM that works and doesn't cause abends,
lock-ups and client-file locking problems on the servers.  Any ideas?
idea #2)  Run a CRON utility that shuts down GroupWise for a time during
the night while the tape system hits it, then brings it back up a bit
later.

I don't know how happy the server would be about having the full
GroupWise system loading and unloading every day (I cringe every time I
"unload" an NLM).

Any thoughts on these possible solutions?  Any more ideas?

Thanks

- Tony -


And now for the quote of the day...

"You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize
that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R."
--Dennis Miller

 

From minn0008 at METNET.EDU  Thu May  4 00:37:52 2000
From: minn0008 at METNET.EDU (dh)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 19:37:52 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <200005032337.SAA06314@email2.metnet.edu>

I have read many of the responses.
I am hoping the history I provide may ring a bell with the user having the
problems.

What controller are you using?

I was suffering the EXACT problems you are having about one year ago with a
MEGARAID controller and Baracuda 9 GIG drives in RAID 5 config.

The system was stable for several months, but then a drive failed and was
replaced. After that , we were getting frequent drive failures.

We put in a newer MEGARAID controller, but still saw failures and continued
replacing drives as needed.

One day, after drive replacement, as soon as the REBUILD was complete, TWO
drives failed at the same time.

You all know what this means!!!!!!!!!!!


Since this was a critical box, we elected to simply replace the whole
system ( at our expense )with a server from another vendor using an
emergency overnight purchase procedure.

As to the server in question, I posted these problems and someone on this
list advised checking BIOS version of the drives, and, with all of the
replacement drives we had installed on a 5 drive system, these were all
different and in some cases quite old on the drives that had not failed.

I sent ALL the drives to SEAGATE for BIOS updates (they indicated I could
not do this myself).

The server is working, but I have been using for testing only, but soon to
be in service in a less critical setting.

Still not sure if the BIOS or heat problems were the culprit, or if the
problem is really resolved.

Hope this helps.

Let us know if you have questions.

Thanks

Dana Harrington





























On Mon, 1 May 2000 12:48:59 -0400 wrote...
>Last night, I experienced my 3rd Seagate Barracuda (ST118273W) failure
>in less then 8 months!!
>
>Can anyone recommend a reliable 18.2gb (or larger) Single Ended
>Ultra-wide SCSI HD?
>
>I'm in a very vulnerable state now with 1 drive missing from the RAID-5
>configuration.
>
>Has anyone else experienced problems with this HD?
>I just knew I was in for trouble the first day I inspected these drives;
>they are full of wire-mods!!!
>
>Your suggestions are appreciated,
>Shawn
>________________________________________________________________________
>___
>Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
>Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
>email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
>postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
><mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>
>
>

 

From Bob_Cameron at LSE.COM.AU  Thu May  4 01:03:59 2000
From: Bob_Cameron at LSE.COM.AU (Bob Cameron)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 20:03:59 -0400
Subject: Strange rights behaviour NW 4.10, NFS & FTP
Message-ID: <000001bfb55c$42e0a320$4401000a@mc68.lse.com.au>

Gidday

Have a NW410 server & Intranetware print services. Added NFS namespace (and
configured the FTP server to use it) to make use of long file names for our
remote users. These users are running W95/WS-FTP and have set the host type
to Unix standard.

When these users remote upload a file (say) into their home directory it is
created with only R,W and A rights. This obviously means they cant see the
file when they are logged in at work. The normal "at work" functions are
fine. (The users rights are RWCEMFA)

I cant see where the FTP server has to be configured to create files with
the default rights for that user. I assume it is to do with setting UMASK?

As a side issue I have a second server at this site and note that I cant see
LFN's on it even though it has NFS namespace. I only have the FTP server
running on one machine.

Any ideas?

Bob Cameron
Network Administrator
LSE Technology
Quantum Pacific

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From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Thu May  4 01:06:03 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 20:06:03 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <01JOZ0JLGCEW94DVTD@cc.usu.edu>

>I have read many of the responses.
>I am hoping the history I provide may ring a bell with the user having the
>problems.
>
>What controller are you using?
>
>I was suffering the EXACT problems you are having about one year ago with a
>MEGARAID controller and Baracuda 9 GIG drives in RAID 5 config.
>
>The system was stable for several months, but then a drive failed and was
>replaced. After that , we were getting frequent drive failures.
>
>We put in a newer MEGARAID controller, but still saw failures and continued
>replacing drives as needed.
>
>One day, after drive replacement, as soon as the REBUILD was complete, TWO
>drives failed at the same time.
>
>You all know what this means!!!!!!!!!!!

        Since you asked. To me it means either of two things. One is the
drives died from heat exhaustion. Use the finger test on the drives; it's
that simple. The other is the controller is fubar and thinks drives are
gone when they aren't. Decent drives such as the Seagate 9GB SCSI's don't
die like flys unless overheated well beyond reasonable limits. Put another
way, the box probably has rotten thermal engineering.
        Joe D.

 

From joey at EPIX.NET  Thu May  4 01:46:55 2000
From: joey at EPIX.NET (Joe Searfoss Jr.)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 20:46:55 -0400
Subject: Upgrading Netware 3.11 to SBS 4.11
Message-ID: <3910C876.FCEF6000@epix.net>

Hello,

I currently run a small Netware 3.11 network ( I know this is not year
2000 compliant, but we decided not to upgrade and have had no problems)
anyway, the other day I was given Netware For Small Business 4.11. It is
not an upgrade version. What I was wondering was will this still allow
me to upgrade our 3.11 network or will I have to do a clean install ?


Thanks
Joe

 

From Lester.Bennett at TREASURY.QLD.GOV.AU  Thu May  4 01:58:59 2000
From: Lester.Bennett at TREASURY.QLD.GOV.AU (Lester.Bennett at TREASURY.QLD.GOV.AU)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 20:58:59 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <4A2568D5.0002BF3A.00@nt_trs_2.treasury.qld.gov.au>

We use Mylex DAC960 RAID contollers in external towers with IBM DGHS 9.1GB
drives.
When we first started using them we had drives reported as dead by the
controller and it was found to be a timing problem with the drives. Since
the drive firmware was flash upgraded we haven't had the problem. Maybe the
problem here is the bios versions and updating them through your dealer or
Seagate could be the answer.

Lester Bennett
Queensland Treasury
Brisbane,  Qld.,  Australia

 

From Eric at SENTGROUP.COM  Thu May  4 02:51:14 2000
From: Eric at SENTGROUP.COM (Eric Bloom)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 21:51:14 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <s910913b.022@mail.sentgroup.com>

That's why we use the CRON/Stuffkey method - different parts of GW run on different boxes.  Also, with CRON we can send a broadcast to users telling them we'll be taking the post office, the database, or whatever before we actually do it (some people keep strange hours) and allow them to save things before we log them out.

>>> tonyw at MAILMEDIA.COM 05/03/2000 17:30:24 >>>
Unfortunately, the GroupWise server is a separate box - so an NCF file wouldn't help - wrong server.  The CRON utility should work however, and I shall look into it.

Thanks for everyone's suggestions.  I wish there was a more elegant solution than unloading GroupWise and setting up CRON - but that's why we get paid isn't it!

Tony Woodruff
Mailmedia, Inc.


>>> John Namias <netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM> 5/3/2000 4:16:26 PM >>>
BackupExec will run a "command" before and after its backup.  You could
put the StuffKey commands in NCF files and have BE run the NCFs.

John

>>> Eric Bloom <Eric at SENTGROUP.COM> 5/3/00 3:09:49 PM >>>
We do the following:

Set up Stuffkey with the keystrokes to unload MTA, POA, etc.
Have CRON run Stuffkey at the appropriate time
Have the desktop scheduler either unload notify or logout the user from
the network (we do the latter) at the appropriate time
Run the backup
Schedule CRON to re-load the GW stuff

We've been doing that for a long time with no problems and yes, we've had
to go to the tape for a restore on a production system and it worked
without a hitch.

HTH

Eric

Eric A. Bloom
Sentinel Management Group, Inc.
Tel: 847-412-4420
Fax: 847-412-4470
eric at sentgroup.com 
http://www.sentgroup.com 

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confidential and are intended only for the recipient named herein.  If
you receive this message in error, please advise the author by hitting
the reply key and then delete the message and any attachments from your
computer.  Please accept our thanks in advance for your cooperation.

>>> tonyw at MAILMEDIA.COM 05/02/2000 11:31:21 >>>
I struggle with poor backups of my GroupWise server.

Since St. Bernards' OFM and Veritas "Open File Option" both cause locking
problems on my servers does anybody have a solution to getting a proper
daily backup of our GroupWise databases?

I have two ideas that I'd like to hear feedback on - plus if anyone has
other ideas I'm "all ears" (or is it "eyes"?).

Idea #1)  Run somebody's OFM that works and doesn't cause abends,
lock-ups and client-file locking problems on the servers.  Any ideas?
idea #2)  Run a CRON utility that shuts down GroupWise for a time during
the night while the tape system hits it, then brings it back up a bit
later.

I don't know how happy the server would be about having the full
GroupWise system loading and unloading every day (I cringe every time I
"unload" an NLM).

Any thoughts on these possible solutions?  Any more ideas?

Thanks

- Tony -


And now for the quote of the day...

"You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize
that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R."
--Dennis Miller

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Thu May  4 05:17:27 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 00:17:27 -0400
Subject: Connecting 2 networks via firewalls
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AD7@INTERGW>

Nope, no answers yet, so I guess noone really knows how to do it, which
makes it much harder for me as I can't really test it and really need a
pre-designed solution before I impliment the option.

BM is not good for this as with all due respect to it's being a good FW and
all, it's interfaces and user management schemes are hell, and I would
rather work with something that I know works well.

In any case, the decision here is to use the Checkpoint FW's and not to
purchase another BM server (We already have one here).

Also, BM has a problem with the NAT and VPN issues when talking through
another Firewall which is non BM, and since the second site is defined to
work through what we call a "secured VLAN", I can't use that for the
implimentation.

So anyone, I'd really appreciate some input here if you have it.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angus Scott-Fleming [SMTP:angussf at GEOAPPS.COM]
> Sent: ? ??? 03 2000 19:06
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Connecting 2 networks via firewalls
>
> On 1 May 2000, at 12:25, Mike Glassman - Admin wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am in the process of trying to come up with a scheme to connect two
> > seperate networks (2 trees) via non-Netware firewalls (Checkpoint).
> >
> > The idea is as follows :
> >
> > Tree1+Server1
> > Firewall
> > Firewall
> > Tree2+Server2
> >
> > There will be a VPN between the FireWalls.
> >
> > The idea is to allow users on either network to map a drive to the other
> > server in the other network.
> >
> > I do not want NDS data to flow though (other then for authentication
> > purposes as per the explanation following), so basically what I would
> expect
> > is that when the user performs the mapping via an icon on their desktop,
> > they will be asked to login to the second tree.
> >
> > Anyone done something similar to this ?
> >
> > I have no problem blocking all other data flow (smtp, ftp, http, and so
> on)
> > by setting rules in the firewalls, so my only issue is how to get the
> > Netware servers talking minimaly (for login only and then data
> transferals
> > of documents).
> >
> > Mike Glassman
> > System & Security Admin
> > Israeli Airports Authority
> > Ben-Gurion Airport
> > http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il
>
> Still no answers on this one?  This looks like a very interesting
> topic to me.  Does this mean nobody is doing this?
>
> Would BorderManager meet these needs?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
> angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
> ---------------------------------------------------------

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Thu May  4 05:19:56 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 00:19:56 -0400
Subject: Displaying Logged in ID
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AD8@INTERGW>

Why not use the option in NAL which displays the user name as part of the
NAL screen top bar ?

This is a standard, and you can define the NAL to not be closed by the user
(altho a smart user can ALT+CTRL+DEL anyways).

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Broadway [SMTP:bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU]
> Sent: ? ??? 03 2000 21:19
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Displaying Logged in ID
>
> Oh, I forgot to add .. having it  be a taskbar button would be fine
> as well .. someone suggested a desktop icon, but that would be hidden
> when they didnt have the desktop displayed.
>
> Bill

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Thu May  4 05:38:17 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 00:38:17 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!! (this thread is getting old)
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB46@mta_internet>

Hi Joe (uh.. et al),

I've seen a lot of comments about my issue with the 18.3gb Barracuda's
I've had trouble with (3 dead in a span of 8 months).

Someone suggested plugging the SCSI bus connector in wrong (near
impossible), over heating, et cetera.....

Why can't some people just believe that it's a combination of bad drives
and enormously bad luck!!

In my case, that is exactly what happened.  My drives run at a max.
temperature of 37 degrees Celsius and that's testing the top-side now
(which is only 5 C higher than the bottom of the drive).  BTW, I don't
even have the air conditioner on at this time either!!   I'm using a
Fluke 51 thermometer so I doubt there is more than a .5% loss of
accuracy.  So YES, DAMNIT (ha) I have proper ventilation no NO DAMNIT, I
never plugged a cable in backwards.

I suppose I get kind of defensive when someone suggests that I may not
know what I'm doing when I'm actually doing everything the right way or
better.   I'm sure you all understand this (e.g. dealing with the
Presidents and finance depts.!!!)

In 6 years, I've had no more than 7 hours of downtime (total for ALL
those years!!) and most of that was in 1996 (Damn Fujitsu HDs :-[).
BUT - The best part is that I have NEVER lost a single byte of data in
all my years of IT.

Of course, that is until these past 4 weeks... (in order of event)
* I've suffered a failed Tek Phaser 740 and it's still dead after 3
weeks but the part is said to be enroute via canoe from Vancouver!!!
'Funny' thing, the printer's warranty just expired!
* router failure,
* HD failure (though no down time due to RAID 5)
* print server failure
* hub failure (just today - fortunately a non-critical one).
* And just to make my evening perfect, I got a $600 bill from Novell for
tech. support that wasn't even helpful.

Sabotage? NO!
This has been the month from hell and I don't wish it on anyone.

Isn't it fun to see someone else suffer and just be glad it isn't you?

Okay, this is a new month, the weekend is coming, time for a cold one
and relaxation time in the hot tub!

Good night everyone.

Shawn

P.S. Any IT positions open in Vancouver?
________________________________________________________________________
__
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Joe Doupnik [SMTP:JRD at CC.USU.EDU]
        Sent:   Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:06 PM
        Subject:        Re: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!

        >I have read many of the responses.
        >I am hoping the history I provide may ring a bell with the user
having the
        >problems.
        >
        >What controller are you using?
        >
        >I was suffering the EXACT problems you are having about one
year ago with a
        >MEGARAID controller and Baracuda 9 GIG drives in RAID 5 config.
        >
        >The system was stable for several months, but then a drive
failed and was
        >replaced. After that , we were getting frequent drive failures.
        >
        >We put in a newer MEGARAID controller, but still saw failures
and continued
        >replacing drives as needed.
        >
        >One day, after drive replacement, as soon as the REBUILD was
complete, TWO
        >drives failed at the same time.
        >
        >You all know what this means!!!!!!!!!!!

                Since you asked. To me it means either of two things.
One is the
        drives died from heat exhaustion. Use the finger test on the
drives; it's
        that simple. The other is the controller is fubar and thinks
drives are
        gone when they aren't. Decent drives such as the Seagate 9GB
SCSI's don't
        die like flys unless overheated well beyond reasonable limits.
Put another
        way, the box probably has rotten thermal engineering.
                Joe D.

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Thu May  4 05:43:13 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 00:43:13 -0400
Subject: SP4A for 5.0
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191ADA@INTERGW>

All,

This TID is important for those running this SP.

OS5SP4a communication problems
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?10050978

Mike Glassman
System & Security Admin
Israeli Airports Authority
Ben-Gurion Airport
http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il

Tel : 972-3-9710785
Fax : 972-3-9710939
Email : admin at iaa.gov.il

Usage of this email address or any email address at iaa.gov.il for the
purpose of sales pitches, SPAM or any other such unwanted garbage, is
illegal, and any person, whether corporate or alone doing so, will be
prosecuted to the fullest possible extent.

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Thu May  4 06:23:48 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 01:23:48 -0400
Subject: License error in NW5 - anyone else?
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB47@mta_internet>

>From  TID#1001730  (Thanks Kevin!)
***
Note: To prevent the messages from being broadcast on the network, do
the following:
In NWADMIN right click on NLS_LSP_<server name> and select details.
There is a check box that you uncheck to disable Policy Manager
broadcast messages. Select the Notify tab and make a user assignment.
Only the users selected will received the messages. If a user is not
designated to receive the broadcasts, everyone on the network will
receive them.
***

Where the heck is this Notify tab so that I may follow this procedure?
All I see is a LSP Configuration button.

I'm trying to disable to broadcasts from the server.. thus far I tried
adding
#z:\send /a=n

but this opens a DOS window on the workstations that need to be manually
closed.
Also, the command prevents all broadcast messages from reaching the
client.

There must be a better way?

Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:14:08 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:14:08 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.1000502150429.16682A@godzilla6.acpub.duke.edu>
References: <4.3.1.2.20000502021320.00a81710@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <68B30C42FC0@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> 5.1 doesn't support ssh.  Novell is leaving administrators hanging
> that need to use a SECURE remote console...  -sigh-

        What is SSH?

        Thanks in advance.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:14:09 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:14:09 -0400
Subject: Novell & NT Mappings = Slow?
In-Reply-To: <2E4A41931AB@ALUM.UHS.EDU>
Message-ID: <68D909C20A6@inter-corporate.net>

> We have an individual on our Network that is logging into a Novell
> 4.11 server (NW4SP8A) and also has a mapping to an NT 4.0 (SP5)
> server. If the user cancels the mapping to the NT server, all
> applications will run fine. If the mapping to the NT server is
> allowed, all apps run VERY slow.

        Do other users login to both servers too?  If not, then you might
want to set another one up temporarily to find out if it's a network
or a local workstation problem.

> The access order has been changed from the Microsoft client 1st and
> Novell client 2nd to the Novell client 1st and this didn't help. It
> is currently set for Novell client=1st. He is using the latest Novell
> 4.7 client for NT as well (was on 4.61).

        Re-installation of any third party software, including Client32, is
often needed after applying or [re-]installing any Microsoft patches,
updates, drivers, or applications in order to ensure everything runs
smoothly.

> Anyone have any ideas on how to use both mappings and get all apps up
> to speed?

        Assuming that your Windows NT server can handle the load, other
possibilities are your Routers or cabling, but more likely your NICs
in both servers and workstations.

        Some NICs include performance enhancing functionality by signalling
IRQs before the packets have arrived completely, thus making Windows
appear to perform better (when the Mouse, GUI, Sound Card, &c, are
the priority, other IRQs just don't get immediate attention).

        As network professionals, we tend to disable these fancy features in
order to ensure smoother network operations, especially when dealing
with NetWare and Unix (which both have their priorities right from
the network's point of view), and as a result Windows users suffer.

        Look into the performance settings of your NICs, then make notes
about their current settings before tweaking them (just in case you
need to change them back to the original settings), and let us know
if that makes any difference.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:14:10 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:14:10 -0400
Subject: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
In-Reply-To: <E3191797BE96D111AB8B0000F806805401F14811@orlex03.orl.medcity.net>
Message-ID: <68D508069F3@inter-corporate.net>

> THANK YOU JOE D.  That was exactly what I was looking for.  The second part
> of the fix in TID 10026600 says to download and install nslcgi1a.exe.
> Surprise, Surprise, NO WHERE to be found.  Any one know where I can find
> this one?  Joe D anything left in your bag of tricks?
> FYI Novell TID 10026562 (last modified 01 MAY2000)  lists the FIX to
> download the latest version of Netscape Servers for Netware, however, the
> file is NO WHERE on NOVELL's site.  Thanks again Joe D.  This list is GREAT.

        The following URI has all the details:

                Novell:  Netscape Servers for NetWare
                http://www.novell.com/products/netscape_servers/enterprise.html

        I've received quick responses from Novell by using the "Feedback"
button, which is near the bottom of every web page on Novell's web
sites.  You could always pose your question there too.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:14:17 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:14:17 -0400
Subject: Partition Utility
In-Reply-To: <41F5A1F9D303D311B3A500805FD7A4009AAC82@sgl-mail1.systems-group.net>
Message-ID: <68E1FB879B4@inter-corporate.net>

> Hello everyone, we are looking for a utility that maps your NDS
> infrastructure to an Excel spreadsheet.  From what we know, this utility is
> available from Novell, as well as other Internet resources.  Also, from what
> we can tell, this utility is called 'partitionexcel.exe.'
[Snip]

        I believe this might be what you're searching for -- it will create
the reports in Text, Quattro Pro, and Excel format:

                Wolfgang's Tools Network
                http://www.geocities.com/wstools/
                (Select "NDS Tools" then "NDSRpt.Zip")

        Plus this one builds a spreadsheet-style report of your replicas:

                TUNG:  Downloads
                http://www.tung.nu/downloads/downloads.html
                (Search the page with your Browser for "RPTCVT")

        Here is another one that might be helpful:

                DS Designer (and simulator, plus more!)
                http://dsdesigner.hypermart.net/

        And a list of things to do to ensure your NDS tree is healthy:

                Weekly Health Check for NDS
                www.novell.com/coolsolutions/nds/tips/t_basics_ds_healthcheck.html

        Also this tool will help you integrate Microsoft Office, and
probably others, into NDS properly, just in case you need to design
something custom for your clients:

                NEO - NDS-Enabled Office
                http://webapps.novell.com/coolsolutions/freetools.html#neo

        I hope this helps!

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:14:18 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:14:18 -0400
Subject: FYI: NetWare ABEND Analysis System - Beta Site
In-Reply-To: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AB8@INTERGW>
Message-ID: <68D128178E2@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> > > http://abend.provo.novell.com/
> >
> >         Many people have recommended this web site to me, but it's
> > always down.  Do you think it may be ABENDing?
[Snip]
> Good one Randy :)

        It's working now.  This appears to be a very useful web site,
especially because it includes a detailed explanation of ABENDs in
the "Online Training" section.

> Actually, I'v used it a few times, but only on 1 occassion did it actually
> have a solution to my AbEnd.

        That's better than none!  =)

> It's still in the beta stage, so maybe that's what's happening ?

        Good one Mike!  ;-)

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:14:19 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:14:19 -0400
Subject: Unsubscription
In-Reply-To: <200005021852.OAA12817@interlock2.lexmark.com>
Message-ID: <68E96632B99@inter-corporate.net>

> could you please stop sending me novell mail you send me a virus
> and my company complained to me... please do not send me any more
> mail !!!!
>
> Davina
>
> Technical Support Engineer
> Technical Services Marlow
> Phone : 01628 480631    Fax  : 01628 481908

        You are subscribed to a list server with more than 3000 members
worldwide.  Someone recently posted a virus unintentionally, and it's
not something that normally happens on this list.

        I'm not the moderator, so all I can do is refer you to a web site
that explains how you can control your subscription status:

                Novell FAQ -- Section B -- The Mailing List
                http://netlab1.usu.edu/novell.faq/nvfaq-b.htm#B002

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:15:17 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:15:17 -0400
Subject: SCRNROLL.NLM
In-Reply-To: <0005031417003Z.00275@noname>
Message-ID: <699E4214808@inter-corporate.net>

> SCRNROLL.NLM is a freebie from Compaq.  It is quite slick and does
> exactly what I needed it for.  Here it is for those of you who do
> not have it.  The readme file tells you all about how to use it.
[Snip - File attachment:  ScrnRoll.Exe]

        Please NEVER send file attachments to this list server.  Some of our
members print all the eMails from this list and read it later, and
file attachments waste many pages of garbage.  File attachments also
waste bandwidth.

        The best way to let others know about files, such as this one, is to
include a URI for downloading it (or offer to send it to people
directly if the licensing permits it).

        Thanks in advance.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:15:53 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:15:53 -0400
Subject: Removing A/S IT 6.6
In-Reply-To: <200005032043.QAA12432@websmtp1.bellsouth.bigfoot.com>
Message-ID: <69CB007070F@inter-corporate.net>

> What's the cleanest way to remove Arcserve IT 6.6 from a server
> and NDS?

        Removing from the server is easy:
                - Remove directory it was installed in
                - Remove AStart6.NCF and AStop6.NCF from "Sys:System/"

        I'm not sure about NDS, but then again I've never had to remove it.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:15:54 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:15:54 -0400
Subject: Appleshare 3.6.4 problems
In-Reply-To: <200005032220.PAA08884@diana.sfsu.edu>
Message-ID: <6A863166731@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> My apologies for any duplication, but I've had problems sending out
> mail from my server (and probably indirectly related this problem).

        No duplication noticed here.  I only received one copy of this
message from you.  =)

> One of my colleagues swears that he just ran the purge command on
> his server, and all of a sudden the Mac clones with system 7.6 and
> Appleshare 3.6.4 can't connect to the server.  The following message
> appears on the screen:  "This server does not use a recognizable log
> on sequence."  Any explanation and solution for this problem?
> Thanks.

        Perhaps you need to rebuild the desktop?  See the following TIDs for
more information:

                MAC - "Desktop files are invalid or damaged"
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?14855
                (One symptom is "CANNOT SEE Macintosh VOLUME FROM THE CHOOSER")

                Attempt to connect to server has failed - Mac
                http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2922094

        By the way, which version of NetWare are you using?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:15:55 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:15:55 -0400
Subject: Upgrading Netware 3.11 to SBS 4.11
In-Reply-To: <3910C876.FCEF6000@epix.net>
Message-ID: <6A876E9443E@inter-corporate.net>

> Hello,

        Hi there!  =)

> I currently run a small Netware 3.11 network ( I know this is not year
> 2000 compliant, but we decided not to upgrade and have had no problems)
> anyway, the other day I was given Netware For Small Business 4.11. It is
> not an upgrade version. What I was wondering was will this still allow
> me to upgrade our 3.11 network or will I have to do a clean install ?

        Yes, you can still use the in-place upgrade procedure if you like
since there is no difference between the upgrade CD-ROM and the
full-package CD-ROM (as far as I know).

        As usual, you should ensure you have full backups prior to
upgrading.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 10:16:27 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:16:27 -0400
Subject: Displaying Logged in ID
In-Reply-To: <39109F24.FAE3BCAC@emory.edu>
Message-ID: <69D7F992037@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> what platforms?

        Good question.

> what type of network?

        Obviously, a Novell network, given the subject of this list (if not,
then this message is off-topic).

> how are the users logging in?

        This question raises a very good point.  If the user disables login
script processing, then the utility can't be started automatically
from the login script.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK  Thu May  4 10:19:20 2000
From: a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK (Andy Swiffin)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:19:20 -0400
Subject: LDAP catalogue dredge failing
In-Reply-To: <3906BF2F.26675.4B39D8@localhost>
References: <E12iJE3-0005B5-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <E12nHmv-0002zd-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>

> On 20 Apr 2000, at 16:50, Andy Swiffin wrote:
> > I'm starting to use LDAP catalogs in anger and I'm having a few
> > problems in the dredge, I wonder if anyone else has seen this/has
> > any ideas.

From:                   "Paul Rock" <Rock at Cardiff.ac.uk>
> If you apply os5sp4a all will be well with DSCAT. os5sp4a will break
> mercnds.nlm though (sigh)!
>

Thanks to Paul for this tip - It does indeed fix my catalog dredges -
Last night was the first of the scheduled dredges and interestingly
the timing of the dredge seems to have been fixed too.  The
specified time in the schedule seemed to have had little relation to
when they actually started before, sometimes up to an hour later,
last nights were on the dot.

With Os5sp4a I ran into the ipxrtr problem and had to ensure that
this was loaded right at the end of the boot.

Does anyone know when the Clib problem in the patch will be fixed?

Cheers
Andy

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Andy Swiffin,
Senior network specialist,
IT services, Dundee University,
Dundee, DD1 4HN.
SCOTLAND.  UK.      Tel 01382 344762
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Thu May  4 11:09:13 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 06:09:13 -0400
Subject: NT Mappings and access extremely slow after client install
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AE5@INTERGW>

Hi all,

I know this has been discussed before, but we have not found a solution yet.

We have mutliple Netware and NT servers on our network.

When a WS is installed with only the M$ client, access to the NT servers
(Shares, web pages, apps) works a charm.

The moment we install the Netware Client, all directory accesses on the NT's
become extremely slow, up to the point were the opening of a web page which
sits on an IIS server goes from 2 seconds to and up to 50 seconds. Opening a
shared directory (Initiall access to get a list of the directories is
allways fast) but opening a shared directory itself can take up to 10
seconds. Accesses after opening the directoty the first time become normal
for a while and then once again slow down.

Removal of the Netware client and all is fine again.

I tried removing the IPX binding on the M$ client side in order to
facilitate only IP access to these servers (NT) with no change in access
times.

We'v checked the Network, Routers etc, and the only thing I can see, is that
in some way, something is affected after installing the Netware Client (same
with 3.1, 3.1SP2, 3.2).

I hate to blame the Client for anything, but in this case I have noone or
nothing else to blame.

Anyone had a similar issue or knows of any other solution ?????

TIA,

Mike Glassman
System & Security Admin
Israeli Airports Authority
Ben-Gurion Airport
http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il

Tel : 972-3-9710785
Fax : 972-3-9710939
Email : admin at iaa.gov.il

Usage of this email address or any email address at iaa.gov.il for the
purpose of sales pitches, SPAM or any other such unwanted garbage, is
illegal, and any person, whether corporate or alone doing so, will be
prosecuted to the fullest possible extent.

 

From novell at SOC.LG.GOV.UA  Thu May  4 12:28:33 2000
From: novell at SOC.LG.GOV.UA (novell)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 07:28:33 -0400
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <1687.000504@soc.lg.gov.ua>

I have a problem with Netware Application Launcher.

I create Object Application in my NDS.
I create a user and assotiate the Application Object with him.
I login with that username.
When I run NALW95.EXE i get message, that user have no application,
assotiated with him.

What is the metter? How can I resolve a problem?
I simply want to see what is NAL and what can get from him.

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Thu May  4 13:12:33 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 08:12:33 -0400
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AE7@INTERGW>

See the following TID.

Maybe it will answer you.

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?10052356

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: novell [SMTP:novell at SOC.LG.GOV.UA]
> Sent: ? ??? 04 2000 15:31
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:
>
> I have a problem with Netware Application Launcher.
>
> I create Object Application in my NDS.
> I create a user and assotiate the Application Object with him.
> I login with that username.
> When I run NALW95.EXE i get message, that user have no application,
> assotiated with him.
>
> What is the metter? How can I resolve a problem?
> I simply want to see what is NAL and what can get from him.

 

From mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM  Thu May  4 13:34:14 2000
From: mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM (Mark Puchalski)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 08:34:14 -0400
Subject: Backup Exec backup up GroupWise Files
Message-ID: <s91135e7.069@xjp.couzens.com>

If you go to your BackupExec client screen on the server, go to Options, then Backup.  You can tell BE to backup open files either with or without a lock.

When you set this option, I believe you'll need to recreate your jobs for this change to be effective.

>>> stead at ISTAR.CA 5/3/2000 6:05:30 PM >>>
We have Backup Exec without the open file option, and it skips numerous
files in Groupwise as they are open.  Same message as you get when it is
trying to backup console.log file.  If there is an easy solution to get
around this (Dana seems to have it working) then I would love to hear
about it.

Greg


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From barroj at TBH.NET  Thu May  4 13:38:14 2000
From: barroj at TBH.NET (John Barro)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 08:38:14 -0400
Subject: Arcserve IT 6.6 for Netware - Service Connection Broken
Message-ID: <s9113498.023@tbh.net>

We are running Arcserve IT version 6.6 for Netware.  I have applied the latest service patch (SP4 - L070914.zip) dated January 2000.  We have 2 Netware 5 servers, both running with the identical latest service packs.  We use one server as the backup server, with a DLT attached as SCSI ID 5.  We also have a Dell Poweredge 4200 server which is our main application server.  This server is remote to the backup server, but is on the same network segment (the servers are actually in the same room about 5 feet apart - physically).

Whenever I back up the remote server (which has a total used capacity of 7GB), the process gets so far, and then I receive an error E3015 - Service Connection Broken message.  The connection is never broken at the same point in time during the backup.  Sometimes 98,000 files are backed up, other times 50,000 files are backed up, and sometimes the backup completes without breaking the connection.

I've checked the SCSI settings of the tape drive, SCSI controller, etc. and they all appear fine.  One of the directories that I am backing up on the remote server contains a dozen or so subfolders which totals 251 MB but contains 117,166 files.

Any information would be greatful.  Thanks,
John
barroj at tbh.net 
807.343.6785

 

From Philip.Dohnanyi at WPGINVEST.COM  Thu May  4 13:52:25 2000
From: Philip.Dohnanyi at WPGINVEST.COM (Philip.Dohnanyi at WPGINVEST.COM)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 08:52:25 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <852568D5.0046997E.00@nylnmta.wpginvest.com>

It might not be the drives at all but rather the controller.  We recently had an
issue with an array where drives would continually fail - sometimes one drive
would fail sometimes two.  We replaced drives, SCSI cables, even the backplane
but the issue continued sporadicaly.  Finaly when 4 drives simultaneously failed
we replaced the controller and the 4 'failed' drives came back to life and the
system has been fine ever since.

Have you confirmed that the drives are in fact failed by putting them in a
different system?

Phil D.

On 05/03/2000 07:37:52 PM dh  wrote:

<> I have read many of the responses.
<> I am hoping the history I provide may ring a bell with the user having the
<> problems.
<>
<> What controller are you using?
<>
<> I was suffering the EXACT problems you are having about one year ago with a
<> MEGARAID controller and Baracuda 9 GIG drives in RAID 5 config.
<>
<> The system was stable for several months, but then a drive failed and was
<> replaced. After that , we were getting frequent drive failures.
<>
<> We put in a newer MEGARAID controller, but still saw failures and continued
<> replacing drives as needed.
<>
<> One day, after drive replacement, as soon as the REBUILD was complete, TWO
<> drives failed at the same time.
<>
<> You all know what this means!!!!!!!!!!!
<>
<>
<> Since this was a critical box, we elected to simply replace the whole
<> system ( at our expense )with a server from another vendor using an
<> emergency overnight purchase procedure.
<>
<> As to the server in question, I posted these problems and someone on this
<> list advised checking BIOS version of the drives, and, with all of the
<> replacement drives we had installed on a 5 drive system, these were all
<> different and in some cases quite old on the drives that had not failed.
<>
<> I sent ALL the drives to SEAGATE for BIOS updates (they indicated I could
<> not do this myself).
<>
<> The server is working, but I have been using for testing only, but soon to
<> be in service in a less critical setting.
<>
<> Still not sure if the BIOS or heat problems were the culprit, or if the
<> problem is really resolved.
<>
<> Hope this helps.
<>
<> Let us know if you have questions.
<>
<> Thanks
<>
<> Dana Harrington
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<>
<> On Mon, 1 May 2000 12:48:59 -0400 wrote...
<> >Last night, I experienced my 3rd Seagate Barracuda (ST118273W) failure
<> >in less then 8 months!!
<> >
<> >Can anyone recommend a reliable 18.2gb (or larger) Single Ended
<> >Ultra-wide SCSI HD?
<> >
<> >I'm in a very vulnerable state now with 1 drive missing from the RAID-5
<> >configuration.
<> >
<> >Has anyone else experienced problems with this HD?
<> >I just knew I was in for trouble the first day I inspected these drives;
<> >they are full of wire-mods!!!
<> >
<> >Your suggestions are appreciated,
<> >Shawn
<> >________________________________________________________________________
<> >___
<> >Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
<> >Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
<> >email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
<> >postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
<> ><mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>
<> >
<> >

 

From prandal at HEREFORDSHIRE.GOV.UK  Thu May  4 14:03:06 2000
From: prandal at HEREFORDSHIRE.GOV.UK (Randal, Phil)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:03:06 -0400
Subject: Arcserve IT 6.6 for Netware - Service Connection Broken
Message-ID: <23429C708328D211B21200A0C9B2176130F230@prospero.herefordshire.gov.uk>

We're seeing the same problem here - an abend in FSTAPE2.NLM
(Arcserve push agent) on the remote Server being backed up.

Both servers running NW5 SP4 + OS5SP4A.  Arcserve IT 6.6 SP4

Phil

------------------------------------------------------------
Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council, UK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Barro [mailto:barroj at TBH.NET]
> Sent: 04 May 2000 13:28
> To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Arcserve IT 6.6 for Netware - Service Connection Broken
>
>
> We are running Arcserve IT version 6.6 for Netware.  I have
> applied the latest service patch (SP4 - L070914.zip) dated
> January 2000.  We have 2 Netware 5 servers, both running with
> the identical latest service packs.  We use one server as the
> backup server, with a DLT attached as SCSI ID 5.  We also
> have a Dell Poweredge 4200 server which is our main
> application server.  This server is remote to the backup
> server, but is on the same network segment (the servers are
> actually in the same room about 5 feet apart - physically).
>
> Whenever I back up the remote server (which has a total used
> capacity of 7GB), the process gets so far, and then I receive
> an error E3015 - Service Connection Broken message.  The
> connection is never broken at the same point in time during
> the backup.  Sometimes 98,000 files are backed up, other
> times 50,000 files are backed up, and sometimes the backup
> completes without breaking the connection.
>
> I've checked the SCSI settings of the tape drive, SCSI
> controller, etc. and they all appear fine.  One of the
> directories that I am backing up on the remote server
> contains a dozen or so subfolders which totals 251 MB but
> contains 117,166 files.
>
> Any information would be greatful.  Thanks,
> John
> barroj at tbh.net
> 807.343.6785
>

 

From DMaunder at MIDNIGHTOIL.COM.AU  Thu May  4 14:08:22 2000
From: DMaunder at MIDNIGHTOIL.COM.AU (Daryl Maunder)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:08:22 -0400
Subject: Upgrading Netware 3.11 to SBS 4.11
Message-ID: <s91201d6.081@mail.midnightoil.com.au>

Be aware that support for NWSB 4.11 from Novell ended on 1st of May this year, along with BM2.1, and NW 4.10 amongst others. In regard to the upgrade, I would do a clean install. Careful with the boot disk for NWSB though, it deletes all partitions on your disk by default.

DM


>>> "Joe Searfoss Jr." <joey at EPIX.NET> 04/05/2000 10:46:46 >>>
Hello,

I currently run a small Netware 3.11 network ( I know this is not year
2000 compliant, but we decided not to upgrade and have had no problems)
anyway, the other day I was given Netware For Small Business 4.11. It is
not an upgrade version. What I was wondering was will this still allow
me to upgrade our 3.11 network or will I have to do a clean install ?


Thanks
Joe

 

From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Thu May  4 14:36:48 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:36:48 -0400
Subject: Displaying Logged in ID
In-Reply-To: <39109F24.FAE3BCAC@emory.edu>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHECEOCCGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

> what platforms? what type of network? how are the users logging in?

Maybe I'm missing something here, but, Netware 5.1 and Windows 98,
users login through the latest Novell windows client.

Bill

 

From Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET  Thu May  4 14:39:19 2000
From: Charlie.Hix at COLUMBIA.NET (Hix Charlie)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:39:19 -0400
Subject: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
Message-ID: <E3191797BE96D111AB8B0000F806805401F14836@orlex03.orl.medcity.net>

I get the following when I try to access that link
This file was removed during normal site maintenance. Please access the
Novell Home Page or go BACK with your browser

I did however get the following from a Novell Rep;

Charlie,
We have pulled the patch from the web site recently for some unknown reason.
They are working on getting it back out there so 4.x customers can get to
it.   If you are running Netware 5.x, they want everyone to get up to the
latest Web server.

The file is about 80 meg so we put it out on our
<ftp://ftp.novell.com/outgoing/12843099.exe>
You will not be able to see the file in that directory but it's there and
can be downloaded.   This is the 128 bit encryption version.

Hope this helps out.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randolf Richardson [SMTP:randy at inter-corporate.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 6:00 PM
> To:   Hix Charlie; NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      Re: HELP  Netscape Enterprise Server UPDATE Gone??
>
> > THANK YOU JOE D.  That was exactly what I was looking for.  The second
> part
> > of the fix in TID 10026600 says to download and install nslcgi1a.exe.
> > Surprise, Surprise, NO WHERE to be found.  Any one know where I can find
> > this one?  Joe D anything left in your bag of tricks?
> > FYI Novell TID 10026562 (last modified 01 MAY2000)  lists the FIX to
> > download the latest version of Netscape Servers for Netware, however,
> the
> > file is NO WHERE on NOVELL's site.  Thanks again Joe D.  This list is
> GREAT.
>
>       The following URI has all the details:
>
>               Novell:  Netscape Servers for NetWare
>
> http://www.novell.com/products/netscape_servers/enterprise.html
>
>       I've received quick responses from Novell by using the "Feedback"
> button, which is near the bottom of every web page on Novell's web
> sites.  You could always pose your question there too.
>
> Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>
> Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From stowe at WAPA.GOV  Thu May  4 15:01:03 2000
From: stowe at WAPA.GOV (Jane Stowe-Harrell)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 10:01:03 -0400
Subject: Removing A/S IT 6.6
Message-ID: <s9112e3e.038@wapa.gov>

> What's the cleanest way to remove Arcserve IT 6.6 from a >server and NDS?

At the system console prompt,  type "Load AS6UTIL"  It allows you to delete, create and repair ARCServe Objects in NDS.  Refer to the Document #10010 at http:\\support.cai.com.

Jane Stowe-Harrell
stowe at wapa.gov

 

From a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK  Thu May  4 15:04:37 2000
From: a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK (Andy Swiffin)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 10:04:37 -0400
Subject: SP4A for 5.0
In-Reply-To: <E12nL7i-0000vv-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <E12nMF0-0002kC-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>

> From:    Mike Glassman - Admin <admin at IAA.GOV.IL>
>
> This TID is important for those running this SP.
> http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?10050978
>

>From the TID:

     For a temporary workaround, delay loading IPXRTR.NLM until the server is completely up.

I've moved my load ipxrtr and associated nic stuff to the end of the
autoexec and it works OK.

   For a permanent resolution, install IPXRTR.NLM (dated 20 Jan
   2000 or later) and IPXSPX.NLM (dated 13 Mar 2000 or later).

Hmm, anyone know where these files are, I tried the file finder
without success.  I guess it was too much to hope that they would
have been part of os5sp4a :-(

Cheers
Andy

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Andy Swiffin,
Senior network specialist,
IT services, Dundee University,
Dundee, DD1 4HN.
SCOTLAND.  UK.      Tel 01382 344762
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Thu May  4 15:54:23 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 10:54:23 -0400
Subject: NT Mappings and access extremely slow after client install
Message-ID: <s91156d5.097@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>Hi all,
>
>I know this has been discussed before, but we have not found a solution 
>yet.
>
>We have mutliple Netware and NT servers on our network.
>
>When a WS is installed with only the M$ client, access to the NT servers
>(Shares, web pages, apps) works a charm.
>
>The moment we install the Netware Client, all directory accesses on the 
>NT's
>become extremely slow, up to the point were the opening of a web page 
>which
>sits on an IIS server goes from 2 seconds to and up to 50 seconds. 
>Opening a
>shared directory (Initiall access to get a list of the directories is
>allways fast) but opening a shared directory itself can take up to 10
>seconds. Accesses after opening the directoty the first time become 
>normal
>for a while and then once again slow down.
>
>Removal of the Netware client and all is fine again.
>
>I tried removing the IPX binding on the M$ client side in order to
>facilitate only IP access to these servers (NT) with no change in access
>times.
>
>We'v checked the Network, Routers etc, and the only thing I can see, is 
>that
>in some way, something is affected after installing the Netware Client 
>(same
>with 3.1, 3.1SP2, 3.2).
>
>I hate to blame the Client for anything, but in this case I have noone or
>nothing else to blame.
>
>Anyone had a similar issue or knows of any other solution ?????
>
>TIA,
>
>Mike Glassman
>System & Security Admin
>Israeli Airports Authority
>Ben-Gurion Airport
>http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il 
>
>Tel : 972-3-9710785
>Fax : 972-3-9710939
>Email : admin at iaa.gov.il 
>
>Usage of this email address or any email address at iaa.gov.il for the
>purpose of sales pitches, SPAM or any other such unwanted garbage, is
>illegal, and any person, whether corporate or alone doing so, will be
>prosecuted to the fullest possible extent.

At great personal peril I offer the following "observations":  

MS has been suspected of insertin "features" in their software that cause thier products to perform adequately while causing other vendors to appear inadequate.

Rumour has it that the US Justice Dept. is in possession of certain documents that "suggest" this is deliberate and is inherent in the design of w2k.



-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From KANFERM at WILLISTON.K12.VT.US  Thu May  4 16:22:43 2000
From: KANFERM at WILLISTON.K12.VT.US (Mike Kanfer)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 11:22:43 -0400
Subject: Arcserve IT 6.6 for Netware - Service Connection Broken
In-Reply-To: <s9113498.023@tbh.net>
Message-ID: <C3F73A207C@WILLISTON.K12.VT.US>

We had the same problem although it stopped in the same spot each
night.  We found a corrupt file in a directory which hung up the
process for some reason.  We removed it and the backup now works
fine.
Mike Kanfer
Systems Administrator
Williston School District
(802) 879-5899

 

From jperry at UNM.EDU  Thu May  4 16:25:41 2000
From: jperry at UNM.EDU (Jo Ann Perry)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 11:25:41 -0400
Subject: Arcserve IT 6.6 for Netware - Service Connection Broken
Message-ID: <3949611623.957432351@dhcp-test-012.unm.edu>

Do you mean all the ESCPOD PCs but not the 2 classrooms at ESC?
jo ann


--On Thursday, May 04, 2000, 11:22 AM +0000 Mike Kanfer
<KANFERM at WILLISTON.K12.VT.US> wrote:

> We had the same problem although it stopped in the same spot each
> night.  We found a corrupt file in a directory which hung up the
> process for some reason.  We removed it and the backup now works
> fine.
> Mike Kanfer
> Systems Administrator
> Williston School District
> (802) 879-5899

 

From gkowalsky at PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM  Thu May  4 16:57:28 2000
From: gkowalsky at PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM (Gregory B. Kowalsky)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 11:57:28 -0400
Subject: FW: OFF-TOPIC or not? - Physical placement of workstations
Message-ID: <01BFB5BF.74A7D3C0.gkowalsky@philadelphiaweekly.com>

Dare to post pretty off-topic question, but I just have no
other place to ask...

Recently, I was asked (to put it softly...) to move all of our
workstations from the desks to the floor, for obvious reason -
there's no such a thing as too much space on the cubicles'
desks.

My concerns are:
- most of the stations have air-flow draw-in openings on their
bottoms =>dirt and dust in;
- the space under the desks is pretty tight =>bad air-flow, bad
cooling;
- both cubicles and floors have static-unsafe carpeting;
- users kicking and bumping the boxes w/feet, bags, chairs,
etc.

Management's:
- "I saw in my friend's office they have it on the floor"
- "My workstation's sitting on the floor, and I have no
problems" (in this specific case - the person has separate
office, separate air-conditioning, no fuzzy carpets, spacious
wooden desk, etc.)
- "Give me a proof why it can not be done"

I will be grateful for any advice for testing, arguing, proving
or negating my concerns.

<B>Disclaimer</B>: If you will find that the topic is
offensively inappropriate to the list, please blame me
off-list, in private...

--
<I><B>`</I></B>
Gregory B. Kowalsky, SysAdmin
isig: <mailto:gkowalsky at philadelphiaweekly.com> OuWin
Disclaimer: Views expressed by the author do not reflect
those of the Philadelphia WEEKLY - REVIEW Publishing LP
unless expressly stated otherwise.

 

From GImbriaco at EDDATA.COM.BR  Thu May  4 16:59:48 2000
From: GImbriaco at EDDATA.COM.BR (Guillermo Imbriaco)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 11:59:48 -0400
Subject: Groupwise 5.5
Message-ID: <s91181ed.040@eddata3.eddata.com.br>

I'm about to apply SP3 for GW5.5.  Needless to say that a full backup will be performed prior to that operation.     However, I have a question:   in the case of a terrible disaster and I have to do a full restore, will the Groupwise environment be restored as well?  (emails + document library).

Thanks.

Guillermo Pascual Imbriaco
Rio, Brazil

 

From columbo at DDS.NL  Thu May  4 17:18:53 2000
From: columbo at DDS.NL (Roland Kool)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:18:53 -0400
Subject: No subject
In-Reply-To: <1687.000504@soc.lg.gov.ua>
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050412185353@LSV.SYR.EDU>

Have you filled in the requirements (like on which OS does it need to
be displayed). Very important step. 9 out of 10 times it goes wrong
here.

Roland

> I have a problem with Netware Application Launcher.
>
> I create Object Application in my NDS.
> I create a user and assotiate the Application Object with him.
> I login with that username.
> When I run NALW95.EXE i get message, that user have no application,
> assotiated with him.
>
> What is the metter? How can I resolve a problem?
> I simply want to see what is NAL and what can get from him.

 

From columbo at DDS.NL  Thu May  4 17:19:01 2000
From: columbo at DDS.NL (Roland Kool)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:19:01 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <68B30C42FC0@inter-corporate.net>
References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.1000502150429.16682A@godzilla6.acpub.duke.edu>
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050412190175@LSV.SYR.EDU>

SSH stands for Secure SHell and it's basically telnet over an
encrypted link. It's primarily for Unix-like systems.
Netware is mainly remotely managed by RCONSOLE and RCONJ which both
don't do encyption of traffic. However, there is a product called
SecureRemote from Protocom (ServerSystems.com) which does rconsole
across an encrypted link. Besides that it has other cool features as
well.
Telnet (port 23) is also insecure (not encrypted). SSH is a secure
telnet daemon on port 22. I have personally never seen any SSH daemon
for Netware. I have only seen them for Sun and Linux.

Roland

> [Snip]
> > 5.1 doesn't support ssh.  Novell is leaving administrators hanging
> > that need to use a SECURE remote console...  -sigh-
>
>         What is SSH?
>
>         Thanks in advance.
>
> Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>
> Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From vanloh at INST.AUGIE.EDU  Thu May  4 17:25:51 2000
From: vanloh at INST.AUGIE.EDU (Gerry VanLoh)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:25:51 -0400
Subject: Server lockup
References: <s9105f0e.043@krlegal.com>
Message-ID: <3911A523.802D7E3A@inst.augie.edu>

I've been chasing this one for several days and am looking for hints:

Running 4 servers here, Intranetware 4.11, IWSP6A, DS 6.03 and all has
been well and stable for some time now. One server, a small Compaq (and
old) runs our Netware Connect PPP access - several Rocket Ports in it
with 16 modems.  This too has been running stable for several years
now.

Yesterday, the servers started complaining about not being able to talk
to the PPP server all the time... connections would come up and go down
at random.  Check on the server revealed the thing to be at 100%
utilization and the console sluggish.  Reboot and going to a basic
system didn't help.  A check with dsrepair on the other servers shows
timesync to be fine.  The replica sync is reporting -625 and -663 errors
for the server in trouble.  DS isn't locked on the server and
communications seems to be ok externally yet directory services can't
sync up it seems.  DStrace shows problems with this server at all other
servers, but on the server in question, seems to indicate updates
occuring but I haven't seen an 'all servers ok' message. The server in
question will drop out of 100% at times (when unloading something) but
returns to 100%.  Monitor doesn't show anything burning that much time
at all.  Memory is normal, cache normal, sys drive ok but anything
referencing to DS seems to lock.  Running programs like dsrepair are
extremely slow to not at all.  No logins can be done.  I've vrepaired
sys ok, removed all hardware (com boards for the modems and extra
drives), moved the server to different switches/hubs, and checked for
high utilization items per documentation.   All to no avail at this
point.  The NIC is built into the motherboard so no swap on that yet
although numbers on it seem ok.

I'm thinking about removing the server from the tree, removing DS from
that server and reinstalling DS again to see it some sort of NDS problem
is going on at that server.  I can't run DSRepair due to locking up or
I'd try a repair of the local db.  So, before I dive any further, any
points or comments I might be able to check would be really
appreciated.

Thanks for the time...
Gerry  vanloh at inst.augie.edu
Network Specialist
Augustana College
Sioux Falls, SD

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 17:32:34 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:32:34 -0400
Subject: Novell & NT Mappings = Slow?
In-Reply-To: <200005041604.KAA06673@water.kimberly.uidaho.edu>
References: <68D909C20A6@inter-corporate.net>
Message-ID: <6AFD5EF3129@inter-corporate.net>

> Randy,
> Sorry about sending NOTHING.  Hit the wrong button.

        No problem.  My brain gets power surges from time to time too.  ;-)

> What would be the outside chance that the mapping is at the top of the
> search path instead of a non search map and all requests are going to
> the NT box first?

        Not my site, so I don't know.  This is a good point though...

        If the search path directory contains a large number of files, and
the Directory Cache Buffers are running at their maximum, then that
would probably explain the performance problems.  The following SET
parameter is responsible for this:

                Maximum Directory Cache Buffers

        By increasing the value, NetWare has more memory to retain a cache
of directory entries, and as a result can reference from RAM instead
of from disk whenever a search for a filename is made.

        When a client requests a specific file, the server performs the
search instead of sending a complete list of files, thus speeding up
the process by reducing bandwidth requirements.  If all the filename
entries can be stored in RAM, the response time will be shorter as a
result.  Indexing techniques are also used with larger directories to
speed up filename lookups.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From Chuck.L.King at SEALEDAIR.COM  Thu May  4 17:40:51 2000
From: Chuck.L.King at SEALEDAIR.COM (Chuck.L.King at SEALEDAIR.COM)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:40:51 -0400
Subject: FW: OFF-TOPIC or not? - Physical placement of workstations
Message-ID: <OF1626F42A.4CAFDA0F-ON852568D5.005B3A67@sealedair.com>

If you have already been "told" to move these and management seems to agree
with this you may have lost that battle already.  I would suggest putting
them on workstation stands (w/wheels for easy access) that raise the
machines off the floor (carpet).  This will allow for better air
circulation and reduce (not eliminate) the amount of dirt/dust the fans
intake.  We do this on most of our units as uses and managment alike want
all their desk space available for other purposes.  If managment truly
wishes these moves to happen then they should be willing to absorb the cost
of the rolling workstation stands.

Chuck L. King
Information Systems Support
Cryovac Division of Sealed Air Corp.





"Gregory B. Kowalsky" <gkowalsky at philadelphiaweekly.com>@LSV.SYR.EDU> on
05/04/2000 10:53:32 AM

Please respond to "gkowalsky at philadelphiaweekly.com"
      <gkowalsky at philadelphiaweekly.com>

Sent by:  Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>


To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
cc:

Subject:  FW: OFF-TOPIC or not? - Physical placement of workstations


Dare to post pretty off-topic question, but I just have no
other place to ask...

Recently, I was asked (to put it softly...) to move all of our
workstations from the desks to the floor, for obvious reason -
there's no such a thing as too much space on the cubicles'
desks.

My concerns are:
- most of the stations have air-flow draw-in openings on their
bottoms =>dirt and dust in;
- the space under the desks is pretty tight =>bad air-flow, bad
cooling;
- both cubicles and floors have static-unsafe carpeting;
- users kicking and bumping the boxes w/feet, bags, chairs,
etc.

Management's:
- "I saw in my friend's office they have it on the floor"
- "My workstation's sitting on the floor, and I have no
problems" (in this specific case - the person has separate
office, separate air-conditioning, no fuzzy carpets, spacious
wooden desk, etc.)
- "Give me a proof why it can not be done"

I will be grateful for any advice for testing, arguing, proving
or negating my concerns.

<B>Disclaimer</B>: If you will find that the topic is
offensively inappropriate to the list, please blame me
off-list, in private...

--
<I><B>`</I></B>
Gregory B. Kowalsky, SysAdmin
isig: <mailto:gkowalsky at philadelphiaweekly.com> OuWin
Disclaimer: Views expressed by the author do not reflect
those of the Philadelphia WEEKLY - REVIEW Publishing LP
unless expressly stated otherwise.

 

From clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET  Thu May  4 17:49:52 2000
From: clarkje at BELLSOUTH.NET (James Clark)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:49:52 -0400
Subject: SCRNROLL.NLM annoyance
Message-ID: <200005041631.MAA26047@websmtp1.bellsouth.bigfoot.com>

It is a neat utility but I have noticed when you RCONSOLE to it that even when you hit several keys it will advance to the next screen regardless.  I am not sure how to stop this behavior.  My i= is set to 130 and d=50.

James




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From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Thu May  4 17:56:08 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:56:08 -0400
Subject: FW: OFF-TOPIC or not? - Physical placement of workstations
In-Reply-To: <OF1626F42A.4CAFDA0F-ON852568D5.005B3A67@sealedair.com>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEAEPACGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

> If managment truly wishes these moves to happen then they should be
> willing to absorb the cost of the rolling workstation stands.

This is a little off the subject, but we once had a department
complain their machines were noisy. The fans were too loud. So we
told them, for one you can place them on the floor where they aren't
at ear level and it should reduce the noise .... (btw they weren't
that loud).

Know what their solution was? To hire some outside people to come in
and "remove" all the cooling fans from the machine ... I expect these
machines to start failing like crazy in the near future .. idiots ;)

Bill

 

From KPARRIS at SDE.STATE.SC.US  Thu May  4 18:10:58 2000
From: KPARRIS at SDE.STATE.SC.US (Kevin Parris)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 13:10:58 -0400
Subject: Allocating Resources
Message-ID: <s911774a.019@167.7.5.214>

It appears to coincide with the time at which the screen saver activates, but I'm not sure - simply observation of coincidence, the message is never there if I come up to the server while it is not in screen saver mode (I have the screen saver delay time set fairly high) but seems always to be there when I find the server with the snake running.

>>> M.A.Johnston at SOTON.AC.UK 05/03/00 07:28AM >>>
In the least few days, one of our servers ocassionally displays

Allocating Resources

on the console. I cannot find a way to force this to appear and I have
no idea what is sourcing it.

Can anyone shed any light on this please?

NW5.0 SP4 with Legato and Softrack installed

Mark.

-=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=
Mark Johnston                   Tel: (int) 25513
Systems Support & Development        (ext) 023-8059-5513
Computing Services
University of Southampton       Fax: (int) 23131
SO17 1BJ                             (ext) 023-8059-3939
-=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 18:16:47 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 13:16:47 -0400
Subject: FW: OFF-TOPIC or not? - Physical placement of workstations
In-Reply-To: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEAEPACGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>
References: <OF1626F42A.4CAFDA0F-ON852568D5.005B3A67@sealedair.com>
Message-ID: <6B093CD6027@inter-corporate.net>

> > If managment truly wishes these moves to happen then they should be
> > willing to absorb the cost of the rolling workstation stands.
>
> This is a little off the subject, but we once had a department
> complain their machines were noisy. The fans were too loud. So we
> told them, for one you can place them on the floor where they aren't
> at ear level and it should reduce the noise .... (btw they weren't
> that loud).
>
> Know what their solution was? To hire some outside people to come in
> and "remove" all the cooling fans from the machine ... I expect these
> machines to start failing like crazy in the near future .. idiots ;)

        Why don't you contact the local fire department and ask them if they
think the fans should be put back in the machines to avoid a possible
fire hazard?  Hard drives and CPUs can get very hot you know!  >=)

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 18:32:48 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 13:32:48 -0400
Subject: SCRNROLL.NLM annoyance
In-Reply-To: <200005041631.MAA26047@websmtp1.bellsouth.bigfoot.com>
Message-ID: <6B0D7CF1B09@inter-corporate.net>

> It is a neat utility but I have noticed when you RCONSOLE to it
> that even when you hit several keys it will advance to the next
> screen regardless.  I am not sure how to stop this behavior.  My
> i= is > >>>>>>>>

        Unload the NLM?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG  Thu May  4 19:37:12 2000
From: bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG (Brian Volpone)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 14:37:12 -0400
Subject: NAT and GWIA - conflict???
Message-ID: <s9118b5c.013@luthercare>

I installed NAT on my main server last night (thanks, Mark Puchalski for
the tip on that one!). Everything seemed to be working at the time, but
about lunchtime today I noticed there was no email coming into the
system. Apparently something in the NAT configuration was conflicting
with the GWIA. Mail seems to have gone out but couldn't come in.

I played around with NAT Implicit Filtering and the NAT settings under
Bindings in Inetcfg. The GWIA started working, but NAT stopped. Right
now, they both seem to be working, but I think the settings are back to
the original config when the GWIA was hosed. Go figger.

Server is NetWare 4.11 SP8a. Current settings are:
NAT Implicit Filtering:       Disabled
On the Bindings for the public nic:
Status:                            Dynamic Only
On the Bindings for the private nic:
Status:                            Disabled

There is one public nic and one private nic in the server. Internal
addresses are all 10.x.x.x.

Is there a certain way that NAT and the GWIA are supposed to be
configured that they both work? Also, Joe A asked about NAT Implicit
Filtering yesterday. Anyone want to venture an explanation of what the
significance is? Finally, Randy, would you tell me if my word wrap
problem is fixed since you mentioned it as being a problem? I think I
made the correct adjustment there.

Thanks to all.

Brian Volpone, CNE
Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net

 

From mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM  Thu May  4 19:48:12 2000
From: mpuchalski at COUZENS.COM (Mark Puchalski)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 14:48:12 -0400
Subject: NAT and GWIA - conflict???
Message-ID: <s9118d70.075@xjp.couzens.com>

Is your GWIA behind the private NIC?  If so, I'm thinking that you may need to set up a static NAT address for your GWIA which maps to the public IP of your MX record.

>>> bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG 5/4/2000 2:37:43 PM >>>
I installed NAT on my main server last night (thanks, Mark Puchalski for
the tip on that one!). Everything seemed to be working at the time, but
about lunchtime today I noticed there was no email coming into the
system. Apparently something in the NAT configuration was conflicting
with the GWIA. Mail seems to have gone out but couldn't come in.

I played around with NAT Implicit Filtering and the NAT settings under
Bindings in Inetcfg. The GWIA started working, but NAT stopped. Right
now, they both seem to be working, but I think the settings are back to
the original config when the GWIA was hosed. Go figger.

Server is NetWare 4.11 SP8a. Current settings are:
NAT Implicit Filtering:       Disabled
On the Bindings for the public nic:
Status:                            Dynamic Only
On the Bindings for the private nic:
Status:                            Disabled

There is one public nic and one private nic in the server. Internal
addresses are all 10.x.x.x.

Is there a certain way that NAT and the GWIA are supposed to be
configured that they both work? Also, Joe A asked about NAT Implicit
Filtering yesterday. Anyone want to venture an explanation of what the
significance is? Finally, Randy, would you tell me if my word wrap
problem is fixed since you mentioned it as being a problem? I think I
made the correct adjustment there.

Thanks to all.

Brian Volpone, CNE
Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net


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From John.Taft at DISNEY.COM  Thu May  4 20:00:53 2000
From: John.Taft at DISNEY.COM (Taft, John)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:00:53 -0400
Subject: Strange rights behaviour NW 4.10, NFS & FTP
Message-ID: <49A9D9447361D311B16A0008C7E66FCE3E6C9D@1crp215.corp.disney.com>

I have found this to be a problem with a simple, but obscure, solution. For
whatever reason when a file is placed on the server via FTP it gets stamped
with the file trustee rights you have indicated. Now the file seems
invisible when accessing through a "regular" client.

If you place the following line in the [FTP_SERVER] section of the
sys:etc/nwparams file there will be no games performed with file trustee
rights.

CREATE_NO_TRUSTEES    1

Whatever the current directory trustee assignments will now continue to
grant/deny access to the files regardless of access method.

I am not sure which version of NWUXPS (v2.11 or v2.12) and what subsequent
support pack put this in place, but if you are running at current levels
this should work right away.


-John Taft
No CNE, no MCSE, none of that stuff...

The opinions expressed here are my own, and not my employer's. But with some
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From: Bob Cameron [mailto:Bob_Cameron at LSE.COM.AU]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 5:04 PM
Subject: Strange rights behaviour NW 4.10, NFS & FTP



Gidday

Have a NW410 server & Intranetware print services. Added NFS namespace (and
configured the FTP server to use it) to make use of long file names for our
remote users. These users are running W95/WS-FTP and have set the host type
to Unix standard.

When these users remote upload a file (say) into their home directory it is
created with only R,W and A rights. This obviously means they cant see the
file when they are logged in at work. The normal "at work" functions are
fine. (The users rights are RWCEMFA)

I cant see where the FTP server has to be configured to create files with
the default rights for that user. I assume it is to do with setting UMASK?

As a side issue I have a second server at this site and note that I cant see
LFN's on it even though it has NFS namespace. I only have the FTP server
running on one machine.

Any ideas?

Bob Cameron
Network Administrator
LSE Technology
Quantum Pacific

 

From netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM  Thu May  4 20:03:50 2000
From: netadmin at KRLEGAL.COM (John Namias)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:03:50 -0400
Subject: NAT and GWIA - conflict???
Message-ID: <s9118306.034@krlegal.com>

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From tmadden at ASPENRES.COM  Thu May  4 20:18:36 2000
From: tmadden at ASPENRES.COM (Tim Madden)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:18:36 -0400
Subject: Win95 CL32 /acu
Message-ID: <391178A7.993.BC0013@localhost>

I'm once again battling this process.  I've got the " IF WIN95 then
#setup.exe /acu u:unattend.txt" in the login script.  (My syntax
isn't correct here, but it works as desired (I think).  I seem to have
lost the ability to run NWADMN32 for the time being.  I can fix that.)

Anyway, the # tells the login script to stop processing until the
.exe is finished, at which point setup.exe detects the older client
and dutifully runs the installation.  So far so good.    The problem is
with the reboot.

Like all of us, I want the system to reboot without user intervention
and be done with it, but my test system (this PC) never reboots
cleanly.  If I turn off the "do you want to reboot" screen, the system
hangs.  When I turned that screen on and then said "yes, please
reboot".  An error message came up that told me the system could
not be rebooted with "message services" running.

If I use the @ sign and let the login script continue while the client
updates, then the script launches NAL, updates the virus software,
finishes and the system then launches user "Startup" group
programs.  This is it's own set of problems I'd rather avoid.

So, is the "message services" a by-product (sp?) of the login
script/process?  How do the rest of you use the /acu option?

Anyway,  as always, TIA for any advice.


Tim Madden, CNA, CCNA
IS Manager
Aspen Research Group, Ltd.
mailto:tmadden at aspenres.com
http://www.aspenres.com

 

From jmansfield at EIRCOM.IE  Thu May  4 20:19:13 2000
From: jmansfield at EIRCOM.IE (John Mansfield)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:19:13 -0400
Subject: autoexec.ncf goes missing.
Message-ID: <0017981F.C21218@eircom.ie>

People,
    I've had a strange thing happen to me twice now. First time I thought that
it was just a fluke but     now I'm not so sure.

    I have two servers where the autoexec.ncf has just vanished. Both occasions
it has happened     after a restart (don't they all). The server requests a
fileserver name and net number and further  investigation shows that though the
sys volume IS mounted the autoexec.ncf is in case one   missing and in case two
blank.

    The first case was a test box which had a lot of fiddling done with it so I
though it was a once    off. The second was a different matter as it is a
production server Compaq Proliant 3000 disk     and ram within spec ( ram
slightly above if anything) and nothing exotic running just print and   file
sharing with one medium size ccmail PO  and arcserve 6.1 sp2    .

    This server started to go very slow and stopped talking on the network. This
appears to  have been due to the DLT drive going faulty and tying up the server.
When we restarted it    the     autoexec.ncf was blank and I had to copy a
version of the autoexec.ncf which had been  obtained via config onto the machine
after talking the local admin through loading card drivers  and binds etc.after
that the server started ok and is functioning  well now a week later.

    This issue did not cause me any serious problems but it is worrying that the
file just vanished  (no undeletable copy) and I have 7 other servers with
identical config in my district offices and     it's not what I really want to
be doing at 8:00pm on a bank holiday Friday night.

John Mansfield
EUSG
eircom plc
Ireland


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From daniel_sikes at CA11.USCOURTS.GOV  Thu May  4 20:39:03 2000
From: daniel_sikes at CA11.USCOURTS.GOV (daniel sikes)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:39:03 -0400
Subject: Identifying MAC addresses
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050415390373@LSV.SYR.EDU>

I have a new Netware5 server that I've just brought into our tree.  The
server name was already used though no longer, on another machine.  As soon
as I got it up and running, it began displaying a SAP router configuration
error detection message.  I reset routers on all of our Novell servers but
the persist. This same serve name exist in a child container under the
newly recreated server.

IPXRTR-6.60-4 "Node 00c04f77d9d6 () claims network address 8CC5CD7C should
be CE679C38."


My question is this, Does anyone know a way to determine where or who the
complaining node is?  I rechecked my other Novell servers but none of them
show any information on their console screens.  How can I corolate a node
address to an IP address.

 

From BBENJAMIN at PCB.EDU  Thu May  4 20:46:39 2000
From: BBENJAMIN at PCB.EDU (Blair Benjamin)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:46:39 -0400
Subject: NIMS
Message-ID: <E12nRZv-0002gk-00@relay3.smtp.psi.net>

Has anyone attempted to use Novell's Internet Messaging System
(NIMS) in an environment with Pegasus/Mercury?  We currently
use (and are very happy with) Pegasus Mail and Mercury but are
looking for a web-based Interface.  We will be requiring all of our
students to maintain an email account here at our school beginning
in the fall and a web-based solution is very desirable.  Does anyone
know if and how to have to two systems work together?  They each
have a host of features that the other does not.  I know I could do
this by establishing a separate domain name and running two mail
servers--one for employees and one for students, but my goal is to
only have one.  I'd like to continue using Pegasus and Mercury as
usual and to have NIMS provide the web-based access.
Does anyone have any insights on this?  I'd be grateful!

Blair



----------------------------------------------------
Blair Benjamin
Network/Internet Technology Specialist
Philadelphia College of Bible
http://www.pcb.edu
(215) 702-4299
----------------------------------------------------

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Thu May  4 20:46:54 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:46:54 -0400
Subject: Identifying MAC addresses
Message-ID: <01JP05P0PUQA95MSJI@cc.usu.edu>

>server name was already used though no longer, on another machine.  As soon
>as I got it up and running, it began displaying a SAP router configuration
>error detection message.  I reset routers on all of our Novell servers but
>the persist. This same serve name exist in a child container under the
>newly recreated server.
>
>IPXRTR-6.60-4 "Node 00c04f77d9d6 () claims network address 8CC5CD7C should
>be CE679C38."
>
>
>My question is this, Does anyone know a way to determine where or who the
>complaining node is?  I rechecked my other Novell servers but none of them
>show any information on their console screens.  How can I corolate a node
>address to an IP address.
------
        It appears as if you fell into the trap laid by parties in Provo
regarding IPX internal network numbers. The trap is installing NW 5 by
the book causes the server to generate a random IPX internal network
number; that is the ServerID item in autoexec.ncf. The proper procedure
is to not down the server at the end of installation, but instead edit
autoexec.ncf to get that ServerID number set correctly and then reboot.
        IPX network numbers are management items, and they can be organized
very easily. Please grab paper utah_std.txt from directory misc on netlab2.
usu.edu (or pub/mirror/misc on netlab1.usu.edu). This explains how to use
IP numbers as the basis for making IPX numbers; very widely used, very
simple, very effective.
        You do have the MAC address of the complaining machine. If it is
a server then type CONFIG at the console prompt to see its MAC addresses.
Monitor also shows them in the Lan Adapter section.
        Joe D.

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Thu May  4 20:50:33 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:50:33 -0400
Subject: NIMS
Message-ID: <01JP05WYOEOC95MSJI@cc.usu.edu>

>Has anyone attempted to use Novell's Internet Messaging System
>(NIMS) in an environment with Pegasus/Mercury?  We currently
>use (and are very happy with) Pegasus Mail and Mercury but are
>looking for a web-based Interface.  We will be requiring all of our
>students to maintain an email account here at our school beginning
>in the fall and a web-based solution is very desirable.  Does anyone
>know if and how to have to two systems work together?  They each
>have a host of features that the other does not.  I know I could do
>this by establishing a separate domain name and running two mail
>servers--one for employees and one for students, but my goal is to
>only have one.  I'd like to continue using Pegasus and Mercury as
>usual and to have NIMS provide the web-based access.
>Does anyone have any insights on this?  I'd be grateful!
>
>Blair
>Blair Benjamin
>Network/Internet Technology Specialist
>Philadelphia College of Bible
>http://www.pcb.edu
>(215) 702-4299
------
        I think the problem will be two programs trying to use the same
port 25 for SMTP mail. If you can separate them then in principle both
should coexist. Alas, 25 is the well known SMTP port which will be used
by external machines.
        Btw, the next version of NIMS will have list server functionality.
        Joe D.

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 20:52:21 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:52:21 -0400
Subject: autoexec.ncf goes missing.
In-Reply-To: <0017981F.C21218@eircom.ie>
Message-ID: <6B3286F64F9@inter-corporate.net>

> People,
>     I've had a strange thing happen to me twice now. First time I thought that
> it was just a fluke but     now I'm not so sure.
>
>     I have two servers where the autoexec.ncf has just vanished. Both occasions
> it has happened     after a restart (don't they all). The server requests a
> fileserver name and net number and further  investigation shows that though the
> sys volume IS mounted the autoexec.ncf is in case one   missing and in case two
> blank.
[Snip]

        Very strange problem indeed!  Have you tried to salvage the file
after manually loading and binding LAN some drivers?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 20:59:10 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:59:10 -0400
Subject: NIMS
In-Reply-To: <E12nRZv-0002gk-00@relay3.smtp.psi.net>
Message-ID: <6B348AE5EAE@inter-corporate.net>

> Has anyone attempted to use Novell's Internet Messaging System
> (NIMS) in an environment with Pegasus/Mercury?  We currently
> use (and are very happy with) Pegasus Mail and Mercury but are
> looking for a web-based Interface.  We will be requiring all of our
> students to maintain an email account here at our school beginning
> in the fall and a web-based solution is very desirable.

        You have a few options:

                1. Use NIMS to check POP3 mail accounts automatically.

                2. Write a Perl 5 script that will handle Web Mail for you (this is
a daunting task because you'll need to know how to handle headers,
file attachments, and a variety of other things).

                3. Have Mercury autoforward messages to the NIMS SMTP server.

> Does anyone know if and how to have to two systems work together?
[Snip]

        I don't know how compatible they are in the context that you're
hoping for, but option #1 above is probably your best bet.

        As far as sending mail is concerned, my guess is that you're using
NIMS as a smart SMTP relay for Mercury, which is fine.  I use
Unoverica's freeware mail server behind filters (because it's an open
relay if I don't, but it's very quick).

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From KPARRIS at SDE.STATE.SC.US  Thu May  4 21:08:11 2000
From: KPARRIS at SDE.STATE.SC.US (Kevin Parris)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 16:08:11 -0400
Subject: Identifying MAC addresses
Message-ID: <s911a0d2.024@167.7.5.214>

You can look at the "Lan/Wan drivers" item on Monitor to learn the MAC address of each active interface in the server.  Or you can review the bindings in Inetcfg on each server.

>>> daniel_sikes at CA11.USCOURTS.GOV 05/04/00 03:39PM >>>
I have a new Netware5 server that I've just brought into our tree.  The
server name was already used though no longer, on another machine.  As soon
as I got it up and running, it began displaying a SAP router configuration
error detection message.  I reset routers on all of our Novell servers but
the persist. This same serve name exist in a child container under the
newly recreated server.

IPXRTR-6.60-4 "Node 00c04f77d9d6 () claims network address 8CC5CD7C should
be CE679C38."


My question is this, Does anyone know a way to determine where or who the
complaining node is?  I rechecked my other Novell servers but none of them
show any information on their console screens.  How can I corolate a node
address to an IP address.

 

From KPARRIS at SDE.STATE.SC.US  Thu May  4 21:14:07 2000
From: KPARRIS at SDE.STATE.SC.US (Kevin Parris)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 16:14:07 -0400
Subject: Displaying Logged in ID
Message-ID: <s911a235.062@167.7.5.214>

If you make a list of the NIC hardware addresses for each computer in the room, then from your station in a DOS prompt you can do  "nlist user /a /b" and look down the list for the machine address to determine who is logged in where at that moment.

Or you can deploy Zenworks for Desktops, and use the various inventory and remote-control options in that, which are all NDS-based (and thus, user-aware).

>>> bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU 05/03/00 03:15PM >>>
Ok, I had asked this before, a few people responded but nothing I
could really use. In our computer lab we use VNC to monitor the
computers, but only when we feel some illicit act is happening.
Earlier we had about 8 guys around a screen cutting up and rowdy
looking at a site that contained pornographic images. We warned them
to break it up, they of course ignored it. We could have called
campus security, but that's usually only a last resort. What we need
is some way to tell who is logged into the computer at that time. VNC
wont give you that info, another program I used before was Altiris
Vision and it did put the user id in the title bar so you knew who
was logged in. This way we knew the name of the person, and we could
suspend their account if need be.

Anyone know a way to do this? It seems like it would be simple but I
don't have the capability. What we need is a small program maybe that
runs at login and gets the userid and displays it in a small window
in the corner of the screen that is always on top and can't be
closed. If someone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Bill

 

From drogers at CI.SIMI-VALLEY.CA.US  Thu May  4 21:21:46 2000
From: drogers at CI.SIMI-VALLEY.CA.US (Darren Rogers)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 16:21:46 -0400
Subject: Portals and NDS
Message-ID: <s9117968.009@ci.simi-valley.ca.us>

OK, now that we have that campuspipeline thing all cleared up, has anyone run across any generic portal apps for N.E.W.S. on 5.1, pref. one that would tie in nicely with NDS?  I'm willing to do some work on this, so it doesn't have to be plug-n-play, but a little infrastructure would be nice to see.  I'm also considering replacing the server with Linux and running slashcode, but I'd rather not drop NW if I don't have to.

Darren Rogers
Information Services Division
City Of Simi Valley
805.583.6948

 

From vanloh at INST.AUGIE.EDU  Thu May  4 22:00:33 2000
From: vanloh at INST.AUGIE.EDU (Gerry VanLoh)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 17:00:33 -0400
Subject: Server lockup - retry
Message-ID: <3911E583.82A0143C@inst.augie.edu>

I've been chasing this one for several days and am looking for hints:

Running 4 servers here, Intranetware 4.11, IWSP6A, DS 6.03 and all has
been well and stable for some time now. One server, a small Compaq (and
old) runs our Netware Connect PPP access - several Rocket Ports in it
with 16 modems.  This too has been running stable for several years
now.

Yesterday, the servers started complaining about not being able to talk
to the PPP server all the time... connections would come up and go down
at random.  Check on the server revealed the thing to be at 100%
utilization and the console sluggish.  Reboot and going to a basic
system didn't help.  A check with dsrepair on the other servers shows
timesync to be fine.  The replica sync is reporting -625 and -663 errors
for the server in trouble.  DS opens right up at boot up and
communications seems to be ok externally yet directory services can't
sync up it seems.  DStrace shows problems with this server at all other
servers, but on the server in question, seems to indicate updates
occuring including All processed=Yes. The server in question will drop
out of 100% at times (when unloading something) but
returns to 100%.  Monitor doesn't show anything burning that much time
at all.  Memory is normal, cache normal, sys drive ok but anything
referencing to DS seems to lock.  Running programs like dsrepair are
extremely slow to not at all. I can't unload DS and cannot connect to
this server  I've vrepaired sys ok, removed all hardware (com boards for
the modems and extra drives), moved the server to different
switches/hubs,
and checked for high utilization items per documentation.   All to no
avail at this point.  The NIC is built into the motherboard so no swap
on that yet although numbers on it seem ok.

Since the DS on this server seems to be causing great slowdowns
when trying to do anything with it (which is likely coming from
sync attempts also) I'm thinking about removing the server from the
tree (almost like a dead server), removing DS from that server and
reinstalling DS again to see it some sort of NDS problem is going on
at that server.  I can't run DSRepair due to locking up or I'd try a
repair of the local db.  So, any points or comments I might be able
to check would be really appreciated.  Would/could the ds db on this
server cause these conditions of locking up and utilization?

Thanks for the time...
Gerry  vanloh at inst.augie.edu
Network Specialist
Augustana College
Sioux Falls, SD

 

From maryb at UMICH.EDU  Thu May  4 22:05:23 2000
From: maryb at UMICH.EDU (MaryBeth Stuenkel)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 17:05:23 -0400
Subject: Identifying MAC addresses
References: <NOVELL%2000050415390373@LSV.SYR.EDU>
Message-ID: <020a01bfb60c$765e0840$f75bd38d@umich.edu>

Go to http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/Ethernet/vendor.html for a list
of vendor codes for ethernet cards.  You will find that 00c04f has been
assigned to Dell.  Therefore, the machine that is complaining is a Dell
(or at least using a NIC manufactured by Dell).  This gives you
someplace to start.

Question - did you specify an IPX network number (not Server ID or
Internal IPX number) on this server or did you let the installation pick
that up from the wire?  Or was the server installed off-line and so
picked a random number?  If you are following the standard of creating
an IPX address by doing a hex translation of the assigned IP address,
the two addresses being tossed about translate to 140.197.205.124 and
206.103.156.56.  Does this help?  Perhaps the server is advertising
itself using one IPX network number whereas other machines on the
network are using the other.

--MaryBeth


----- Original Message -----
From: daniel sikes <daniel_sikes at CA11.USCOURTS.GOV>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell
To: <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 3:39 PM
Subject: Identifying MAC addresses


> I have a new Netware5 server that I've just brought into our tree.
The
> server name was already used though no longer, on another machine.  As
soon
> as I got it up and running, it began displaying a SAP router
configuration
> error detection message.  I reset routers on all of our Novell servers
but
> the persist. This same serve name exist in a child container under the
> newly recreated server.
>
> IPXRTR-6.60-4 "Node 00c04f77d9d6 () claims network address 8CC5CD7C
should
> be CE679C38."
>
>
> My question is this, Does anyone know a way to determine where or who
the
> complaining node is?  I rechecked my other Novell servers but none of
them
> show any information on their console screens.  How can I corolate a
node
> address to an IP address.

 

From thomas.kline at IDC-CH2M.COM  Thu May  4 22:16:03 2000
From: thomas.kline at IDC-CH2M.COM (Kline, Thomas)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 17:16:03 -0400
Subject: NT Mappings and access extremely slow after client install
Message-ID: <E12nSor-0004LJ-00@relay2.smtp.psi.net>

We've had some similar problems with specific applications. It would take 10
times as long using Novell Client and run fast using Microsoft Client.  I
did a network trace with both clients. What I found was with Novell, the
file read burst request overlapped the file offset (i.e. read the file in
~1400 byte chunks, starting at 0 offset, the next chunk read would be at
offset 300 bytes from the beginning of the file, with 1100 bytes previously
read, and so on. Something like 80 meg of data was transferred to read a 8
meg file!) while Microsoft did the file read burst request properly, with no
overlapping of requests. The only thing I concluded (not being a
programmer), was that the app was written using Microsoft programming
language, etc., not Novell guidelines.

Tom Kline
IDC, IT Dept.

------------------------------

Date:         Thu, 4 May 2000 17:16:03 -0400
From:    Joe Acquisto <ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU>
Subject: Re: NT Mappings and access extremely slow after client install

>Hi all,
>I know this has been discussed before, but we have not found a solution=20=
>yet.
>Anyone had a similar issue or knows of any other solution ?????
>TIA,
>
>Mike Glassman

 

From PierceED at CSUS.EDU  Thu May  4 22:36:46 2000
From: PierceED at CSUS.EDU (Eric D. Pierce)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 17:36:46 -0400
Subject: "no,
              i mean *get down!*"/ Re: FW: OFF-TOPIC or not? - Physical
              placement of workstations
Message-ID: <122103D5FE1@sswdserver.sswd.csus.edu>

George,

The machines in question *are* networked, right? (see, it -is- on
topic!)

Are you at a newspaper? You know, somewhere in your company there is
probably a big old room full of loud clanking machinery. I think it
is called a "press". Are there still people around there with ink
under their fingernails? :)

This is quite simply another case where deceptive and wily users
(managers nonetheless, hrumph) may have momentarily been in serious
danger of tactially outwitting IT staff in the great evolutionary
struggle to rise from the muck and aspire to great, noble things
(sarcasm).

As we all know, most repair techs have dizzying (but futile) visions
of eventually working in a clean room at a satellite manufacturer, or
in one of those cool, psychedelic, rockin' multi color labs as seen
in the Intel TV commercials. The prospect of having to actually bend
down, and kneel on the floor (along with all those nasty dust
bunnies, mites, fungal spores, etc.) to repair a PC of course can be
quite a psychic shock under such circumstances, so you might want to
consult with your legal department.

Anyway, ever since most machines started being built with components
that are very free of failures (as opposed to the more junky ones we
had in the 1980s), the users end up with machines that are "obsolete"
after about 3 years, but keep running regardless.

The users want to put the machines on the floor so that the machines
burn up, or otherwise fail prematurely (at the point where software
obsolescense set in), and then can feign being "horrified" about
having to ask for a shiny, fast, new machine. I've been putting my
personal machines on the floor for many years for the same reason. :)

Unfortunately the darned things are just built too well, and all the
bumping, kicking, carpet fuzz, dust and bad air circulation doesn't
seem to make them break *at all*. grrr.

regards,
ep


Date sent:              Thu, 4 May 2000 11:53:32 -0400
From:                   "Gregory B. Kowalsky" <gkowalsky at PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM>
Subject:                FW: OFF-TOPIC or not? - Physical placement of workstations

>
> Recently, I was asked (to put it softly...) to move all of our
> workstations from the desks to the floor, for obvious reason -
> there's no such a thing as too much space on the cubicles'
> desks.
>
> My concerns are:
> - most of the stations have air-flow draw-in openings on their
> bottoms =>dirt and dust in;
> - the space under the desks is pretty tight =>bad air-flow, bad
> cooling;
> - both cubicles and floors have static-unsafe carpeting;
> - users kicking and bumping the boxes w/feet, bags, chairs,
> etc.

 

From larry_burd at COMPUSERVE.COM  Thu May  4 23:04:43 2000
From: larry_burd at COMPUSERVE.COM (Larry Burd)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:04:43 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <200005041803_MC2-A3D2-F9D6@compuserve.com>

Does the new virus affect server drives??
Does anyone know, as I am running without virus software at the moment.   I
do not have an internet connection, but one user does have a dail up for
e-mail via compuserve, and that is what worries me the most.

Tommorow I will update the dat virus files on that workstation, but
eventually I have to get a server based virus package.

Larry Burd

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 23:07:44 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:07:44 -0400
Subject: "no,              i mean *get down!*"/ Re: FW: OFF-TOPIC or
In-Reply-To: <122103D5FE1@sswdserver.sswd.csus.edu>
Message-ID: <6B56C574F71@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> This is quite simply another case where deceptive and wily users
> (managers nonetheless, hrumph) may have momentarily been in serious
> danger of tactially outwitting IT staff in the great evolutionary
> struggle to rise from the muck and aspire to great, noble things
> (sarcasm).

        The main cause of this problem is that there is no lifeguard in the
gene pool (safety committee).  Consider yourself lucky that they
don't want to change the NOS on you -- which they'll probably do this
anyway as soon as everything's working flawlessly!  {=(

> As we all know, most repair techs have dizzying (but futile) visions
> of eventually working in a clean room at a satellite manufacturer, or
> in one of those cool, psychedelic, rockin' multi color labs as seen
> in the Intel TV commercials. The prospect of having to actually bend
> down, and kneel on the floor (along with all those nasty dust
> bunnies, mites, fungal spores, etc.) to repair a PC of course can be
> quite a psychic shock under such circumstances, so you might want to
> consult with your legal department.

        For the few really grungy technicians (the type that appear to
attract flies) who cause us to wonder if they're the cause of this
ugly scenario (I'm sure we've all seen them at various computer
events from time to time), this is probably not an issue -- I'm sure
their visions are dizzying too!

> Anyway, ever since most machines started being built with components
> that are very free of failures (as opposed to the more junky ones we
> had in the 1980s), the users end up with machines that are "obsolete"
> after about 3 years, but keep running regardless.

        One of my clients still uses an XT for their DOS-based accounting
software.  I'm sure glad NetWare 5.1 supports Bindery mode because
the only client we can run is NetX!  This machine has definitely paid
for itself.  =O

> The users want to put the machines on the floor so that the machines
> burn up, or otherwise fail prematurely (at the point where software
> obsolescense set in), and then can feign being "horrified" about
> having to ask for a shiny, fast, new machine. I've been putting my
> personal machines on the floor for many years for the same reason. :)

        Isn't it fascinating how effectively corporate cultures emulate the
darker sides of human nature?  To me, when users have this attitude,
it's usually an upper management problem, and just replacing their
computers probably won't stop them from doing it again right away
(gee, I think my computer's out of date already now that a few days
have passed...).

> Unfortunately the darned things are just built too well, and all the
> bumping, kicking, carpet fuzz, dust and bad air circulation doesn't
> seem to make them break *at all*. grrr.

        Isn't it amazing how effective Murphy's Law is?  Of course if the
scuff marks from kicking are more what's expected, then this may be
yet another indication of upper management problems.

> regards,
> ep

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 23:10:09 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:10:09 -0400
Subject: NT Mappings and access extremely slow after client install
In-Reply-To: <E12nSor-0004LJ-00@relay2.smtp.psi.net>
Message-ID: <6B5747C217E@inter-corporate.net>

> We've had some similar problems with specific applications. It would take 10
> times as long using Novell Client and run fast using Microsoft Client.  I
> did a network trace with both clients. What I found was with Novell, the
> file read burst request overlapped the file offset (i.e. read the file in
> ~1400 byte chunks, starting at 0 offset, the next chunk read would be at
> offset 300 bytes from the beginning of the file, with 1100 bytes previously
> read, and so on. Something like 80 meg of data was transferred to read a 8
> meg file!) while Microsoft did the file read burst request properly, with no
> overlapping of requests. The only thing I concluded (not being a
> programmer), was that the app was written using Microsoft programming
> language, etc., not Novell guidelines.

        Which application was this?  Was it written in FoxPro by any chance?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From mailsub1 at RFISK.IS  Thu May  4 23:40:15 2000
From: mailsub1 at RFISK.IS (Mark Townley)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:40:15 -0400
Subject: NIMS
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050418401548@LSV.SYR.EDU>

> Has anyone attempted to use Novell's Internet Messaging
System
> (NIMS) in an environment with Pegasus/Mercury?

One thing that I would add to this discussion is that NIMS
could almost be a Microsoft product, it is so buggy. I would
check the NIMS news group on forums.novell.com, and you may
decide to wait for NIMS 2.5

I personally like the product (I bought it, didn't I ;)
I just can't wait for the next version (a bit like NDPS)

Mark.

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Thu May  4 23:53:04 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:53:04 -0400
Subject: NIMS
In-Reply-To: <NOVELL%2000050418401548@LSV.SYR.EDU>
Message-ID: <6B62B641DEF@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> One thing that I would add to this discussion is that NIMS
> could almost be a Microsoft product, it is so buggy. I would
> check the NIMS news group on forums.novell.com, and you may
> decide to wait for NIMS 2.5
[Snip]

        What kinds of problems have YOU had with it?  I'm curious because I
had very bad experiences with the Novonyx Messaging Server in the
past, and have heard that NIMS was a complete rewrite.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Fri May  5 00:08:08 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:08:08 -0400
Subject: NIMS
Message-ID: <01JP0CHMAPOY8Y5GVR@cc.usu.edu>

>> One thing that I would add to this discussion is that NIMS
>> could almost be a Microsoft product, it is so buggy. I would
>> check the NIMS news group on forums.novell.com, and you may
>> decide to wait for NIMS 2.5
>[Snip]
>
>        What kinds of problems have YOU had with it?  I'm curious because I
>had very bad experiences with the Novonyx Messaging Server in the
>past, and have heard that NIMS was a complete rewrite.
>
>Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
>Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
>Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
>http://www.inter-corporate.com/
------------
        Chipping in USD0.02. I have NIMS installed for testing purposes here,
low level testing, and it has worked ok. There can be a problem if a single
user gets flooded with massive (and I mean massive) numbers of incoming
messages since the dequeueing to a user is paced at 1 msg/sec when inbox
is already locked by previous incoming msgs. If msgs are spread out over
other users (normal) then things are fine. This behavior will likely improve.
NIMS v2.0 and 2.5 beta here, not in production mode, on NW 5.0.
        No, this list's traffic doesn't qualify for "massive" in this regard.
Though sometimes we wonder.
        NIMS is indeed a completely freshly designed product. It is not a
port nor rewrite of a previous one. The group is astute, well aware of the
Internet as it is and has been practiced for quite a while, and they are
trying hard to match customer requirements. Think of it as Open Software
written by profesionals for commercial heavy duty use and that will be close
to the mindset of the guys designing the product. The product isn't free,
of course.
        Joe D.

 

From paul.steele at ACADIAU.CA  Fri May  5 00:27:00 2000
From: paul.steele at ACADIAU.CA (paul.steele at ACADIAU.CA)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:27:00 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
In-Reply-To: <200005041803_MC2-A3D2-F9D6@compuserve.com>
Message-ID: <200005042327.e44NRbr29480@garlic.acadiau.ca>

On 4 May 00, at 18:03, Larry Burd wrote:

> Does the new virus affect server drives??
> Does anyone know, as I am running without virus software at the moment.   I
> do not have an internet connection, but one user does have a dail up for
> e-mail via compuserve, and that is what worries me the most.

If the user is logged in, then the virus will damage jpg, mp4, and the
other files mentioned. We're using salvage to get them back...


___
Paul Steele, Network Services Manager           902-585-1660
Acadia University, Computing Services       FAX:902-585-1066
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, B0P 1X0  Mailto:Paul.Steele at acadiau.ca
http://www.acadiau.ca/cs/staff/paul/

 

From Philip.Dohnanyi at WPGINVEST.COM  Fri May  5 00:31:12 2000
From: Philip.Dohnanyi at WPGINVEST.COM (Philip.Dohnanyi at WPGINVEST.COM)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:31:12 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <852568D5.008120C9.00@nylnmta.wpginvest.com>

Netscape's prefs.js file get's hit too.

There's also a variant circulating.  The variant has subject "FWD: Joke" with
attachment "Very Funny.vbs".  The latest AV defs from Symantec detect the
earlier "VBS.LoveLetter.A" virus but not this one.

Phil D.



On 05/04/2000 07:26:57 PM paul.steele wrote:

<> On 4 May 00, at 18:03, Larry Burd wrote:
<>
<> > Does the new virus affect server drives??
<> > Does anyone know, as I am running without virus software at the moment.   I
<> > do not have an internet connection, but one user does have a dail up for
<> > e-mail via compuserve, and that is what worries me the most.
<>
<> If the user is logged in, then the virus will damage jpg, mp4, and the
<> other files mentioned. We're using salvage to get them back...
<>
<>
<> ___
<> Paul Steele, Network Services Manager           902-585-1660
<> Acadia University, Computing Services       FAX:902-585-1066
<> Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, B0P 1X0  Mailto:Paul.Steele at acadiau.ca
<> http://www.acadiau.ca/cs/staff/paul/

 

From hbueno at MICRODSI.NET  Fri May  5 00:55:35 2000
From: hbueno at MICRODSI.NET (hbueno)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:55:35 -0400
Subject: Novell Internet login via Checkpoint FireWall
References: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191A80@INTERGW>
Message-ID: <39120E27.26A52F48@microdsi.net>

Yup, I've done it using SecureRemote from home.  Works as well as it can
via my 56k modem.  Of course, you need to spend the bucks for an
encryption license first.

  The one thing I remember doing is setting up a host file for Client 32
to associate the tree with an IP address.

We hide our internal valid addresses via NAT on the firewall.

I don't think I'd try doing it by opening ports and such.  That's just
an open invite to hackers.

Hugo


Mike Glassman - Admin wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Has anyone tried and succeeded to perform a remote login to a Netware server
> via a Checkpoint FireWall ?
>
> If so, please describe how, if NAT is used, what ports you had to open etc.
>
> Anyone who's done something similar through another non-Novell FireWall, I'd
> also appreciate in hearing how you did it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Glassman

 

From hbueno at MICRODSI.NET  Fri May  5 00:57:51 2000
From: hbueno at MICRODSI.NET (hbueno)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:57:51 -0400
Subject: Connecting 2 networks via firewalls
References: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AD7@INTERGW>
Message-ID: <39120EAF.A1432DB4@microdsi.net>

We've considered setting up a VPN backup to our frame relay WAN using
our Checkpoint FW.  Problem is, not all sites have a firewall and access
to the internet.  Anyway, if I did set it up, I'd probably set up the
VPN and allow all traffic.

Hugo


Mike Glassman - Admin wrote:
>
> Nope, no answers yet, so I guess noone really knows how to do it, which
> makes it much harder for me as I can't really test it and really need a
> pre-designed solution before I impliment the option.
>
> BM is not good for this as with all due respect to it's being a good FW and
> all, it's interfaces and user management schemes are hell, and I would
> rather work with something that I know works well.
>
> In any case, the decision here is to use the Checkpoint FW's and not to
> purchase another BM server (We already have one here).
>
> Also, BM has a problem with the NAT and VPN issues when talking through
> another Firewall which is non BM, and since the second site is defined to
> work through what we call a "secured VLAN", I can't use that for the
> implimentation.
>
> So anyone, I'd really appreciate some input here if you have it.
>
> Mike
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Angus Scott-Fleming [SMTP:angussf at GEOAPPS.COM]
> > Sent: ? ??? 03 2000 19:06
> > To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject:      Re: Connecting 2 networks via firewalls
> >
> > On 1 May 2000, at 12:25, Mike Glassman - Admin wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am in the process of trying to come up with a scheme to connect two
> > > seperate networks (2 trees) via non-Netware firewalls (Checkpoint).
> > >
> > > The idea is as follows :
> > >
> > > Tree1+Server1
> > > Firewall
> > > Firewall
> > > Tree2+Server2
> > >
> > > There will be a VPN between the FireWalls.
> > >
> > > The idea is to allow users on either network to map a drive to the other
> > > server in the other network.
> > >
> > > I do not want NDS data to flow though (other then for authentication
> > > purposes as per the explanation following), so basically what I would
> > expect
> > > is that when the user performs the mapping via an icon on their desktop,
> > > they will be asked to login to the second tree.
> > >
> > > Anyone done something similar to this ?
> > >
> > > I have no problem blocking all other data flow (smtp, ftp, http, and so
> > on)
> > > by setting rules in the firewalls, so my only issue is how to get the
> > > Netware servers talking minimaly (for login only and then data
> > transferals
> > > of documents).
> > >
> > > Mike Glassman
>

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Fri May  5 01:00:06 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:00:06 -0400
Subject: NetX and NetWare 5.1 (was: Re: "no,      i mean *get down!*"/ Re
In-Reply-To: <1236AFA135A@sswdserver.sswd.csus.edu>
References: <6B56C566B2A@inter-corporate.net>
Message-ID: <6B74A49490E@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> >     One of my clients still uses an XT for their DOS-based accounting
> > software.
>
> We have 486/DOS boxes running that last ugly vestiges of Oracle
> character mode Forms3 with SQL*Net "v2-lite", but nothing sub-386.
>
> > I'm sure glad NetWare 5.1 supports Bindery mode
>
> Really! I never heard that. How does that work with NDS?
[Snip]

        It works really well.  All we have to do is configure the Bindery
context on the server and bind the IPX/SPX protocol.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From mailsub1 at RFISK.IS  Fri May  5 01:18:29 2000
From: mailsub1 at RFISK.IS (Mark Townley)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:18:29 -0400
Subject: NIMS
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050420182984@LSV.SYR.EDU>

> [Snip]
> > One thing that I would add to this discussion is that
NIMS
> > could almost be a Microsoft product, it is so buggy. I
would
> > check the NIMS news group on forums.novell.com, and you
may
> > decide to wait for NIMS 2.5
> [Snip]
>
>       What kinds of problems have YOU had with it?  I'm
curious because I
> had very bad experiences with the Novonyx Messaging Server
in the
> past, and have heard that NIMS was a complete rewrite.

Some problems that I (and many others have had)

1. When sending to several users that have forwarding
enabled, some of them receive the message more than once
(maybe several dozen times)
2. I have yet to find anyone with SSL working on 2.1
3. SYSLOG either records virtually nothing, or 10s of Mb per
minute - nothing inbetween the two extremes
4. Webmail only allows sending with UTF-8 encoding, not e.g.
iso-8859-1 as used widely
5. Aliases don't always seem to work as they should
6. Non existant documentation - docs are from an older
version
7. RBL host can be changed, but the return message is hard
coded, pointing people to mail-abuse.org - not much use if
you use www.orbs.org

There are I am sure others that I can't remember off the top
of my head.

Mark

 

From hbae at NYC.RR.COM  Fri May  5 01:24:35 2000
From: hbae at NYC.RR.COM (Hansang Bae)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:24:35 -0400
Subject: Displaying Logged in ID
In-Reply-To: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHECEMOCGAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000504013708.00a87220@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>

>Anyone know a way to do this? It seems like it would be simple but I
>don't have the capability. What we need is a small program maybe that
>runs at login and gets the userid and displays it in a small window
>in the corner of the screen that is always on top and can't be
>closed. If someone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


It's rather trivial to match up usernames with MAC addresses.  Also, if you
search the archive, you'll see a few references to audit programs.  Kinda
like "last" command in Unix.  It audits the logins w/o having to turn on
NetWare's Auditing feature.

hsb

 

From hbae at NYC.RR.COM  Fri May  5 01:32:20 2000
From: hbae at NYC.RR.COM (Hansang Bae)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:32:20 -0400
Subject: NT Mappings and access extremely slow after client install
In-Reply-To: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AE5@INTERGW>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000504202929.00a8fbd0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>

On 12:56 PM 5/4/00 +0200, Mike Glassman - Admin wrote:
>We have mutliple Netware and NT servers on our network.
>When a WS is installed with only the M$ client, access to the NT servers
>(Shares, web pages, apps) works a charm.
>The moment we install the Netware Client, all directory accesses on the NT's
>become extremely slow, up to the point were the opening of a web page which
>sits on an IIS server goes from 2 seconds to and up to 50 seconds. Opening a
>shared directory (Initiall access to get a list of the directories is
>allways fast) but opening a shared directory itself can take up to 10
>seconds. Accesses after opening the directoty the first time become normal
>for a while and then once again slow down.
>Removal of the Netware client and all is fine again.
>I tried removing the IPX binding on the M$ client side in order to
>facilitate only IP access to these servers (NT) with no change in access
>times.

But did you change the binding order for Server, Worskstation, WINS etc in
the Binding Tab?  Also, NTWS (MS OS in general) seems to think that every
IP device will have a WINS entry, or more specifically, a NetBIOS name that
the IP maps too.  This timeout while no NetBIOS name can be found can cause
severe performance problems.

hsb


>We'v checked the Network, Routers etc, and the only thing I can see, is that
>in some way, something is affected after installing the Netware Client (same
>with 3.1, 3.1SP2, 3.2).
>
>I hate to blame the Client for anything, but in this case I have noone or
>nothing else to blame.
>
>Anyone had a similar issue or knows of any other solution ?????
>
>TIA,
>
>Mike Glassman
>System & Security Admin
>Israeli Airports Authority
>Ben-Gurion Airport
>http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il
>
>Tel : 972-3-9710785
>Fax : 972-3-9710939
>Email : admin at iaa.gov.il
>
>Usage of this email address or any email address at iaa.gov.il for the
>purpose of sales pitches, SPAM or any other such unwanted garbage, is
>illegal, and any person, whether corporate or alone doing so, will be
>prosecuted to the fullest possible extent.

 

From hbae at NYC.RR.COM  Fri May  5 01:33:45 2000
From: hbae at NYC.RR.COM (Hansang Bae)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:33:45 -0400
Subject: NT Mappings and access extremely slow after client install
In-Reply-To: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191AE5@INTERGW>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000504203255.00a922c0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>

On 12:56 PM 5/4/00 +0200, Mike Glassman - Admin wrote:
>The moment we install the Netware Client, all directory accesses on the NT's
>become extremely slow, up to the point were the opening of a web page which


Also, putting a protocol analyzer will instantly prove where the time out
is occurring.  Any possibility of doing this?

hsb

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Fri May  5 01:38:44 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:38:44 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB4D@mta_internet>

[somewhat off topic]

There are an awful lot of rumours spreading about this virus.
I have the source code.  If anyone is interested, send me a private
email and I'll send you a 'neutered' version of it (in the form of a
protected PDF ~21 kb).

This damn thing makes quite a few modifications to your registry.  It
looks for a file, "winfat32.exe" and if found, runs a random number
generator which depending on the value performs different malicious
activities to your computer.  Again, as far as I can tell...registry
modifications (often related to IE).   Then later (I'm reading the
source code as I write this), it grabs a directory listing of your hard
drive and it seems to proceed to modify/replace the contents of a vbe
and vbs (and more) files.  Reading further, it also seems to modify even
more files of jpg/jpeg, mp3, etc.... so it appears that you are correct
Paul.

Later (this VBS is nearly 6 pages of code), it goes on to do funky
things with mIRC, then (OF COURSE) it grabs your MAPI address list and
you all know the rest of the story.

Why isn't anyone pointing a finger at Microsoft's liability here?

VBS scripts should not be this powerful or at least, one should have the
ability to 'turn off' the interpreter and keep it off.

This script has some pretty interesting code that allows it to run the
script without the recipient even opening the script.   This may occur
on the newest versions of Outlook.

I suppose those of you who are running mail systems based on anything
other than a Microsoft product are laughing.

Take care,
Shawn

P.S. Any recommendations for a nice quiet place to rest?

________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1
email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
<mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   paul.steele at ACADIAU.CA [SMTP:paul.steele at ACADIAU.CA]
        Sent:   Thursday, May 04, 2000 7:27 PM
        Subject:        Re: THat new virus

        On 4 May 00, at 18:03, Larry Burd wrote:

        > Does the new virus affect server drives??
        > Does anyone know, as I am running without virus software at
the moment.   I
        > do not have an internet connection, but one user does have a
dail up for
        > e-mail via compuserve, and that is what worries me the most.

        If the user is logged in, then the virus will damage jpg, mp4,
and the
        other files mentioned. We're using salvage to get them back...


        ___
        Paul Steele, Network Services Manager           902-585-1660
        Acadia University, Computing Services       FAX:902-585-1066
        Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, B0P 1X0
Mailto:Paul.Steele at acadiau.ca
        http://www.acadiau.ca/cs/staff/paul/

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Fri May  5 01:40:29 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:40:29 -0400
Subject: NW5: Help with NWAdmin
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB4E@mta_internet>

[Sorry to repeat myself people]

>From  TID#1001730  (Thanks Kevin!)
***
Note: To prevent the messages from being broadcast on the network, do
the following:
In NWADMIN right click on NLS_LSP_<server name> and select details.
There is a check box that you uncheck to disable Policy Manager
broadcast messages. Select the Notify tab and make a user assignment.
Only the users selected will received the messages. If a user is not
designated to receive the broadcasts, everyone on the network will
receive them.
***

Where the heck is this Notify tab so that I may follow this procedure?
All I see is a LSP Configuration button.

I'm trying to disable to broadcasts from the server.. thus far I tried
adding
#z:\send /a=n

but this opens a DOS window on the workstations that need to be manually
closed.
Also, the command prevents all broadcast messages from reaching the
client.

There must be a better way?

Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
Dipix Technologies Inc. 1051 Baxter Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 3P1

 

From hbae at NYC.RR.COM  Fri May  5 01:41:09 2000
From: hbae at NYC.RR.COM (Hansang Bae)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:41:09 -0400
Subject: autoexec.ncf goes missing.
In-Reply-To: <0017981F.C21218@eircom.ie>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000504203953.00a936d0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>

On 11:33 AM 5/4/00 +0100, John Mansfield wrote:
>People,
>     I've had a strange thing happen to me twice now. First time I thought
> that
>it was just a fluke but     now I'm not so sure.
>     I have two servers where the autoexec.ncf has just vanished. Both
> occasions
>it has happened     after a restart (don't they all). The server requests a
>fileserver name and net number and further  investigation shows that
>though the
>sys volume IS mounted the autoexec.ncf is in case one   missing and in
>case two
>blank.


When it's missing (or even if it's not) why don't you run salvage/filer to
see who deleted it.  And you can also recover it from there.  But make sure
you keep a backup copy (and a print out by the server)

hsb

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Fri May  5 01:59:19 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:59:19 -0400
Subject: OFFTOPIC:Other useful mail lists?
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB4F@mta_internet>

I'm wondering what other useful mailing lists exist out there.
I did find a site that maintains some lists for those interested:
http://www.liszt.com/ <http://www.liszt.com/>

Mainly, I looking for a list/discussion group for Exchange Server
admins.

Thanks,
Shawn
_______________________________________________________________________
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
<mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Fri May  5 02:17:34 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 21:17:34 -0400
Subject: Off topic: Mimesweeper or Message Inspector (Opinions pls)
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB51@mta_internet>

One way to radically protect ourselves from another virus attack (and I
believe it will only get worse) is to use a program like Mimesweeper
(http://www.mimesweeper.com <http://www.mimesweeper.com> ) or Message
Inspector (see
http://www.elronsoftware.com/connection/newsletter.cfm?story=134
<http://www.elronsoftware.com/connection/newsletter.cfm?story=134> ).

The above two programs actively watch data coming into or out of your
mail server and can monitor and remove any content you deem
inappropriate.   With such programs, I'm assuming I can filter out all
Visual BASIC script attachments, et cetera.

Anyone have experience with such programs?

Thank you,
Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
<mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Fri May  5 02:49:07 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 21:49:07 -0400
Subject: THat new virus (source code)
In-Reply-To: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB4D@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <6B91CC90D21@inter-corporate.net>

> [somewhat off topic]
>
> There are an awful lot of rumours spreading about this virus.
> I have the source code.  If anyone is interested, send me a private
> email and I'll send you a 'neutered' version of it (in the form of a
> protected PDF ~21 kb).
[Snip]

        Just curious:  Where did you get the source code from?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From Anthony at BARATTA.COM  Fri May  5 02:56:06 2000
From: Anthony at BARATTA.COM (Anthony Baratta)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 21:56:06 -0400
Subject: THat new virus (source code)
References: <6B91CC90D21@inter-corporate.net>
Message-ID: <39122A3D.888FA94E@Baratta.com>

Randolf Richardson wrote:
>
> > [somewhat off topic]
> >
> > There are an awful lot of rumours spreading about this virus.
> > I have the source code.  If anyone is interested, send me a private
> > email and I'll send you a 'neutered' version of it (in the form of a
> > protected PDF ~21 kb).
> [Snip]
>
>         Just curious:  Where did you get the source code from?

Randy....

I've got a copy quarantined because I received it from several email lists myself.
Its just a VBS script. Also the VBS code is available at BugTraq
(www.SecurityFocus.com).

What will be interesting is seeing someone reverse engineer the WIN_BUGSFIX.EXE that
the VBS script downloads from the internet and uses to wreak a ton of damage.

I think that this worm/trojan is the first version that is psuedo-client/server, in
that it needs to communicate with a 'master' server to download additional files.

P.S. Did you get a promotion from Randy to Randolf at your last performance review??
LOL
--
Anthony Baratta

 

From xyz at NETINS.NET  Fri May  5 03:14:05 2000
From: xyz at NETINS.NET (W. D.)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 22:14:05 -0400
Subject: OT THat new virus (source code)
In-Reply-To: <6B91CC90D21@inter-corporate.net>
References: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB4D@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000504211233.033ed400@pop3.netins.net>

Everyone who has the virus, has the source code.  It's a Visual Basic
Script file (vbs).

At 18:47 5/4/2000 +0000, Randolf Richardson, wrote:
>
>        Just curious:  Where did you get the source code from?


Start Here to Find It Fast!? -> http://US-WebMasters.com/start.htm

 

From PierceED at CSUS.EDU  Fri May  5 04:26:27 2000
From: PierceED at CSUS.EDU (Eric D. Pierce)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 23:26:27 -0400
Subject: (Fwd) Re: "no,      i mean *get down!*"/ Re: FW: OFF-TOPIC or
Message-ID: <127E5402E49@sswdserver.sswd.csus.edu>

------- Forwarded message follows -------
From:                   Eric D. Pierce <PierceED at csus.edu>
To:                     "Randolf Richardson" <randy at inter-corporate.com>
Subject:                Re: "no,      i mean *get down!*"/ Re: FW: OFF-TOPIC or
Send reply to:          PierceED at csus.edu
Date sent:              Thu, 4 May 2000 15:57:09 -0700


From:                   "Randolf Richardson" <randy at inter-corporate.com>
To:                     "Eric D. Pierce" <PierceED at CSUS.EDU>
Date sent:              Thu, 4 May 2000 15:05:51 +0000
Subject:                Re: "no,              i mean *get down!*"/ Re: FW: OFF-TOPIC or

...
> > As we all know, most repair techs have dizzying (but futile) visions
> > of eventually working in a clean room at a satellite manufacturer, or
> > in one of those cool, psychedelic, rockin' multi color labs as seen
> > in the Intel TV commercials. The prospect of having to actually bend
> > down, and kneel on the floor (along with all those nasty dust
> > bunnies, mites, fungal spores, etc.) to repair a PC of course can be
> > quite a psychic shock under such circumstances, so you might want to
> > consult with your legal department.
>
>       For the few really grungy technicians (the type that appear to
> attract flies) who cause us to wonder if they're the cause of this
> ugly scenario (I'm sure we've all seen them at various computer
> events from time to time),

I thought they were keeping those guys locked up at night in the
basement of the science building, I wonder why they let them out to
go to a computer show?

...


>I'm sure glad NetWare 5.1 supports Bindery mode

Really! I never heard that. How does that work with NDS?

>
>       Isn't it fascinating how effectively corporate cultures emulate the
> darker sides of human nature?

Civilization has been in decline for about as long as it has existed.

...

According to my sociologist/theologican friends, human conciousness
is expressed through collective institutional forms. The dominant
value systems in the world are increasingly dysfunctional, oppressive
and predatory, so one would expect that to show up in institutional
forms in society.

...

>and just replacing their
> computers probably won't stop them from doing it again right away

We just try to get people a under-desk-mounted PC hanger with their
new machnes these days. Such hangers are cool because they slide
forward/back and rotate, and thereby allow easy access to the cable
ports on the back of the PC. And they get the machine out of the
dreaded dust bunnies. :)

regards,
ep

------- End of forwarded message -------
Eric D. Pierce
Database Analyst
CSU, Sacramento - SSWD
----------------------

 

From larry_burd at COMPUSERVE.COM  Fri May  5 07:38:35 2000
From: larry_burd at COMPUSERVE.COM (Larry Burd)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 02:38:35 -0400
Subject: this list
Message-ID: <200005050238_MC2-A3D6-D3F5@compuserve.com>

Being that I've seen the happy virus on this list many of times, and
embedded HTML, and binery attachments, etc.  Can the list-serv be setup to
accept straight text only?

I'm on another majordomo listserv, and the adminstrator automatically
bounces anything but text.  Actually he just filters them into the trash,
and eventually the user figures out why his postings are not going though
:)   But it's nice, the digests aren't ever cluttered up, no attachments to
worry about.

Just a suggestion.........
Larry Burd

 

From a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK  Fri May  5 10:16:03 2000
From: a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK (Andy Swiffin)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 05:16:03 -0400
Subject: >  NIMS
In-Reply-To: <E12nVVh-00058w-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <E12neDJ-0005MY-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>

> From:    Blair Benjamin <BBENJAMIN at PCB.EDU>
> Has anyone attempted to use Novell's Internet Messaging System
> (NIMS) in an environment with Pegasus/Mercury?  We currently
> use (and are very happy with) Pegasus Mail and Mercury but are
> looking for a web-based Interface.

Gosh, it occurs to me that if David were to produce a web interface
to pegasus it would get an awful lot of people of my back here too.

Any possibilities??

Andy

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Andy Swiffin,
Senior network specialist,
IT services, Dundee University,
Dundee, DD1 4HN.
SCOTLAND.  UK.      Tel 01382 344762
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

From gfindlay at INVERESK.CO.UK  Fri May  5 10:19:01 2000
From: gfindlay at INVERESK.CO.UK (gfindlay at INVERESK.CO.UK)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 05:19:01 -0400
Subject: Odd Client/32 v3.21 & MS Access 2000 behaviour
Message-ID: <39129A15.942.399C83@localhost>

We just hit a weird one yesterday.

We had installed some new Dell OptiPlex GX110 machines with Win98,
Office 2000 Pro and the Novell 3.21 client attaching to fully
patched NW3.20 server.

The problem is this : When the user goes into their Access
database, onto reports (and 2 others of the 6 sections) to create a
new report, Access comes back with a "You do not have exclusive
access" message. The problem is that there is no-one else in the
file and when it is copied to the desktop, the problem disappears.

Also, to solve the problem, I had to rev back to the 3.20 client.
Now she can do the New thing off the server with no issues. Also,
it doesn't happen on Windows 95 machines (non-Dell) with the same
settings.

Anyone got ideas about why this would be the case? What has been
fixed/broken in the 3.21 client to stop access doing what it
should.

TIA


 -=-=-
 Graeme Findlay
 Desktop & Infrastructure Analyst
 Internet: gfindlay at inveresk.co.uk
 http://www.inveresk.co.uk/

 All opinions expressed here are my own and may not reflect the
 policies or opinions of Inveresk PLC.

 

From denbeighr at ANCO.DEMON.CO.UK  Fri May  5 10:40:15 2000
From: denbeighr at ANCO.DEMON.CO.UK (Robert Denbeigh)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 05:40:15 -0400
Subject: Where do I get a runtime licence from?
Message-ID: <s912a4ea.061@anco.demon.co.uk>

Please can someone remind me of the obvious (or not so in this case) way get the runtime 3 user licence?

Many thanks.

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 11:13:43 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 06:13:43 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <s9126695.005@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Almost anywhere but here.

>Shawn
>
>P.S. Any recommendations for a nice quiet place to rest?
>___
>Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.


-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 11:20:45 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 06:20:45 -0400
Subject: NW5 NAT implicit filtering
Message-ID: <s912683b.006@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Ok, so tell me.  I the lack of response due to the utter simplicity and
obiviousness and no one wants to be the one to tell me (not likely on
this list) or because no one knows?

joea/

>while fingering thu inetcfg, noticed that "NAT implicit filtering" is
on on
>some servers and off on others.  This is a suprise, to me, as I never

>messed with that at all.
>
>It is "on" on the server doing Netscape ES and the GW (includes GWIA)

>servers and off on the others.
>
>I am not clear, from the help screen, what this means.  NAT is off, in

>anycase. Clarification anyone?
>
>-----------------------------------------
>Joe Acquisto
>SUNY New Paltz
>914-257-3134 (V)
>914-257-6900 (F)
>-----------------------------------------
>Pay attention.
>-----------------------------------------

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 11:27:17 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 06:27:17 -0400
Subject: AS 66 and failed authentication
Message-ID: <s91269c3.007@lan.newpaltz.edu>

AS 6.6 backups fail on remote nw5 servers due to authentication failure.


Using "testnlm.nlm" I can see the  specified "test" user attach to the
remote server (via IP), but no files ever open, and testnlm.nlm
eventually times out with
an 8910 error, as unable to authenticate.

If I try a bogus user, or a bad password, it returns immediately (or
so) with an error (not the same one).

-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From mas at BLACKROC.COM  Fri May  5 11:29:04 2000
From: mas at BLACKROC.COM (Mark Smith)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 06:29:04 -0400
Subject: Seagate [Barracuda] HD woes!!
Message-ID: <20000505102902.B9FAC53ED3@latimer.mail.easynet.net>

Just to add my comments...

I too had a similar problem with a pair of Seagate 9G drives. Both
drives failed and were replaced within a short space of time. The
identical replacements then died a short time (some months) later.

The 'finger test' showed they were actually too hot to touch. I
actually got a burn on the finger from it. Basically the machine
construction was no good, very poor thermal management. It was a
converted desktop type PC being used as a server, crammed full of
drives. It had fans, but very poor air flow around the unit.

I finally got a Compaq server to replace the lot, now all thermal
problems are gone.

In my case the verdict: drive overheating.
Not really a problem with the seagate drives... we were running
them well out of spec.

=>
=>         Since you asked. To me it means either of two things. One is the
=> drives died from heat exhaustion. Use the finger test on the drives; it's
=> that simple. The other is the controller is fubar and thinks drives are
=> gone when they aren't. Decent drives such as the Seagate 9GB SCSI's don't
=> die like flys unless overheated well beyond reasonable limits. Put another
=> way, the box probably has rotten thermal engineering.
=>         Joe D.
=>

Mark

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 13:02:06 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 08:02:06 -0400
Subject: Novell & NT Mappings = Slow?
Message-ID: <s9127ffc.010@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Take a look also at the MS article Q226370 , that has to do with slow
"browsing" of network/local resources.

joea/

>>> Randolf Richardson <randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM> 05/04/00 05:30AM
>>>
> Randy,
> Sorry about sending NOTHING.  Hit the wrong button.

        No problem.  My brain gets power surges from time to time too.
;-)

> What would be the outside chance that the mapping is at the top of
the
> search path instead of a non search map and all requests are going
to
> the NT box first?

        Not my site, so I don't know.  This is a good point though...

        If the search path directory contains a large number of files,
and
the Directory Cache Buffers are running at their maximum, then that
would probably explain the performance problems.  The following SET
parameter is responsible for this:

                Maximum Directory Cache Buffers

        By increasing the value, NetWare has more memory to retain a
cache
of directory entries, and as a result can reference from RAM instead
of from disk whenever a search for a filename is made.

        When a client requests a specific file, the server performs
the
search instead of sending a complete list of files, thus speeding up
the process by reducing bandwidth requirements.  If all the filename
entries can be stored in RAM, the response time will be shorter as a
result.  Indexing techniques are also used with larger directories to
speed up filename lookups.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From GGONZALEZ at STROOCK.COM  Fri May  5 13:35:48 2000
From: GGONZALEZ at STROOCK.COM (GREG GONZALEZ)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 08:35:48 -0400
Subject: NOVELL Digest - 4 May 2000 - Special issue (#2000-99)
Message-ID: <s91287e3.008@mailhost.stroock.com>

Yes it does, if you mean the ILOVEYOU worm, yep! Check your drives for anything ending in VBS that you don't know of. Its attaches itself to JPG, MP3, etc

Greg Gonzalez
Network Systems Manager
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP
180 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
(212)806-6164

>>> LISTSERV at LSV.SYR.EDU 05/04/00 07:57PM >>>

Does the new virus affect server drives??
Does anyone know, as I am running without virus software at the moment.   I
do not have an internet connection, but one user does have a dail up for
e-mail via compuserve, and that is what worries me the most.

Tommorow I will update the dat virus files on that workstation, but
eventually I have to get a server based virus package.

Larry Burd

 

From bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU  Fri May  5 15:51:37 2000
From: bill at GOOFY.AUM.EDU (Bill Broadway)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 10:51:37 -0400
Subject: Displaying Logged in ID
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000504013708.00a87220@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <IOEEKEJPIKOJDFOIMIHEKEBACHAA.bill@goofy.aum.edu>

> It's rather trivial to match up usernames with MAC
> addresses.  Also, if you search the archive, you'll see a few
references
> to audit  programs.  Kinda like "last" command in Unix.  It audits
the
> logins w/o  having to turn on NetWare's Auditing feature.
>
> hsb

It's already been resolved, but the point is I never asked about
auditing .. I know there are ways to see who is logged onto a machine
but you have to have access to the machine .. I wanted a way to be
able to see who was on at a glance and without accessing the machine
physically .. I got it, now I could walk by ever station in the lab
and the person user name is in the tray and visible ... thanks Tony!

Bill

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Fri May  5 16:06:13 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 11:06:13 -0400
Subject: Odd Client/32 v3.21 & MS Access 2000 behaviour
Message-ID: <01JP1ABNCZYA95MUSN@cc.usu.edu>

>We just hit a weird one yesterday.
>
>We had installed some new Dell OptiPlex GX110 machines with Win98,
>Office 2000 Pro and the Novell 3.21 client attaching to fully
>patched NW3.20 server.
>
>The problem is this : When the user goes into their Access
>database, onto reports (and 2 others of the 6 sections) to create a
>new report, Access comes back with a "You do not have exclusive
>access" message. The problem is that there is no-one else in the
>file and when it is copied to the desktop, the problem disappears.

        There are lots of really stupid programs out there which try
to open a file one way and turn around and try to open it again in
a confliciting way. DOS and some of Windows don't care about this,
NetWare does.

>Also, to solve the problem, I had to rev back to the 3.20 client.
>Now she can do the New thing off the server with no issues. Also,
>it doesn't happen on Windows 95 machines (non-Dell) with the same
>settings.

        So look at the client settings and fix things. Don't cache
on the client, turn off opportunistic locking, and so forth. What's
appropriate will be fairly obvious as one scrolls through the choices.
        Joe D.

>Anyone got ideas about why this would be the case? What has been
>fixed/broken in the 3.21 client to stop access doing what it
>should.
>
> Graeme Findlay
> Desktop & Infrastructure Analyst
> Internet: gfindlay at inveresk.co.uk
> http://www.inveresk.co.uk/

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Fri May  5 16:07:10 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 11:07:10 -0400
Subject: Where do I get a runtime licence from?
Message-ID: <01JP1AEHW4CO95MUSN@cc.usu.edu>

>Please can someone remind me of the obvious (or not so in this case) way =
>get the runtime 3 user licence?
>
>Many thanks.
--------
        I'm sure you know the answer. It is spelled Novell. You know how
the legal folks become excited about contracts and such.
        Joe D.

 

From bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG  Fri May  5 16:28:35 2000
From: bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG (Brian Volpone)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 11:28:35 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <s912b0a7.035@luthercare>

Which brings up an interesting question my boss just asked me to
explore. If I understand right, Windows scripting is enabled if you have
Windows 98 or if you've installed IE 5. Am I right so far?

I would expect one could simply disable Windows scripting and never
worry about this type of problem in the future. Shawn's comment below
leads me to wonder that this isn't possible (???). Has anyone attempted
to do this (disable scripting) via, say, a NAL app?

Along those lines - what is the version number in W98 that one uses to
distinguish a 98 workstation from a 95 workstation in NWAdmn32 for NAL?
Mine only shows 95, although I probably don't have the latest and
greatest version of the software.

And, btw, it IS nice to tell people that we're not part of the problem
because we use GroupWise.  :-)


Brian Volpone, CNE
Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net

>>> Shawn Connelly <sconnell at DIPIX.COM> 05/04/00 08:37PM >>>

<SNIP>
VBS scripts should not be this powerful or at least, one should have
the
ability to 'turn off' the interpreter and keep it off.

This script has some pretty interesting code that allows it to run the
script without the recipient even opening the script.   This may occur
on the newest versions of Outlook.

I suppose those of you who are running mail systems based on anything
other than a Microsoft product are laughing.

Take care,
Shawn
<SNIP>

 

From PAltmaier at MDGI.COM  Fri May  5 16:36:29 2000
From: PAltmaier at MDGI.COM (Phil Altmaier)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 11:36:29 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <61D5B3BA64A4D311A04A006008A6C64D16D0AA@BELUGA>

Well.... you may not send out e-mail but the virus will still screw up your
workstation.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Volpone [mailto:bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG]
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 7:29 AM
To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: THat new virus


Which brings up an interesting question my boss just asked me to
explore. If I understand right, Windows scripting is enabled if you have
Windows 98 or if you've installed IE 5. Am I right so far?

I would expect one could simply disable Windows scripting and never
worry about this type of problem in the future. Shawn's comment below
leads me to wonder that this isn't possible (???). Has anyone attempted
to do this (disable scripting) via, say, a NAL app?

Along those lines - what is the version number in W98 that one uses to
distinguish a 98 workstation from a 95 workstation in NWAdmn32 for NAL?
Mine only shows 95, although I probably don't have the latest and
greatest version of the software.

And, btw, it IS nice to tell people that we're not part of the problem
because we use GroupWise.  :-)


Brian Volpone, CNE
Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net

>>> Shawn Connelly <sconnell at DIPIX.COM> 05/04/00 08:37PM >>>

<SNIP>
VBS scripts should not be this powerful or at least, one should have
the
ability to 'turn off' the interpreter and keep it off.

This script has some pretty interesting code that allows it to run the
script without the recipient even opening the script.   This may occur
on the newest versions of Outlook.

I suppose those of you who are running mail systems based on anything
other than a Microsoft product are laughing.

Take care,
Shawn
<SNIP>

 

From bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG  Fri May  5 16:38:39 2000
From: bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG (Brian Volpone)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 11:38:39 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <s912b303.036@luthercare>

Yeah, I know that. I was just replying to Shawn's comment.

>>> Phil Altmaier <PAltmaier at MDGI.COM> 05/05/00 11:27AM >>>
Well.... you may not send out e-mail but the virus will still screw up
your
workstation.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Volpone [mailto:bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG]
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 7:29 AM
To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: THat new virus


Which brings up an interesting question my boss just asked me to
explore. If I understand right, Windows scripting is enabled if you
have
Windows 98 or if you've installed IE 5. Am I right so far?

I would expect one could simply disable Windows scripting and never
worry about this type of problem in the future. Shawn's comment below
leads me to wonder that this isn't possible (???). Has anyone
attempted
to do this (disable scripting) via, say, a NAL app?

Along those lines - what is the version number in W98 that one uses to
distinguish a 98 workstation from a 95 workstation in NWAdmn32 for
NAL?
Mine only shows 95, although I probably don't have the latest and
greatest version of the software.

And, btw, it IS nice to tell people that we're not part of the problem
because we use GroupWise.  :-)


Brian Volpone, CNE
Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net

>>> Shawn Connelly <sconnell at DIPIX.COM> 05/04/00 08:37PM >>>

<SNIP>
VBS scripts should not be this powerful or at least, one should have
the
ability to 'turn off' the interpreter and keep it off.

This script has some pretty interesting code that allows it to run the
script without the recipient even opening the script.   This may occur
on the newest versions of Outlook.

I suppose those of you who are running mail systems based on anything
other than a Microsoft product are laughing.

Take care,
Shawn
<SNIP>

 

From mdlaat at MUISNETWERKEN.NL  Fri May  5 16:52:29 2000
From: mdlaat at MUISNETWERKEN.NL (Maurice de Laat)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 11:52:29 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
References: <s912b0a7.035@luthercare>
Message-ID: <3912EDC6.C7BB5016@muisnetwerken.nl>

> I would expect one could simply disable Windows scripting and never
> worry about this type of problem in the future. Shawn's comment below
> leads me to wonder that this isn't possible (???). Has anyone attempted
> to do this (disable scripting) via, say, a NAL app?

Taken from http://www.sophos.co.uk/virusinfo/articles/safehex.html

---8<----------
If you don't need Windows Scripting Host, turn it off. Enter
                        Start/Settings/Control Panel. Open Add/Remove
Programs. Choose the
                        Windows Setup tab. Double-click on "Accessories" and
make sure
                        Windows Scripting Host is deselected (no checkmark).

--8<--------

Run a snapshot to distribute the changes by use of NAL.
--
Maurice de Laat
Muis Netwerken
Eindhoven, Netherlands
On-line software bestellen op http://www.muisnetwerken.nl

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Fri May  5 17:43:08 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 12:43:08 -0400
Subject: NIMS
In-Reply-To: <E12nSN5-0002xX-00@relay3.smtp.psi.net>
References: <6B348AE5EAE@inter-corporate.net>
Message-ID: <6C8048627C9@inter-corporate.net>

[Snip]
> >  You have a few options:
> >
> >   1. Use NIMS to check POP3 mail accounts automatically.
>
> I thought of this but am still wrestling with a few of the details in my
> mind.  Does this mean that NIMS would not function as a mail
> server, per say, but rather just as an interface?   Would Mercury be
> handling both the SMTP and POP3 aspects of the delivery?  In
> other words, would messages being sent FROM NIMS be sent
> back to Mercury's SMTP for outgoing delivery?

        NIMS has the ability to check one or more POP3 and IMAP4 accounts
for eMail, and download them into its mailbox, on a regular basis, so
in effect the answer is "Yes, NIMS would sort of be like an
interface" but you'd probably need NIMS to send the outgoing mail
since Mercury requires a smart relay (MercuryE.NLM is on its way
though, from what I know, so this won't be the case forever).

> >   2. Write a Perl 5 script that will handle Web Mail for you (this is
> > a daunting task because you'll need to know how to handle headers,
> > file attachments, and a variety of other things).
>
> I think this might be a little beyond the scope of my abilities.

        You may be able to find some scripts out there that already do this,
even if what they're interfacing with POP3 that's okay.

> >   3. Have Mercury autoforward messages to the NIMS SMTP server.
>
> Do you know how this is done?  Are you referring to outgoing or
> incoming messages?

        I'm referring to incoming messages (from Mercury's perspective) and
this can be accomplished by adding the following line in each user's
%HOME_DIRECTORY/PMAIL/PMXF.INI file (I'll assume NIMS IP address is
"10.8.8.8," but if it has its own hostname you can use that instead):

                internet autoforward=username@[10.8.8.8]

> > > Does anyone know if and how to have to two systems work together?
> > [Snip]
> >
> >  I don't know how compatible they are in the context that you're
> > hoping for, but option #1 above is probably your best bet.
> >
> >  As far as sending mail is concerned, my guess is that you're using
> > NIMS as a smart SMTP relay for Mercury, which is fine.  I use
> > Unoverica's freeware mail server behind filters (because it's an open
> > relay if I don't, but it's very quick).
>
> Actually we haven't done anything with NIMS yet.  I'm still trying to
> get a firm understanding and formulate a plan.  Could you explain
> "smart relay" ?

        A "smart [SMTP] relay" uses DNS (see "MX records") to determine
which SMTP to contact (based on recipient lists in each message it
processes), and delivers mail accordingly.

        You see, Mercury Mail Server doesn't currently have a smart SMTP
relay module called "MercuryE.NLM" (although I understand this is in
the works right now), and uses "MercuryC.NLM" instead to forward all
outgoing messages to another smart SMTP relay for sending outgoing
mail, such as NIMS, Unoverica (what I use, filtered of course), Unix
SendMail, GroupWise GWIA, and many more.

> Thanks a bunch for your help and for taking to time to respond, as
> you have.  It is very much appreciated!

        You're welcome.  I hope this helps.

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 17:56:00 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 12:56:00 -0400
Subject: -601 creating new objects in NWadmin
Message-ID: <s912c4de.097@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Lately, When creating new NDS objects,  I've been getting:

error (1026) Unknown object type, error code 0:-601

A bit later, if I re-expand the tree view, there she be, the new
object, that is.

Why do I have this synching sensation?  (and is it bad if I'm starting
to enjoy it?)

*"The Worm, the Spice, IS there a connection?"

*from "DUNE"  (now there was a dry subject!)




-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From g.visnevskis at KONTS.LV  Fri May  5 17:56:20 2000
From: g.visnevskis at KONTS.LV (Gatis Visnevskis)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 12:56:20 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
References: <61D5B3BA64A4D311A04A006008A6C64D16D0AA@BELUGA>
Message-ID: <3912FD11.4B03E504@konts.lv>

Maybe someone tried Mcafee extra.dat file with Netware ??
Netshield 4.1.1 does not recognize extra.dat - so my servers are still
vulnerable...

Phil Altmaier wrote:
>
> Well.... you may not send out e-mail but the virus will still screw up
> your workstation.

Gasha

"NT is faster from 0 to 60, but you need UNIX to get to 100"

 

From paul.steele at ACADIAU.CA  Fri May  5 18:03:33 2000
From: paul.steele at ACADIAU.CA (Paul Steele)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 13:03:33 -0400
Subject: -601 creating new objects in NWadmin
In-Reply-To: <s912c4de.097@lan.newpaltz.edu>
Message-ID: <3912D4B5.10696.15EC324D@localhost>

On 5 May 2000, at 12:55, Joe Acquisto wrote:

> Lately, When creating new NDS objects,  I've been getting:
>
> error (1026) Unknown object type, error code 0:-601
>
> A bit later, if I re-expand the tree view, there she be, the new
> object, that is.
>
> Why do I have this synching sensation?  (and is it bad if I'm starting
> to enjoy it?)

I've been getting the same problem, but only in one partition. I've done
dsrepairs but it hasn't helped. I've been thinking about deleting 2 of
the 3 replicas and recreate them to see if it corrects the problem. At
the moment I haven't done anything though...


___
Paul Steele, Network Services Manager           902-585-1660
Acadia University, Computing Services       FAX:902-585-1066
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, B0P 1X0  Mailto:Paul.Steele at acadiau.ca
http://www.acadiau.ca/cs/staff/paul/

 

From columbo at DDS.NL  Fri May  5 18:22:17 2000
From: columbo at DDS.NL (Roland Kool)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 13:22:17 -0400
Subject: -601 creating new objects in NWadmin
In-Reply-To: <s912c4de.097@lan.newpaltz.edu>
Message-ID: <NOVELL%2000050513221750@LSV.SYR.EDU>

Don't worry about it. It happens sometimes at my location too and I
have yet to encounter any problems related this error.
Yes I think it has something to do with syncing. I have no clue on
why this happens one time and the other time it doesn't.

Roland

> Lately, When creating new NDS objects,  I've been getting:
>
> error (1026) Unknown object type, error code 0:-601
>
> A bit later, if I re-expand the tree view, there she be, the new
> object, that is.
>
> Why do I have this synching sensation?  (and is it bad if I'm starting
> to enjoy it?)
>
> *"The Worm, the Spice, IS there a connection?"
>
> *from "DUNE"  (now there was a dry subject!)
>
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Joe Acquisto
> SUNY New Paltz
> 914-257-3134 (V)
> 914-257-6900 (F)
> -----------------------------------------
> Pay attention.
> -----------------------------------------

 

From PierceED at CSUS.EDU  Fri May  5 18:22:34 2000
From: PierceED at CSUS.EDU (Eric D. Pierce)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 13:22:34 -0400
Subject: (Fwd) Interesting Article on Email Security (general)
Message-ID: <135D5D85DF0@sswdserver.sswd.csus.edu>

In the digest, someone asked about Microsoft being held accountable
for what some feel are massive, gaping security holes.

See the following article.

  http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1816987.html?dtn.head

note the link to another article on the variant named
"V E R Y  F U N N Y"
ep

------- Forwarded message follows -------
...
Subject:                Interesting Article on Email Security (general)
From:                   "Enoch's Vision, Inc. (Cary Enoch R...)" <caryenochr at enochsvision.com>
Date sent:              Fri, 5 May 2000 08:29:35 -0400

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1816987.html?dtn.head

If your system has a file named scrrun.dll then this can happen to you. Find
it and delete or rename it. I believe that this is common sense advice.

Cary Enoch R...  aka Enoch's Vision, Inc., Peach County, Georgia

http://www.enochsvision.com -- "Behind all these manifestations is the one
radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal
this radiance through the created object." ~Joseph Campbell
...

------- End of forwarded message -------

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 18:40:33 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 13:40:33 -0400
Subject: -601 creating new objects in NWadmin
Message-ID: <s912cf4d.008@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>On 5 May 2000, at 12:55, Joe Acquisto wrote:
>
>> Lately, When creating new NDS objects,  I've been getting:
>>
>> error (1026) Unknown object type, error code 0:-601
>>
>> A bit later, if I re-expand the tree view, there she be, the new
>> object, that is.
>>
>> Why do I have this synching sensation?  (and is it bad if I'm
starting
>> to enjoy it?)
>
>I've been getting the same problem, but only in one partition. I've
done
>dsrepairs but it hasn't helped. I've been thinking about deleting 2
of
>the 3 replicas and recreate them to see if it corrects the problem.
At
>the moment I haven't done anything though...
>
>
>___
>Paul Steele, Network Services Manager           902-585-1660
>Acadia University, Computing Services       FAX:902-585-1066
>Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, B0P 1X0
>Mailto:Paul.Steele at acadiau.ca
>http://www.acadiau.ca/cs/staff/paul/

It's a scary thing, to me, that there appears to be no way (TIKO) to
find out which replica (a) - nwadmin is speaking to, (b) - what replica
clients are actually reading from.  Or so I am told.

So,  poor toads like me have to make do with guess work,  well meant
(and not so well meant) inaccurate advice and pure "wit" (if I say so
myself).

It's one thing to expect people to learn by doing, it's quite another
to make things obscure and excruciatingly painful to find.  (TIKO? think
AFAIK)

I imagine that this is how it felt, in olden tymes, to be drawn and
quartered.  And I don't mean a drop of Rum and a place to sleep.

Or may be "chinese water torture" is a better one.

joea/

-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From MKessler at CERES.SFSU.EDU  Fri May  5 18:58:39 2000
From: MKessler at CERES.SFSU.EDU (Michael Kessler)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 13:58:39 -0400
Subject: Server experienced a critical error
Message-ID: <200005051758.KAA26983@diana.sfsu.edu>

One of my servers just "experienced a critical error. The offending
process was suspended or removed etc."  How do I find out which
one was the offending process?  Thanks.

Michael Kessler
College of Humanities
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
MKessler at ceres.sfsu.edu
voice: 415 338-1662
FAX: 415 338-7030
********************************************

 

From JRD at CC.USU.EDU  Fri May  5 19:05:37 2000
From: JRD at CC.USU.EDU (Joe Doupnik)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:05:37 -0400
Subject: Server experienced a critical error
Message-ID: <01JP1GN5OB8Y95MVN3@cc.usu.edu>

>One of my servers just "experienced a critical error. The offending
>process was suspended or removed etc."  How do I find out which
>one was the offending process?  Thanks.
>
>Michael Kessler
>College of Humanities
>San Francisco State University
>1600 Holloway Ave.
>San Francisco, CA 94132
>MKessler at ceres.sfsu.edu
>voice: 415 338-1662
>FAX: 415 338-7030
-------
        sys:system\abend.log
        Joe D.

 

From drogers at CI.SIMI-VALLEY.CA.US  Fri May  5 19:07:10 2000
From: drogers at CI.SIMI-VALLEY.CA.US (Darren Rogers)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:07:10 -0400
Subject: >  NIMS
Message-ID: <s912ab5b.016@ci.simi-valley.ca.us>

Well, you could always pop on over (no pun intended) to mail.yahoo.com, set up your POP3 server, and change the return address to your SMTP mail address....  Voila!  Free, cross-platform, universally available, POP3 web client.

Darren Rogers
Information Services Division
City Of Simi Valley
805.583.6948

>>> a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK 05/05/00 03:16AM >>>
> From:    Blair Benjamin <BBENJAMIN at PCB.EDU>
> Has anyone attempted to use Novell's Internet Messaging System
> (NIMS) in an environment with Pegasus/Mercury?  We currently
> use (and are very happy with) Pegasus Mail and Mercury but are
> looking for a web-based Interface.

Gosh, it occurs to me that if David were to produce a web interface
to pegasus it would get an awful lot of people of my back here too.

Any possibilities??

Andy

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Andy Swiffin,
Senior network specialist,
IT services, Dundee University,
Dundee, DD1 4HN.
SCOTLAND.  UK.      Tel 01382 344762
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Fri May  5 19:19:19 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:19:19 -0400
Subject: NW5: Upgraded NWADMIN now I lost containers
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB5C@mta_internet>

Arrgh.. help...please.

Okay, I upgraded to the latest NWADMIN and now I lost access to quite a
few objects.  The normal icons
are now replaced with the question mark icons.  (License connectors,
NDPS, etc.)

Am I losing it?   I'm under a lot of stress right now so perhaps I
missed something along the way to
this admin upgrade.

Thank you,
Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
<mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

 

From GvL at POBOX.COM  Fri May  5 19:29:00 2000
From: GvL at POBOX.COM (Guido van Laar)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:29:00 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
References: <s912b0a7.035@luthercare> <3912EDC6.C7BB5016@muisnetwerken.nl>
Message-ID: <3913104B.845B10BA@Pobox.com>

Or in your login script (or with zen) check for c:\windows\wscript.exe and
rename or delete it.

Guido van Laar.

Maurice de Laat wrote:

>
> > I would expect one could simply disable Windows scripting and never
> > worry about this type of problem in the future. Shawn's comment below
> > leads me to wonder that this isn't possible (???). Has anyone attempted
> > to do this (disable scripting) via, say, a NAL app?
>
> Taken from http://www.sophos.co.uk/virusinfo/articles/safehex.html
>
> ---8<----------
> If you don't need Windows Scripting Host, turn it off. Enter
>                         Start/Settings/Control Panel. Open Add/Remove
> Programs. Choose the
>                         Windows Setup tab. Double-click on "Accessories" and
> make sure
>                         Windows Scripting Host is deselected (no checkmark).
>
> --8<--------
>
> Run a snapshot to distribute the changes by use of NAL.
> --
> Maurice de Laat
> Muis Netwerken
> Eindhoven, Netherlands
> On-line software bestellen op http://www.muisnetwerken.nl

 

From drogers at CI.SIMI-VALLEY.CA.US  Fri May  5 19:29:28 2000
From: drogers at CI.SIMI-VALLEY.CA.US (Darren Rogers)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:29:28 -0400
Subject: -601 creating new objects in NWadmin
Message-ID: <s912b096.034@ci.simi-valley.ca.us>

for some reason, I tend to get this error a lot if I create objects with spaces in the names....

Darren Rogers
Information Services Division
City Of Simi Valley
805.583.6948

>>> ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU 05/05/00 09:55AM >>>
Lately, When creating new NDS objects,  I've been getting:

error (1026) Unknown object type, error code 0:-601

A bit later, if I re-expand the tree view, there she be, the new
object, that is.

Why do I have this synching sensation?  (and is it bad if I'm starting
to enjoy it?)

*"The Worm, the Spice, IS there a connection?"

*from "DUNE"  (now there was a dry subject!)




-----------------------------------------
Joe Acquisto
SUNY New Paltz
914-257-3134 (V)
914-257-6900 (F)
-----------------------------------------
Pay attention.
-----------------------------------------

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 19:29:59 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:29:59 -0400
Subject: -601 creating new objects in NWadmin
Message-ID: <s912dae2.019@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>Sync timing...
>
>       Wait...
>
>       When you create an object it might be on one replica, and then
>when you query for it, it might be on another replica, which has yet
to
>sync  in the new object...
>
>       Normal behavior, unless the time is great...

I hear you guys. That is an explaination, and my be how it works in
reality.

But I have a real hard time with "normal behavior".  It just seems like
BS engineering to have a program that writes to one replica, but reads
from another.  That just seems just plain stoooopid to me.  Especially
when the "write/read" time delta is one mouse click.

What?  it ain't bad enough that we can never be certain of the replica
from connection time to connection time, now it appears that even during
a single connection, we cannot be sure?  That's carrying "loosely
consistent" to the point of absurdity.

Heisenberg? or Hindenberg?


> On Fri, 5 May 2000, Joe Acquisto wrote:
>
>> Lately, When creating new NDS objects,  I've been getting:
>>
>> error (1026) Unknown object type, error code 0:-601
>>
>> A bit later, if I re-expand the tree view, there she be, the new
>> object, that is.
>>
>> Why do I have this synching sensation?  (and is it bad if I'm
starting
>> to enjoy it?)
>>
>> *"The Worm, the Spice, IS there a connection?"
>>
>> *from "DUNE"  (now there was a dry subject!)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------
>> Joe Acquisto
>> SUNY New Paltz
>> 914-257-3134 (V)
>> 914-257-6900 (F)
>> -----------------------------------------
>> Pay attention.
>> -----------------------------------------
>>
>
>
>
>---
>Geoffrey Carman
>York University
>geoffc at yorku.ca
>
>

 

From MKessler at CERES.SFSU.EDU  Fri May  5 19:33:46 2000
From: MKessler at CERES.SFSU.EDU (Michael Kessler)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:33:46 -0400
Subject: Server experienced critical error - more
Message-ID: <200005051833.LAA22727@diana.sfsu.edu>

The following is part of the information given in abend.log.  We are
using server.nlm 5.00.  Does it need to be upgraded?  If so, why is
only one of the three servers is having these problems?  Thanks.

Additional Information:
    The CPU encountered a problem executing code in
SERVER.NLM.  The problem may be in that module or in data
passed to that module by a process owned by SERVER.NLM.



Michael Kessler
College of Humanities
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
MKessler at ceres.sfsu.edu
voice: 415 338-1662
FAX: 415 338-7030
********************************************

 

From NeelyR at MISSOURI.EDU  Fri May  5 19:34:26 2000
From: NeelyR at MISSOURI.EDU (Neely, Ronald C.)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:34:26 -0400
Subject: -601 creating new objects in NWadmin
Message-ID: <7B5F4A3DED02D411B49B0000E889ECB702CBB868@UMC-MAIL02>

        I encounter this frequently and have always been able to correct the
problem by resending all the objects from each server in the replica ring (
DSREPAIR | Advanced options | Replica and partition operations | View
replica ring | Send all objects to each server in the replica ring).  If the
number of objects in the partition is reasonably small, I will kick this off
on each server simulataneously.  On larger partitions I do two servers at a
time.  This operation will clean up almost all replica inconsistencies, and
since it doesn't close the DS database, it's unobtrusive in the bargain.

        ========================================

> Don't worry about it. It happens sometimes at my location too and I
> have yet to encounter any problems related this error.
> Yes I think it has something to do with syncing. I have no clue on
> why this happens one time and the other time it doesn't.
>
> Roland
>
> > Lately, When creating new NDS objects,  I've been getting:
> >
> > error (1026) Unknown object type, error code 0:-601
> >
> > A bit later, if I re-expand the tree view, there she be, the new
> > object, that is.
> >
> > Why do I have this synching sensation?  (and is it bad if I'm starting
> > to enjoy it?)
> >
> > *"The Worm, the Spice, IS there a connection?"
> >
> > *from "DUNE"  (now there was a dry subject!)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Joe Acquisto
> > SUNY New Paltz
> > 914-257-3134 (V)
> > 914-257-6900 (F)
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Pay attention.
> > -----------------------------------------

 

From GvL at POBOX.COM  Fri May  5 19:35:31 2000
From: GvL at POBOX.COM (Guido van Laar)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:35:31 -0400
Subject: NW5: Upgraded NWADMIN now I lost containers
References: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB5C@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <391311D2.E300DAD9@Pobox.com>

You are probably missing some of the nwadmin snapins or nwadmin can't find
them anymore.
When nwadmin doesn't understand a certain object it will put a question mark
on it. The understanding of some objects is done through the snapins that
deal with those objects.
Check your public\win32\snapins directory.

Guido van Laar.

Shawn Connelly wrote:

>
> Arrgh.. help...please.
>
> Okay, I upgraded to the latest NWADMIN and now I lost access to quite a
> few objects.  The normal icons
> are now replaced with the question mark icons.  (License connectors,
> NDPS, etc.)
>
> Am I losing it?   I'm under a lot of stress right now so perhaps I
> missed something along the way to
> this admin upgrade.
>
> Thank you,
> Shawn
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ___
> Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
> email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
> postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
> <mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 19:35:33 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:35:33 -0400
Subject: NW5: Upgraded NWADMIN now I lost containers
Message-ID: <s912dc32.026@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Been there, done that.  I don't have the numbers, but there are a few
TIDS.

It's just missing dll's.  later version of NWadmin keep them in a
"central location"

joea/

>>> Shawn Connelly <sconnell at DIPIX.COM> 05/05/00 02:18PM >>>
Arrgh.. help...please.

Okay, I upgraded to the latest NWADMIN and now I lost access to quite
a
few objects.  The normal icons
are now replaced with the question mark icons.  (License connectors,
NDPS, etc.)

Am I losing it?   I'm under a lot of stress right now so perhaps I
missed something along the way to
this admin upgrade.

Thank you,
Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> ,
webmaster at dipix.com
<mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

 

From chaseli at GARDNERDENVER.COM  Fri May  5 19:35:46 2000
From: chaseli at GARDNERDENVER.COM (Linda Chase)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:35:46 -0400
Subject: THat new virus - wscript.exe
Message-ID: <007001bfb6c0$e7607e60$0d3c020a@gardnerdenver.com>

Our way was crude but quick.  Since we don't use vbs files here, we have some
freedoms that others don't have. So I included the following line in the
logusrin.bat that I always exit the login script to:
IF EXIST C:\WINDOWS\WSCRIPT.EXE REN C:\WINDOWS\WSCRIPT.EXE WSCRIPT-OLD.EXE
That broke the file associations for both Win 95 and Win 98.  NT4 has the file in
the system32 directory.  Win2000 is a little tougher - you have to convince it not
to "self-heal."   If I need to, I can just as readily rename it back.  I warned
everybody but so far, not having wscript.exe has caused no problems.


Linda Chase



----- Original Message -----
From: Maurice de Laat <mdlaat at MUISNETWERKEN.NL>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: THat new virus


> > I would expect one could simply disable Windows scripting and never
> > worry about this type of problem in the future. Shawn's comment below
> > leads me to wonder that this isn't possible (???). Has anyone attempted
> > to do this (disable scripting) via, say, a NAL app?
>
> Taken from http://www.sophos.co.uk/virusinfo/articles/safehex.html
>
> ---8<----------
> If you don't need Windows Scripting Host, turn it off. Enter
>                         Start/Settings/Control Panel. Open Add/Remove
> Programs. Choose the
>                         Windows Setup tab. Double-click on "Accessories" and
> make sure
>                         Windows Scripting Host is deselected (no checkmark).
>
> --8<--------
>
> Run a snapshot to distribute the changes by use of NAL.
> --
> Maurice de Laat
> Muis Netwerken
> Eindhoven, Netherlands
> On-line software bestellen op http://www.muisnetwerken.nl
>

 

From ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 19:39:08 2000
From: ACQUISTJ at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 14:39:08 -0400
Subject: -601 creating new objects in NWadmin
Message-ID: <s912dd08.027@lan.newpaltz.edu>

>        I encounter this frequently and have always been able to
correct the
>problem by resending all the objects from each server in the replica
ring (
>DSREPAIR | Advanced options | Replica and partition operations | View
>replica ring | Send all objects to each server in the replica ring).
If the
>number of objects in the partition is reasonably small, I will kick
this off
>on each server simulataneously.  On larger partitions I do two servers
at a
>time.  This operation will clean up almost all replica
inconsistencies, and
>since it doesn't close the DS database, it's unobtrusive in the
bargain.
>

Interesting.  I sure hope you run DSrepair *a* *lot* at your place.
Specially Rebuild Local Schema.  What happens if there is corruption in
one of those replicas?

joea/


>        ========================================
>
>> Don't worry about it. It happens sometimes at my location too and I
>> have yet to encounter any problems related this error.
>> Yes I think it has something to do with syncing. I have no clue on
>> why this happens one time and the other time it doesn't.
>>
>> Roland
>>
>> > Lately, When creating new NDS objects,  I've been getting:
>> >
>> > error (1026) Unknown object type, error code 0:-601
>> >
>> > A bit later, if I re-expand the tree view, there she be, the new
>> > object, that is.
>> >
>> > Why do I have this synching sensation?  (and is it bad if I'm
starting
>> > to enjoy it?)
>> >
>> > *"The Worm, the Spice, IS there a connection?"
>> >
>> > *from "DUNE"  (now there was a dry subject!)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----------------------------------------
>> > Joe Acquisto
>> > SUNY New Paltz
>> > 914-257-3134 (V)
>> > 914-257-6900 (F)
>> > -----------------------------------------
>> > Pay attention.
>> > -----------------------------------------

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Fri May  5 20:01:52 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 15:01:52 -0400
Subject: (Fwd) Interesting Article on Email Security (general)
In-Reply-To: <135D5D85DF0@sswdserver.sswd.csus.edu>
Message-ID: <3912B5AD.7296.2E32BA@localhost>

On 5 May 2000, at 10:22, Eric D. Pierce wrote:

> In the digest, someone asked about Microsoft being held accountable
> for what some feel are massive, gaping security holes.

And why isn't Novell pushing Groupwise as being immune to this?  Or
isn't it?

---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Fri May  5 20:01:54 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 15:01:54 -0400
Subject: setup e-mail
In-Reply-To: <NOVELL%2000050412190175@LSV.SYR.EDU>
References: <68B30C42FC0@inter-corporate.net>
Message-ID: <3912B6D2.32659.32A9AC@localhost>

On 4 May 2000, at 18:18, Roland Kool wrote:

> Telnet (port 23) is also insecure (not encrypted). SSH is a secure
> telnet daemon on port 22. I have personally never seen any SSH daemon
> for Netware. I have only seen them for Sun and Linux.

And the true free unices (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc.)

---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Fri May  5 20:05:18 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 15:05:18 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
In-Reply-To: <61D5B3BA64A4D311A04A006008A6C64D16D0AA@BELUGA>
Message-ID: <3912B8EF.31374.3AEBB5@localhost>

On 5 May 2000, at 7:27, Phil Altmaier wrote:

> Which brings up an interesting question my boss just asked me to
> explore. If I understand right, Windows scripting is enabled if you have
> Windows 98 or if you've installed IE 5. Am I right so far?

I believe anyone with IE _4_ or later has the WSHost installed.

http://www.uk.sophos.com/support/news/ has instructions on how to
disable it.

Just found some freeware that might help:

http://www.arachnophiliac.com/chekof.htm

  What is ChekOf?

      ChekOf (pronounced 'Chekov') was written to monitor the
      macro security settings of Microsoft Office 95, 97 and
      2000.

      It is NOT an anti-virus product, it simply warns if the
      macro security settings are lowered from the setting
      when ChekOf was started, this check is carried out every
      10-30 seconds (dependant on configuration) while the
      program is running.

      Also, ChekOf will warn at startup if any of the settings
      are set to LOW or are Disabled.

      Click here for information about macro security settings
      for Word 95/97/2000.

      Version 1.10 also adds new options, these include the
      ability to disable/enable Visual Basic for Applications
      (VBA) and Windows Scripting Host (WSH) (if installed).
      Also with this version I have added early support to
      monitor some registry settings that can be hijacked by
      malcontents for malware use (virus/Trojan/worm).

      Version 1.20 adds detection of other registry changes
      that may signify a Trojan or Remote Access Trojan (RAT,
      such as Back Orifice 2K, Sub Seven, NetBus, etc,) has
      been installed on your system. Version 1.20 also adds
      the System Tray Icon.

If it has command-line switches, I might implement this at some sites
where clients insist on MS IE 5.

---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From angussf at GEOAPPS.COM  Fri May  5 20:59:27 2000
From: angussf at GEOAPPS.COM (Angus Scott-Fleming)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 15:59:27 -0400
Subject: THat new virus - wscript.exe
In-Reply-To: <007001bfb6c0$e7607e60$0d3c020a@gardnerdenver.com>
Message-ID: <3912C620.25419.6E7719@localhost>

On 5 May 2000, at 13:36, Linda Chase wrote:

> Our way was crude but quick.  Since we don't use vbs files here, we have some
> freedoms that others don't have. So I included the following line in the
> logusrin.bat that I always exit the login script to:
> IF EXIST C:\WINDOWS\WSCRIPT.EXE REN C:\WINDOWS\WSCRIPT.EXE WSCRIPT-OLD.EXE
> That broke the file associations for both Win 95 and Win 98.  NT4 has the file in
> the system32 directory.  Win2000 is a little tougher - you have to convince it not
> to "self-heal."   If I need to, I can just as readily rename it back.  I warned
> everybody but so far, not having wscript.exe has caused no problems.

Note that if someone (or something) re-installs WSCRIPT.EXE, your REN
will fail.

I'd exit to a batch file:

@echo off
IF EXIST WSCRIPT-OLD.EXE ATTRIB -R -S -H WSCRIPT-OLD.EXE
IF EXIST WSCRIPT-OLD.EXE DEL WSCRIPT-OLD.EXE
IF EXIST C:\WINDOWS\WSCRIPT.EXE REN C:\WINDOWS\WSCRIPT.EXE WSCRIPT-OLD.EXE

This _might_ do the trick....

---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Fri May  5 23:21:13 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 18:21:13 -0400
Subject: >  NIMS + Web interface for Mercury
In-Reply-To: <E12neDJ-0005MY-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>
References: <E12nVVh-00058w-00@pp.dundee.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <6CDA6F472CA@inter-corporate.net>

> > Has anyone attempted to use Novell's Internet Messaging System
> > (NIMS) in an environment with Pegasus/Mercury?  We currently
> > use (and are very happy with) Pegasus Mail and Mercury but are
> > looking for a web-based Interface.
>
> Gosh, it occurs to me that if David were to produce a web interface
> to pegasus it would get an awful lot of people of my back here too.
>
> Any possibilities??

        I've seen discussions somewhere in the past (probably not here)
regarding an effort to build some Perl scripts for this exact
scenario.  Of course, I didn't bookmark it.

        Does anyone know where this discussion was, originally?

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM  Fri May  5 23:24:14 2000
From: randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM (Randolf Richardson)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 18:24:14 -0400
Subject: >  NIMS
In-Reply-To: <s912ab5b.016@ci.simi-valley.ca.us>
Message-ID: <6CDB2A53313@inter-corporate.net>

> Well, you could always pop on over (no pun intended) to
> mail.yahoo.com, set up your POP3 server, and change the return
> address to your SMTP mail address....  Voila!  Free,
> cross-platform, universally> >>>>>>>>

        You can do this with MyRealBox.Com too, and the BIG ADVANTAGE is
that you don't see banner advertisements, and "get your free Yahoo!
mail account"-type blurbs aren't appended onto your messages.

                MyRealBox - Free eMail on the Web
                http://www.MyRealBox.com/

Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.inter-corporate.com/

Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/

 

From acquistj at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU  Fri May  5 23:26:39 2000
From: acquistj at LAN.NEWPALTZ.EDU (Joe Acquisto)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 18:26:39 -0400
Subject: (Fwd) Interesting Article on Email Security (general)
Message-ID: <s913125c.070@lan.newpaltz.edu>

Love thy enemy?  Don't tempt fate?

GW is immune, as such, but since the html viewer uses IE . . .  Who
knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

The Shadow knows.

joea/

<<< Angus Scott-Fleming <angussf at GEOAPPS.COM>  5/ 5  3:03p >>>
On 5 May 2000, at 10:22, Eric D. Pierce wrote:

> In the digest, someone asked about Microsoft being held accountable
> for what some feel are massive, gaping security holes.

And why isn't Novell pushing Groupwise as being immune to this?  Or
isn't it?

---------------------------------------------------------
Angus Scott-Fleming      GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona
angussf at geoapps.com   1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
---------------------------------------------------------

 

From drogers at CI.SIMI-VALLEY.CA.US  Sat May  6 01:09:23 2000
From: drogers at CI.SIMI-VALLEY.CA.US (Darren Rogers)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 20:09:23 -0400
Subject: >  NIMS
Message-ID: <s913003f.087@ci.simi-valley.ca.us>

Should have added this to the last one, but there are also a number of free/cheap products that should run quite well in a novonyx server with servlets.  A few examples:
KBMail http://www.kbmail.com/ISP/index.html  - $199 per server
JetSpeed (way cool BTW - worth a look for ANYONE!) http://java.apache.org/jetspeed/site/overview.html - open source, and did I mention that it's way cool?


Darren Rogers
Information Services Division
City Of Simi Valley
805.583.6948

>>> drogers at CI.SIMI-VALLEY.CA.US 05/05/00 11:03AM >>>
Well, you could always pop on over (no pun intended) to mail.yahoo.com, set up your POP3 server, and change the return address to your SMTP mail address....  Voila!  Free, cross-platform, universally available, POP3 web client.

Darren Rogers
Information Services Division
City Of Simi Valley
805.583.6948

>>> a.l.swiffin at DUNDEE.AC.UK 05/05/00 03:16AM >>>
> From:    Blair Benjamin <BBENJAMIN at PCB.EDU>
> Has anyone attempted to use Novell's Internet Messaging System
> (NIMS) in an environment with Pegasus/Mercury?  We currently
> use (and are very happy with) Pegasus Mail and Mercury but are
> looking for a web-based Interface.

Gosh, it occurs to me that if David were to produce a web interface
to pegasus it would get an awful lot of people of my back here too.

Any possibilities??

Andy

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Andy Swiffin,
Senior network specialist,
IT services, Dundee University,
Dundee, DD1 4HN.
SCOTLAND.  UK.      Tel 01382 344762
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Sat May  6 01:26:10 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 20:26:10 -0400
Subject: Is Novell safe from VBS worms (was Re: NOVELL Digest - 4 May 2000
              - Special issue (#2000-99))
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB5E@mta_internet>

        > Its attaches itself to JPG, MP3, etc

Technically that is incorrect.   A virus (of any sort) cannot attach
itself to a graphics or multimedia formats such as MP3's.
What actually happened in this case is the worm modified the Windows
registry (one of Microsoft's insane designs) in such a manner that when
one attempted to open one of those files, Windows actually executed the
worm VBS script.

And NO, this worm or any other VBS based worm will not affect a Novell
server drive.
This is strictly a Microsoft based problem.   Yes, a VBS file can be
placed on a server hard drive but unless it is accessed, this worm is
fairly innocuous.

I added an ArcServeIT filter to never backup files with a VBS extension.
I wonder if it is possible to have Innoculan treat all VBS files as
potential viruses?

Shawn

P.S. I've downloaded a 30 trial of Mimesweeper - I hope this works as
good as they claim.
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
<mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   GREG GONZALEZ [SMTP:GGONZALEZ at STROOCK.COM]
        Sent:   Friday, May 05, 2000 8:36 AM
        Subject:        Re: NOVELL Digest - 4 May 2000 - Special issue
(#2000-99)

        Yes it does, if you mean the ILOVEYOU worm, yep! Check your
drives for anything ending in VBS that you don't know of. Its attaches
itself to JPG, MP3, etc

        Greg Gonzalez
        Network Systems Manager
        Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP
        180 Maiden Lane
        New York, NY 10038
        (212)806-6164

        >>> LISTSERV at LSV.SYR.EDU 05/04/00 07:57PM >>>

        Does the new virus affect server drives??
        Does anyone know, as I am running without virus software at the
moment.   I
        do not have an internet connection, but one user does have a
dail up for
        e-mail via compuserve, and that is what worries me the most.

        Tommorow I will update the dat virus files on that workstation,
but
        eventually I have to get a server based virus package.

        Larry Burd

 

From sconnell at DIPIX.COM  Sat May  6 01:34:09 2000
From: sconnell at DIPIX.COM (Shawn Connelly)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 20:34:09 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB5F@mta_internet>

There is a switch that disables Macros (for Word) and a similar switch
for IE (security level setting) BUT
(are you ready for this?)

The idiots at Microsoft somehow gave VBS programmers the ability to
disable and/or bypass this switch and run a script without the
unsuspecting client knowing.  I found out about this because of a fairly
new macro virus (reported on McAfee's site) actually circumvents this MS
security feature.

Does anyone wish to claim that Microsoft shouldn't be held responsible
for this chaos?

Shawn
________________________________________________________________________
___
Shawn Connelly, MIS (the ubiquitous) Network Engineer.
email: sconnell at dipix.com <mailto:sconnell at dipix.com> ,
postmaster at dipix.com <mailto:postmaster at dipix.com> , webmaster at dipix.com
<mailto:webmaster at dipix.com>

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Brian Volpone [SMTP:bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG]
        Sent:   Friday, May 05, 2000 11:29 AM
        Subject:        Re: THat new virus

        Which brings up an interesting question my boss just asked me to
        explore. If I understand right, Windows scripting is enabled if
you have
        Windows 98 or if you've installed IE 5. Am I right so far?

        I would expect one could simply disable Windows scripting and
never
        worry about this type of problem in the future. Shawn's comment
below
        leads me to wonder that this isn't possible (???). Has anyone
attempted
        to do this (disable scripting) via, say, a NAL app?

        Along those lines - what is the version number in W98 that one
uses to
        distinguish a 98 workstation from a 95 workstation in NWAdmn32
for NAL?
        Mine only shows 95, although I probably don't have the latest
and
        greatest version of the software.

        And, btw, it IS nice to tell people that we're not part of the
problem
        because we use GroupWise.  :-)


        Brian Volpone, CNE
        Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
        LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
        email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net

        >>> Shawn Connelly <sconnell at DIPIX.COM> 05/04/00 08:37PM >>>

        <SNIP>
        VBS scripts should not be this powerful or at least, one should
have
        the
        ability to 'turn off' the interpreter and keep it off.

        This script has some pretty interesting code that allows it to
run the
        script without the recipient even opening the script.   This may
occur
        on the newest versions of Outlook.

        I suppose those of you who are running mail systems based on
anything
        other than a Microsoft product are laughing.

        Take care,
        Shawn
        <SNIP>

 

From molm at CVXMCK.EDU.AU  Sat May  6 03:29:01 2000
From: molm at CVXMCK.EDU.AU (Michael Mollard)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 22:29:01 -0400
Subject: >  NIMS
In-Reply-To: <6CDB2A53313@inter-corporate.net>
References: <s912ab5b.016@ci.simi-valley.ca.us>
Message-ID: <39140D05.4256.166B87@localhost>

I have a myrealbox account, and I was getting disheartened with the reliability/speed of
it.  Then I created a digitalme.com account - presumably the same Software, definitely
Novell, and way more reliable.  just my 2c.


Priority:               normal
Date sent:              Fri, 5 May 2000 15:22:07 +0000
Send reply to:          Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU>
From:                   Randolf Richardson <randy at INTER-CORPORATE.COM>
Organization:           Inter-Corporate
Subject:                Re: >  NIMS
To:                     NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU

> > Well, you could always pop on over (no pun intended) to
> > mail.yahoo.com, set up your POP3 server, and change the return
> > address to your SMTP mail address....  Voila!  Free,
> > cross-platform, universally> >>>>>>>>
>
>         You can do this with MyRealBox.Com too, and the BIG ADVANTAGE is
> that you don't see banner advertisements, and "get your free Yahoo!
> mail account"-type blurbs aren't appended onto your messages.
>
>                 MyRealBox - Free eMail on the Web
>                 http://www.MyRealBox.com/
>
> Randolf Richardson - randolf at inter-corporate.com
> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>
> Do your NetWare servers ever sleep?  Give them a break:
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/products/freeware/sleep/



Michael Mollard
Computer Network Administrator
Clairvaux MacKillop College
PH: 07 38539807 / 07 3349 8977
Fax: 07 3349 5677
http://www.cvxmck.edu.au
molm at cvxmck.edu.au
  - or -
michaelmollard at myrealbox.com

A thought for the day ...
Last year we drove across the country. We switched on the driving...every half mile...We had one cassette tape to listen to on
the entire trip...I don't remember what it was.
- Steven Wright

 

From xyz at NETINS.NET  Sat May  6 06:08:00 2000
From: xyz at NETINS.NET (W. D.)
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 01:08:00 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
In-Reply-To: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB5F@mta_internet>
Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000506000759.036c19b0@pop3.netins.net>

How 'bout a class action suit against Micro$oft for the $10 billion in 
damages they have allowed to happen because of their defective software.
Any trial lawyers on the list?

At 20:33 5/5/2000 -0400, Shawn Connelly, wrote:
>The idiots at Microsoft somehow gave VBS programmers the ability to
>disable and/or bypass this switch and run a script without the
>unsuspecting client knowing.  
>Does anyone wish to claim that Microsoft shouldn't be held responsible
>for this chaos?

Start Here to Find It Fast!? -> http://US-WebMasters.com/start.htm

 

From kelly at CLIFFHANGER.COM  Sat May  6 08:10:02 2000
From: kelly at CLIFFHANGER.COM (Kelly Scroggins)
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 03:10:02 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20000506000759.036c19b0@pop3.netins.net>
References: <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB5F@mta_internet>
            <3.0.5.32.20000506000759.036c19b0@pop3.netins.net>
Message-ID: <20000506011233.A2832@cliffhanger.com>

First I need to let it be known that I'm not defending Mircrosoft here.  But if there were another OS or mail program as common as Windows and Outlook the virus writers would still find a way to do their nasty deeds.

For instance, on another list I subscribe to, someone suggested that unix systems have a compiler built in and that the Perl scripting language was a very powerfull tool as well.  And considerable damage could be done using them.

kelly


    How 'bout a class action suit against Micro$oft for the $10 billion in 
    damages they have allowed to happen because of their defective software.
    Any trial lawyers on the list?
    
    At 20:33 5/5/2000 -0400, Shawn Connelly, wrote:
    >The idiots at Microsoft somehow gave VBS programmers the ability to
    >disable and/or bypass this switch and run a script without the
    >unsuspecting client knowing.  
    >Does anyone wish to claim that Microsoft shouldn't be held responsible
    >for this chaos?
    
    Start Here to Find It Fast!? -> http://US-WebMasters.com/start.htm

 

From xyz at NETINS.NET  Sat May  6 09:00:26 2000
From: xyz at NETINS.NET (W. D.)
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 04:00:26 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
In-Reply-To: <20000506011233.A2832@cliffhanger.com>
References: <3.0.5.32.20000506000759.036c19b0@pop3.netins.net>
            <A071C1DA3438D31190440008C75C923D05BB5F@mta_internet>
            <3.0.5.32.20000506000759.036c19b0@pop3.netins.net>
Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000506030020.00a10970@pop3.netins.net>

Yes, but the default configuration in both cases should be that these
ancillary facilities should be 'OFF'.  That way, no complicated, and
possibly damaging processing can occur.

Microsoft, supposedly the world's leader in software, besides being
a monopolistic bully, is also entirely negligent for producing this
atrociously defective software.

At 01:12 5/6/2000 -0500, Kelly Scroggins, wrote:
>First I need to let it be known that I'm not defending Mircrosoft here.
But if there were another OS or mail program as common as Windows and
Outlook the virus writers would still find a way to do their nasty deeds.
>
>For instance, on another list I subscribe to, someone suggested that unix
systems have a compiler built in and that the Perl scripting language was a
very powerfull tool as well.  And considerable damage could be done using
them.
>
>kelly

Start Here to Find It Fast!? -> http://US-WebMasters.com/start.htm

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Sat May  6 09:35:04 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 04:35:04 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191B0D@INTERGW>

And your network drives.

The virus can work on any drive the WS has open at the time of infection.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Altmaier [SMTP:PAltmaier at MDGI.COM]
> Sent: ? ??? 05 2000 17:27
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      Re: THat new virus
>
> Well.... you may not send out e-mail but the virus will still screw up
> your
> workstation.
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Volpone [mailto:bvolpone at LUTHERCARE.ORG]
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 7:29 AM
> To: NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: THat new virus
>
>
> Which brings up an interesting question my boss just asked me to
> explore. If I understand right, Windows scripting is enabled if you have
> Windows 98 or if you've installed IE 5. Am I right so far?
>
> I would expect one could simply disable Windows scripting and never
> worry about this type of problem in the future. Shawn's comment below
> leads me to wonder that this isn't possible (???). Has anyone attempted
> to do this (disable scripting) via, say, a NAL app?
>
> Along those lines - what is the version number in W98 that one uses to
> distinguish a 98 workstation from a 95 workstation in NWAdmn32 for NAL?
> Mine only shows 95, although I probably don't have the latest and
> greatest version of the software.
>
> And, btw, it IS nice to tell people that we're not part of the problem
> because we use GroupWise.  :-)
>
>
> Brian Volpone, CNE
> Network Support Specialist/Network Administrator
> LUTHERCARE, Lititz, PA
> email: bvolpone at luthercare.org  OR bvolpone at success.net
>
> >>> Shawn Connelly <sconnell at DIPIX.COM> 05/04/00 08:37PM >>>
>
> <SNIP>
> VBS scripts should not be this powerful or at least, one should have
> the
> ability to 'turn off' the interpreter and keep it off.
>
> This script has some pretty interesting code that allows it to run the
> script without the recipient even opening the script.   This may occur
> on the newest versions of Outlook.
>
> I suppose those of you who are running mail systems based on anything
> other than a Microsoft product are laughing.
>
> Take care,
> Shawn
> <SNIP>

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Sat May  6 09:38:57 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 04:38:57 -0400
Subject: THat new virus
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191B0F@INTERGW>

Not enough to do that if your already infected eh.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guido van Laar [SMTP:GvL at POBOX.COM]
> Sent: ? ??? 05 2000 20:18
> To:   NOVELL at LSV.SYR.EDU
> Subject:      Re: THat new virus
>
> Or in your login script (or with zen) check for c:\windows\wscript.exe and
> rename or delete it.
>
> Guido van Laar.
>
> Maurice de Laat wrote:
>
> >
> > > I would expect one could simply disable Windows scripting and never
> > > worry about this type of problem in the future. Shawn's comment below
> > > leads me to wonder that this isn't possible (???). Has anyone
> attempted
> > > to do this (disable scripting) via, say, a NAL app?
> >
> > Taken from http://www.sophos.co.uk/virusinfo/articles/safehex.html
> >
> > ---8<----------
> > If you don't need Windows Scripting Host, turn it off. Enter
> >                         Start/Settings/Control Panel. Open Add/Remove
> > Programs. Choose the
> >                         Windows Setup tab. Double-click on "Accessories"
> and
> > make sure
> >                         Windows Scripting Host is deselected (no
> checkmark).
> >
> > --8<--------
> >
> > Run a snapshot to distribute the changes by use of NAL.
> > --
> > Maurice de Laat
> > Muis Netwerken
> > Eindhoven, Netherlands
> > On-line software bestellen op http://www.muisnetwerken.nl

 

From admin at IAA.GOV.IL  Sat May  6 09:40:29 2000
From: admin at IAA.GOV.IL (Mike Glassman - Admin)
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 04:40:29 -0400
Subject: Server experienced critical error - more
Message-ID: <26427B746059D311A1560000F6C44836191B10@INTERGW>

Mike,

Not enough info.

Please chop up more of the log and past so we can look, including what was
running at the time of the abend.

Or post to the Novell abend site.