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  1. DaveBrown

    User / group permissions

    Hi and happy new year, I realise this may be a simple request, but I have forgotten. Can you let me know whether user permissions take preference over group permissions if the user is a member of the group. For example, if a group has read/write permissions to a resource(s)and a user (who is a...
  2. DaveBrown

    Variable %FILE_SERVER

    Hi All, This may be a simple request for some of you, but can anyone let me know where %FILE_SERVER picks up its value from and how to set it to a different server name / ip address in a script? There are good reasons for doing this - we use %FILE_SERVER in OU login scripts and need to make...
  3. DaveBrown

    Netware 5.1 contextless login

    Hi All, We are currently running netware 5.1 with SP7 / SP8. We have 2 NDS trees on the network (purely historical reasons)and we are looking at setting up DSCAT Contextless Login. We have set up the Netware Client to test it in each tree with just the Tree name entered. What we are wondering is...
  4. DaveBrown

    Netware file permissions

    Hi All, I am running Netware 5.1 with SP7/8. If I set rights at the document / spreadsheet level then after a couple of days the rights are lost and the user has no access to the document / spreadsheet. However if the rights are set at the folder which contains the document /spreadsheet then the...
  5. DaveBrown

    Novell 5.1 server crash

    Morning all and Happy new Year, I have a dell PE2450 running NW 5.1 SP8 and it has started crashing every couple of days with Abends similar to the following:- Abend 1 on P00: Server-5.00l: Nonmaskable Interrupt Processor Exception (Error code 000000B0) Registers: CS = 0008 DS = 0010 ES =...
  6. DaveBrown

    Non-NDPS Servers logging in via tcp/ip

    Hi All, We are running a Netware 5.1 network in non-NDPS printing mode. I am trying to set up print servers to login to netware servers via tcp/ip. The print server are mostly built-in Xerox Document Centre Print Servers and built-in and external lexmark / marknet print servers. All the print...
  7. DaveBrown

    Open Container Login Script

    Hi All, Is there an easy way of finding out who has a container login script open in Netware? We are running a mix of Netware 5.1 SP7 / SP8 and I get an error when trying to edit a container login script - I am assuming one or more of our users still have the login script open. There are a...
  8. DaveBrown

    "an invalid user name was entered"

    Hi All, I'm trying to set up NDS user accounts using FirstName.LastName format eg john.doe I get the above error message when trying to create the account despite having set "allow dots in netware username" to ON in Netware client Thanks in advance for any assistance Regards Dave
  9. DaveBrown

    Poweredge 4400 with degraded arrays

    Hi All, I have a PE4400 running nw 5.1 sp7 and Array Manager for Netware 3.4.and running RAID5 scsi drives 0,1,2,3,4,5 Virtual Disk 0 is degraded because only drives 0,1 are in the array even though drives 0,1,2 are reported as ready and Virtual Disk 1 is degraded because only drives 3,5 are in...
  10. DaveBrown

    Access to all netware volumes in a NDS Tree

    Hi All, Within our ICT Suport Unit there is a need for the desktop support team to have read access to volume VOL1 on all the servers in the tree. Is there a quick way of setting this up at the top of the tree?. I have tried setting up the group as a trustee of the top object and granted the...
  11. DaveBrown

    Admin / Supervisor Eqivalence

    Hi All, Is there a utility anywhere similar to the netware 3 "Security" command which checks the NDS for users with supervisor equivalence? Thanks in Advance Dave
  12. DaveBrown

    Errors running nw51sp8.exe

    Hi All I've just downloaded the above service pack for netware 5.1 When I run nw51sp8.exe in a dos window I get the following error at the end of the run:- *** Valid ARJ-SECURITY envelope signature: *** Novell, Inc. R#100026 Found 3 error(s)! But I've no idea what the errors are. Has...
  13. DaveBrown

    Capture does not work with Win Xp

    Hi all, I have a problem trying to capture lpt1 to a print file when printing form a DOS application to a network print file. I am running win xp with Novell client 4.90sp2 attaching to netware 5.1 sp7 When I run the command capture /cr={mapped drive:\<filename>} I get the error capture...
  14. DaveBrown

    Capture print file to disc does not work with Winxp

    Hi all, I have a problem trying to capture lpt1 to a print file when printing form a DOS application to a network print file. I am running win xp with Novell client 4.90sp2 attaching to netware 5.1 sp7 When I run the command capture /cr={mapped drive:\<filename>} I get the error capture...
  15. DaveBrown

    Connections to netware over IP

    Hi All, Does anyone know if "Problems using underscore in the server name and IP connections. -TID10018822" is still valid for Netware 5.1 as we have a netware 5.1 server where authentication is via IP but the normal connection is then made using IPX. This one server has IP and SLP configured...
  16. DaveBrown

    Novell User set up

    Is it possible to set up a CSV file(or some other file type) containing NDS usernames, tree names and context etc so that it can be actioned out of hours to set up large numbers of users in nds?? Thanks in advance Dave
  17. DaveBrown

    Dell PE4300 - firmware out of date

    Hi All, When I load up one of our older Dell PE4300 I get the following warning : Firmware is out-of-date System backplane firmware revision 4.1 Has anyone got any ideas where I can get the updates from ?? - Thanks in Advance Dave
  18. DaveBrown

    Error NDPS v2.00

    Hi All I've recently upgraded my NW client to 4.90 sp2 running on a win2000 sp2 workstation connecting to netware 5.1 servers whch are currently not running NDPS When I now open the details on any type of nds object in NW Adminstrator ver 5.1.9f I get the above error box displayed with the...
  19. DaveBrown

    Read/Write replica of NDS root partition

    Hi All Is it possible to add a Read/Write Replica of a root partition of 1 NDS tree and save it on a server in a different NDS tree? and if so how is it done?? Thanks in advance Dave
  20. DaveBrown

    Running Fastcli

    Hi everyone I'm trying to run fastcli.nlm on a dell poweredge 4300 running netware 5.1 sp4 After loading sys:\perc2\fastcli.nlm and I enter the command &quot;open afa0&quot; i get the error Executing: open &quot;afa0&quot; Command Error: <The requested controller does not exist.> How can I find...

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