accpac on Samba

[arvind233]

Does anyone know how to install multi user accpac -dos version- on Samba. Currently I run it on Novell and want to migrate it to Samba (or even Win 2003 Server).

 

[Jay Converse]

You may not be able to move it at all if you don't have the original 3 1/2" system manager disk, because you need that switch from Netware to NT. What version of Accpac Plus are you running, and do you have the old diskettes?

 

[ettienne]

Accpac Plus on Linux, heck that will be a first. As tuba says, you need the original System Manager disks to reinstall the System Manager as well as the Lanpaks.

 

[arvind233]

I am able to copy all files from novell to directories on Samba.
I can run accpac and see lan pak units - I could not save ld4 files in individual directories and it runs off x:\asp directory. But I was able to get 10 users with multiple modules open.
To do this I had to replicate the asp directories - very inconvenient. I have Accpac 6.1 and yes I can dig up the old disks somewhere.

 

[ettienne]

What do you mean with "I could not save ld4 files in individual directories"?
All the program files should be in the share on the server, and all workstations need a drive mapped to the share.
You will need to reinstall the lanpaks and select the correct network O/S, using Novell lanpaks on Linux/Samba could lead to problems.

 

[Jay Converse]

I wouldn't go near it on Samba. Accpac Plus never heard of Linux when it was written. It needs to run from the root of a mapped drive. You'll be lucky if you can get it to run on server 2003.

 

[arvind233]

I have it running from the root of a mapped drive. ex. H:.
It save the ld4 files on H:/asp directory. I want it to save it to j:\usr\"user".

 

[ettienne]

Oh you mean the files relating to the user's settings.
Plus.exe /? will give you the switches, but it is something like:

Plus /sj:\usr\user /uj:\usr\user /pj:\usr\user

There is a switch to set the location where the swap files are created as well, but I forgot what that is.

 

[arvind233]

cool. 1st hurdle is gone. It works so far. I think swap files are on h: and are probably ok. Will go to the next step and see.

Thanks for the above tip....

 

[DjangMan]

Type PLUS /? to get the various switches.

Plus /DB is the only one that I know of that isn't on the displayed list.