Unable to extract data from Access database on Netware 5 Server - Error message: File not found (271459)

RESOLUTION

1. On the IIS server that you want to communicate with Access, install Novell Netware Client for Windows NT (Required). During setup, choose a Custom Installation, choose to install into a NDS system, and choose only ip for the protocol.
   
   Important Do not install Workstation Manager.
2. Install the latest version of MDAC. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=78cac895-efc2-4f8e-a9e0-3a1afbd5922e

3. Create an ODBC System DSN using the Microsoft Access Database driver. To do this, use one of the following methods:
   • Click Select, and then enter the path to the database by using Universal Naming Convention (UNC) in the database name field to give the DSN a name. -or-
     
     
   • Add an OLE DB Provider for Jet Connection String to the asp page that is failing. An example of a Access Connection String is:

     set conn = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
     conn.open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source='UNC Path to Netware 5 Goes Here';Persist Security Info=False"

4. On the Windows NT IIS server, use User Manager to change the IUSR password:
   1. In the Internet Service Manager, open the properties of the localhost. In the Master Properties section, click Edit.
   2. Click the Directory Security tab. In the Anonymous access section, click Edit, and then deselect NT to synchronize the password.
   3. Change the password to match the one that was set in User Manager.
   4. Stop and restart the IIS Services and test that Anonymous access is still working.
5. Open the Netware Administrator found on the sys: volume under Public\WIN32 folder of the Netware 5 server. In the root of the container at which the server exists, create a IUSR_Machine Name account identical to the one that is on the Windows NT Server. On the properties of that user, click Password Restrictions and choose to have Require password checked. Click the Set Password button, and set the password to that of the NT account.
   
   Important Do not require passwords to be changed on the Netware system. This is the most crucial step to the entire process.
6. In Netware Administrator, under the newly created IUSR properties, choose the Rights to files and directories tab, and then add the appropriate rights to the database files that need to accessed. At the least, READ permissions need to be given, unless changes are made through the Internet that require all permissions except supervisor and access control.
   
   Note This process of configuring proper authentication could also be accomplished by granting rights to a NDS group object (that is, Web Access Group), and then making the IUSR_MachineName a member of this group.