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Novell Enterprise Web Server patch - TID2958125 (last modified 20DEC2000)
2958125 2958125
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abstract

NetWare Enterprise Web Server
These files include fixes for the Enterprise web server running on NetWare 5.1. These NLMs can be used on a NetWare 5.0 server if the current support pack for NetWare 5.0 has been installed before trying to run these NLMs. To find the current support pack for NetWare 5.0 check the patches link at http://support.novell.com. These NLMs will not work on any NetWare 4.x servers.

The install prerequisites were edited 12/11/00.
The Readme was edited 12/20/00.

installation

Prerequisites:

1. The latest support pack for NetWare 5.1 must be installed before using these NLMs. At the minimum support pack 1 must be installed, failure to do so will result in public symbol errors.
2. The NLMs contained in this patch can be used for the Enterprise web server running on a NetWare 5.1, or the Novonyx web server running on NetWare 5.0. Do not use these NLMs on any version of NetWare released before version 5.0.
3. On a NetWare 5.0 server, PKI/SAS needs to be installed in order to load the NLMs in this patch.
4. The NetWare 5.0 server must be patched to NW5SP5.EXE or later for these NLMs to work. The latest support pack can be located at: http://support.novell.com

Enterprise WebServer Installation:

1. Stop the web server using the NSWEBDN command.
2. Rename the admserv.nlm, nshttpd.nlm, nslcgi.nlm and the nwglobsm.nlm or move them to a backup directory. These files are located in the SYS:SYSTEM directory of the NetWare 5.x server. There may not be an nwglobsm.nlm in the SYS:SYSTEM in every situation.
3. Copy all of the NLMs included in this patch to the SYS:SYSTEM directory on the NetWare 5.x server.
4. Reload the web server with the NSWEB command, or reboot the server.

issue

NESN51B.EXE inclueds all of the fixes in the previous NESN51x.EXE patches.

In addition to providing a temporary upgrade path for NetWare 5.0 web servers, multiple stability issues and the following abends have been addressed.

Fixes in NESN51.EXE
1. Abend in NSHTTPD.NLM|ldap_simple_bind function.
Abend: Page Fault Processr Exception (Error code 00000000)
EAX = 00000000 EBX = 00000001 ECX = D40BBAC4 EDX = D40BBAC4
ESI = D4355938 EDI = D5DFB2C4 EBP = D5DF9404 ESP = D5DF93EC
EIP = D42446B7 FLAGS = 00014292 (AF SF IF NT RF)
D42446B7 83B8EA00000000 CMP [EAX+000000EA], 00000000

2. Abend in CheckTheRightsCache caused with NDS authentication

Fixes in NESN51A.EXE
1.Users that are located several contexts down are unable to authenticate to the Enterprise Server.

2.Unable to see an index of files and folders on another volume through the Enterprise Server.

Fixes in NESN51B.EXE
1.A NetWare 5.1 web server is using virtual document directories to access HTML files on a remote server. The web server is taking a licensed connection on the remote server and will not release it until the web server is reset or rebooted.

2.Web server appears to be causing high utilization on the server.

3. If more then 16 hardware virtual servers were defined the web server would abend.

4.If you create a Software Virtual Server, the cache statistics do NOT update; they all stay at 0. If you then delete the Software Virtual Server, the cache starts working again.

5. An abend caused when using Netscape 6.0 browser and Web Access.

contents

Self-Extracting File Name:  nesn51b.exe

Files Included       Size   Date         Time    Version   Checksum

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   ADMSERV.NLM     685039   07-25-2000   01:12PM
   NESN51B.TXT       4742   12-20-2000   11:21AM
   NSHTTPD.NLM    2323823   12-04-2000   11:20AM
    NSLCGI.NLM      79175   07-25-2000   01:06PM
  NWGLOBSM.NLM     214489   07-25-2000   01:18PM
Document Title: Novell Enterprise Web Server patch
Document ID: 2958125
Creation Date: 07DEC2000
Modified Date: 20DEC2000
Document Revision: 4
Novell Product Class: NetWare
Novell Product and Version: NetWare 5
NetWare 5.1

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