NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: OS/2 Utilities for NetWare v3.12 and v4.10 README FOR: OS2U1.EXE NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS: NetWare 3.12 NetWare 4.02 NetWare Client for OS/2 2.11 NetWare 4.1 NetWare Client for OS/2 2.12 ABSTRACT: OS2U1.EXE Supercedes OS2UTP.EXE This file contains updated OS/2 utilities for NetWare v3.12, NetWare v4.02 and NetWare v4.10 as 20 September 1995. The updated utilites are to be used with NetWare Client for OS/2 v2.1x. Also included is a OS/2 PM version of Rconsole. These utilities have not been submitted to Novell system test. ----------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ISSUE: PATCHES AND FIXES FOR V3.12 ONLY: SYMPTOM The following error is displayed when selecting "Directory Contents" in filer Description: Error returned from SplitPath ccode is 899b. Severity: The current operation cannot be completed. SOLUTION Apply FILER.EXE 273421 03-29-95 4:51p. SYMPTOM A problem was identified when the last PC to login, or PC with the highest connection slot to the NetWare server, was an OS/2 PC and a message is sent with the SEND.EXE utility to a group of which this OS/2 PC was a member. Under these circumstances the message is sent to all members of the group but then SEND.EXE continues to try and send the message to all the remaining un-used connections on the NetWare server generating an error for each un-used connection. The included versions of SEND.EXE should resolve this problem. SOLUTION For OS/2 apply SEND.OS2 17790 1-06-95 5:36p For DOS apply SEND.DOS 34512 1-06-95 5:33p (Rename SEND.DOS to SEND.EXE and copy to sys:public) SYMPTOM SYSCON.EXE resolves a problem with earlier SYSCON, when creating a User home directory. Error: "SetDrivePath returned error -30717". Version 3.77 of Syscon will generate a SYS1811: Trap 000d if you delete a user ID that is logged in. SOLUTION Apply SYSCON.EXE, 273468 bytes, 08-22-94. SYMPTOM The included version of CAPTURE.3X addresses issues of running login.exe from a CALL statement in the OS/2 config.sys and hanging if a #capture existed in the OS/2 login script. This problem occurs with the CAPTURE.EXE that ships with NetWare 3.1x, including CAPTURE.EXE v3.75, dated 5-20-93, that ships with NetWare 3.12. SOLUTION Apply CAPTURE.EXE, 37103 bytes, 1-22-91. This version of capture should NOT be used with 4.X NetWare. PATCHES AND FIXES FOR V4.02 ONLY: SYMPTOM Error: CAPTURE-4.03-700: The mode, of device, , cannot be found in the PRINTDEF database. Either specify a valid mode or create a new mode with the specified name. This occurs when using an NDS queue object that is set up to redirect a print job through the 4.x queue object to a 3.x print server queue. To duplicate the error you need to define and use a Device and Mode. This occured with capture.exe 5-05-94 that shipped with NetWare v4.02. SOLUTION Apply CAPTURE.EXE, 105149 bytes, 09-02-94 and CAPTURE.MSG, 30953 bytes, 05-05-94. (See Installation Instructions) CAPTURE.EXE that ships NetWare v4.10 also resolves this issue. SYMPTOM Using CX before logging in will return the following errors: SYS3175: A program generated an access violation at 0001:09f5 CX.EXE. SYS1811: The process has stopped. The software diagnostic code (trap number) is 000D. SOLUTION Apply CX.EXE, 45408 bytes, 5-13-94. CX.EXE that ships with the v2.11 OS/2 Client Kit also resolved this issue. CX.EXE that ships with NetWare v4.10 also resolves this issue. CX.EXE that ships with the V2.12 OS/2 Client also resolves this issue PATCHES AND FIXES FOR v3.12 and v4.10: SYMPTOM NDIR.EXE was unable to locate files if more than 255 directories searched. NDIR.EXE was giving memory allocation errors when searching directories with more than 200 LongFileNames. NDIR.EXE was modified to display KB's instead of Bytes on Large 4GB volumes or Directoies SOLUTION NDIR.EXE 154448 09-07-95 9:49a NDIR.MSG 14761 08-07-95 11:36a SYMPTOM LOGIN.EXE did not correctly pass login environment variables to spawned processes. For example, if a CMD file was called from the login script, the CMD file could not make use of variables that had been set in the login script. LOGIN.EXE 10-24-94 129904 didn't parse login scripts using "IF MEMBER OF "GROUP1" THEN BEGIN" when the groups names only differed by the last character. After executing LOGIN.EXE the first available non local drive would be mapped to SYS: ie D:=Server/sys:. This drive is now deleted unless the login script maps the drive. SOLUTION Apply LOGIN.EXE 128704 6-22-95 & LOGIN.MSG 11333 9-22-94. This is a 4.10 utility and can be used in a 3.X enviorment to resolve this issue. LOGIN.MSG ships with NetWare v4.10. LOGIN.EXE that ships with OS/2 v2.12 Client (Intranet Ware OS/2 client)also resolves this issue. SYMPTOM Versions of OS/2 NCOPY prior to this patch would cause extended attribute corruption and also would fail to release resources back to the alloc short term memory pool on v3.x NetWare servers. NCOPY /S from local drive to network dirve would not correctly create subdirectories on network drive. Prior versions of DOS NCOPY would fail to process extended attribute information correclty. SOLUTION For OS/2 apply NCOPY.EXE 74606 08-31-95. For DOS apply NCOPY.DOS 313464 10-19-94. (Rename NCOPY.DOS to NCOPY.EXE and copy to sys:public) For both DOS & OS/2 use NCOPY.MSG 7733 9-21-94. NCOPY.DOS and NCOPY.MSG ship with NetWare v4.10. This is a v4.10 utility and can be used in a 3.X enviorment to solve the above symptom. Self-Extracting File Name: os2u1.exe Files Included Size Date Time ..\ OS2U1.TXT (This file) ..\312\ CAPTURE.EXE 37103 1-22-91 11:31:10 pm FILER.EXE 273421 3-29-95 11:51:10 pm SEND.DOS 34512 1-7-95 12:33:16 am SEND.EXE 17790 1-7-95 12:36:54 am SYSCON.EXE 273468 8-22-94 10:12:54 pm ..\402\ CAPTURE.EXE 105149 9-2-94 10:15:22 pm CAPTURE.MSG 30953 5-5-94 11:28:26 pm CX.EXE 45408 5-13-94 5:26:26 pm ..\410\ LOGIN.EXE 128704 6-22-95 10:30:28 pm LOGIN.MSG 11333 9-22-94 9:59:06 pm NCOPY.DOS 313464 10-19-94 4:06:54 pm NCOPY.EXE 74608 8-31-95 7:52:46 pm NCOPY.MSG 7733 9-21-94 8:24:28 pm NDIR.EXE 154448 9-7-95 4:49:08 pm NDIR.MSG 14761 8-7-95 6:36:08 pm ..\REMCON\ BTRCALLS.DLL 40674 9-20-91 8:23:26 am DBAPI.DLL 139477 11-18-92 5:05:52 am REMOCON.EXE 168464 4-14-93 3:32:12 pm REMOCON.HLP 2695 1-15-93 7:03:12 pm Installation Instructions: To Install NetWare Utilities: 1) Make backup copies of the the current OS/2 utilities files found in the PUBLIC\OS2 or LOGIN\OS2 directories on your system. 2) Then copy the OS/2 utilities found in 312, 402 or 410 to the respective PUBLIC\OS2 LOGIN\OS2 directories on your system. 3) On 3.12 servers put *.MSG files in the same directroies as the utilitiy. On 4.x Servers put the *.MSG files in PUBLIC\NLS\ENGLISH Directory TO INSTALL REMOCON: Copy the following files to a local or network directory: REMOCON.EXE REMOCON.HLP DBAPI.DLL BTRCALLS.DLL REMOCON.EXE can be executed from an OS/2 command line the DLL's must be in the current directory or found in the LIBPATH. REMOCON.EXE can also be launched from an OS/2 Icon. Use the following information when Creating an OS/2 Icon. Path = \REMOCON.EXE Parameters = Working Dir = ----------------------------------------------------------------- Any trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners. Consult your product manuals for complete trademark information. -----------------------------------------------------------------