NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  NCS.NLM for NIAS 4.1 & NIAS 4.2
TID #:  2958030
README FOR:  NCS3.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS:
NCS / Remote Control - NBMNR

ABSTRACT:

NCS3.EXE resolves several problems, in addition to issues previously resolved
in BM2NCS2.EXE.
1) Resolves a Page Fault abend issue when NCS Dialout is attempted.
2) Allows ConnectView and CSAUDIT.log to display the calling telephone number
properly.

Fixes carried over from BM2NCS2.EXE
BM2NCS2.EXE fixes several problems which occur after applying BMSP2D.EXE to
BorderManager 2.1.
1) Clients will see Invalid or Expired NCS Password and on the Server:  Alert!
Security Violation for User <Username> is seen.
2) If the original shipping version of NCS.NLM is applied to a BMSP2D.EXE
patched server,  NCS Scheduler Abends may occur.




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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Extract NCS3.EXE into a temporary directory.
2) Unload NCS from the server console <UNLOAD NCS>
3) Rename NCS.NLM to NCS.OLD <REN F:\SYSTEM\NCS.NLM NCS.OLD>
4) Copy the new NCS.NLM from your temporary directory to the SYSTEM directory 
5) Reload NCS.NLM at the console <LOAD NCS>


ISSUE: 

NCS3.EXE resolves several problems, in addition to issues previously resolved
in BM2NCS2.EXE.
1) Resolves a Page Fault abend issue when NCS Dialout is attempted.
Example abend.log:

Server <server name> halted Friday,  8 September 2000   3:44:40 pm
Abend 1 on P00: Server-5.00g: Page Fault Processor Exception (Error code
00000000)

Registers:
    CS = 0008 DS = 0010 ES = 0010 FS = 0010 GS = 0010 SS = 0010
    EAX = 00000001 EBX = D5324080 ECX = 00000000 EDX = 00700083
    ESI = D3DAD970 EDI = 00000000 EBP = 00000000 ESP = D3FC504C
    EIP = D3F6BB52 FLAGS = 00014246 
    D3F6BB52 668B7F21       MOV     DI,[EDI+21]=?
    EIP in NCS.NLM at code start +0000DB52h
    Access Location: 0x00000021

Running process: NCS Scheduler Process
Created by: NetWare Application
Thread Owned by NLM: NCS.NLM
Stack pointer: D3FC3864
OS Stack limit: D3FBF120
Scheduling priority: 67371008
Wait state: 3030070  (Yielded CPU)
Stack: --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --D5324080  ?
       --D3DAD970  ?
       --D5324080  ?
       D3F6BA91  (NCS.NLM|(Code Start)+DA91)
       --D5324080  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --D3F9F8AE  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --0000000D  ?
       --D3F9F8AE  ?
       --D3F9F8AE  ?
       D3F6AF2A  (NCS.NLM|(Code Start)+CF2A)
       --D3F9F8AE  ?
       --D3F9F8AE  ?
       D3F64574  (NCS.NLM|(Code Start)+6574)
       --D3F9F8AE  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --D3F56D00  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --00000000  ?
       --D3F56D00  ?
       FC016711  (SERVER.NLM|TcoValidateThread+11)
Additional Information:
    The CPU encountered a problem executing code in NCS.NLM.  The problem may
be in that module or in data passed to that module by a process owned by
NCS.NLM.

2) Allows ConnectView and CSAUDIT.log to display the calling telephone number
properly.  Prior to this fix, the telephone number field was only displaying a
# character.

Fixes carried over from BM2NCS2.EXE:
BM2NCS2.EXE fixes several problems which occur after applying BMSP2D.EXE to
BorderManager 2.1.
1) Clients will see Invalid or Expired NCS Password and on the Server:  Alert!
Security Violation for User <Username> is seen.
2) If the original shipping version of NCS.NLM is applied to a BMSP2D.EXE
patched server,  NCS Scheduler Abends may occur.

Self-Extracting File Name: NCS3.EXE

Files Included          Size         Date          Time
..\
      NCS3.TXT   (This file)
       NCS.MSG          1097   10-17-2000   10:50:50 am
       NCS.NLM         93929   10-20-2000    4:17:28 pm



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