Re: Mapping problem in V4R4 Express CA -- MIDRANGE-L

At 14:43 18/12/99 +0530, you wrote:

Hi Ravi, excuse me for jumping in 

>Hello pete,
>
>Yes, its accepting the Windows logon  password.
>But, its accepting only my User ID and Password and not the Users's
>individual ID ,what they had in the Network.

Is their network ID/Windows log on the same as their AS/400 profile ? (Or
any As/400 profile for that matter) If it is then it will attempt to log
them on as that user and if the Windows password is not correct it will
prompt. However the behaviour for the log on is different for NT and Win
95, and is also somewhat dependent on whether you have enabled the Guest
user profile. You might want to advise which of these OS's you are using

Also, if they enter the wrong password their profile is eventually disabled
for NetServer support. Try issuing a CHGUSRPRF on their profile and
attempting to log on again. CHGUSRPRF re-sets their netserver access.

>I tried with their  personal logon ID of the user on their respec.. PC's and
>it gives "Password Incorrect. Try again" so, I tried logon with my user ID
>and password and tried accessing the Netserver and it went through with out
>any problem and it has not even asked for the password.

I guess your windows log on password and your AS/400 password are the same.

>I don't understand why its' allowing only my user ID for Accessing this
>Netserver. My user on As/400 is having *SECADM user class and rest all
>users's is having *PGMR class. Does they require any special authorities?

What folders are you attempting to provide them with ? I found that for
some reason (possibly historical - and somethings thats always irked me)
that for QDLS files I seemed to need an entry in the Directory - i.e.
registered for distributions etc. Use WRKDIRE and see if your users are
included in the directory. Maybe you are and they aren't and therefore they
can't use QDLS stuff - but you can. Try with some of the other default
share directories (like RDARS) and see if the result is the same. Also
check the authorities on the folder you are attempting to access
(QDLS/QBKBOOKS/BOOKS ?)

>I can not ask others to use my ID and Password to logon into the network
>from their PC's every time when they want to access the Netserver folder,
>could you please tell me where am doing the mistake.

>And the Second issue is after mapping to the corresponding folder, and
>giving this in the Startup Defaults of the IBM Reader, out of some 100
>shelves available in that folder I can only see 20 shelves from the IBM Book
>Reader. Why is it so? What should I do for listing/viewing all the shelves .

There's a PTF for this problem. It's to do with passing directories to DOS
based programs. Unfortunately I'm at home and don't have the PTF number to
hand. If you search the IBM tech Support database for Netserver PTF's you
ought to be able to find reference to an APAR specific to NetServer that
has PTF's and symptoms listed. This is definitely one of them.

>Can U please help me in solving these two issues.

There's also a pretty good RedBook (RedPiece ?) that someone else from here
pointed me at, which has just been updated. It's been pretty helpful to me,
except for resolving NetServer printer issues. I don't believe that the
guest profile will ever be able to be use to print on my system at least !

Cheers & HTH 
Evan Harris
>
>Thanks
>Ravi 
>  
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   Pete Massiello [SMTP:pmassiello@os-solutions.com]
>       Sent:   Friday, December 17, 1999 7:19 PM
>       To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>       Subject:        Re: Mapping problem in V4R4 Express CA
>
>       Its your passwords.  Netserver (a windows function) uses the windows
>password that you
>       logon to your PC with, if that is not the same as what the AS/400 is
>expecting, then
>       you are probably getting the problems that you both describe.
>
>           HTH
>
>               Pete Massiello
>
>       Carl Gerlach wrote:
>
>       > I've been having the exact same problem. 3 of the AS/400's are
>v4r3m0 and 1
>       > is v4r4m0. One of the AS/400's works fine with Express Client, but
>the other
>       > 3 don't. (The one that works is not the v4r4m0 machine.) I've
>looked
>       > everywhere for info. I even tried the Guest User but to no avail.
>       >
>       > I hope someone has an explanation or suggestion.
>       >
>       > Just thought I'd let you know you're not alone
>       >
>       > Carl H. Gerlach
>       > Apex Information Systems Group
>       > cgerlach@apex-isg.com
>       > http://www.apex-isg.com
>       > 888-400-9725
>       > Fax: 414-744-9242
>       >
>       > -----Original Message-----
>       > From:   owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]
>       > On Behalf Of Jaladi Ravi Kiran, Gurgaon
>       > Sent:   Friday, December 17, 1999 4:49 AM
>       > To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>       > Subject:        Mapping problem in V4R4 Express CA
>       >
>       > Hi,
>       >
>       > Am facing the problem of Mapping to the shared folders that are
>available in
>       > the NetServer.I could see the NetServer in my network but when I
>click on it
>       > , it asks for the Password, Previously when I first try to install
>this I
>       > faced this Problem and later it was rectified after giving the
>Guest user
>       > profile name in the Advance Option of NetServer Properties. At
>that time I
>       > just checked this in 2 to 3 Pc's and it was working fine.
>       >
>       > But today when I was trying to setup in rest of the PC's ( try to
>map the
>       > Folder 'Books' on as/400 for using  the IBM Book manager) it's
>asks for the
>       > "supply of the Password" the window it asks, shows the Netserver
>as
>       > "Resource : //Netserver name/IPC$ " and below this Password
>prompt.
>       >
>       > And the interesting thing is, From my PC and some other PC in
>which I had
>       > configured earlier can able to map the netserver and also shows
>the Folders
>       > inside it when I double Click the NetServer.
>       >
>       > Can any one help me what's the Problem with the Rest of the PC's.
>I had
>       > checked the TCP/IP properties of the PC's that with the Working
>PC's (my PC)
>       > everything seems to be OK.
>       >
>       > Has anyone faced this problem? Please give me some help.
>       >
>       > Yours truly,
>       > Ravi
>       >
>       >
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>       --
>       Pete Massiello
>       OS Solutions International
>       Phone: (203)-744-7854  Ext 11.
>       http://www.os-solutions.com
>       mailto:pmassiello@os-solutions.com
>
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