Re: Client Access "Signon to AS/400" window

[Philipp Rusch <Philipp.Rusch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Dan,
the biggest gotcha is that you _seem_ to loose folder access.
CA Express has not built in functionality to access the AS/400
folder system anymore (several background processes were
needed in V3 for this which often lead to lack of stability of the
PC system), so they _invented_ a new thing called Netserver.
This is, simply spoken, an AS/400 that talks to the clients like
an NT server box, or technically, like this, the AS/400 is
capable of using SMB packets to announce its services to SMB-
aware clients (all MS-Windows networks clients).
SMB is Server Messaging Blocks, this is native NT-language,
so you don't need anything special on the PC side to access
shared folders / IFS folders you made accessible on your AS/400.
To define those shares on your AS/400, you need, you guessed it,
Operations Navigator, configure "Netserver",  define your own
shared folders or print queues and access them through your
MS Windows network client. No definition or CA on the PC
needed for this, you go to connect network drives in explorer
and there you are.
OK, I was a little bit too enthusiastic here because _sometimes_
you don't see the name of that server in your network neighborhood,
but simply going for \\as400name\yourshare does it and the drive
mapping appears. So you somtimes have to look up (or to
remember) the names of your shares, thats all.

HTH, Philipp Rusch

"Bale, Dan" schrieb:

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> Wow!  Six replies in a half-hour!
>
> Yeah, I figured it mighta been an NT gotcha.
>
> Unfortunately, Ops Nav in V3R1M2 does not allow the Properties item to
> be selected for the servers - it was greyed out.  Even tried signing on
> to a system to see if it required that.
>
> Fortunately, I've got my hands on a V4R4 version of CAE.  Will I be able
> to use this to access my V3R2 & V3R7 systems?  It looks like I'll have
> to uninstall V3R1M2 before I can install V4R4.  I'd appreciate it if
> someone could point out any gotchas and where I can find the latest
> service pack for V4R4 CAE.
>
> THANKS!
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Taylor [SMTP:jtaylor@rpg2java.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 4:27 PM
> > To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject:      Re: Client Access "Signon to AS/400" window
> >
> > Tom,
> >
> > It has nothing to do with Windows.
> >
> > For CAE, simply open up Ops Nav, then:
> > -right-click your defined server
> > -select properties
> > -select the "Connection" tab
> > -select the "Use Windows user name and password, no prompting."
> >
> > This works across all Windows versions.
> >
> > I didn't answer Dan's original question because it's been too long
> > since the
> > last time I used the V3R1 client, and I don't remember if we could do
> > it
> > then.
> >
> >
> > John Taylor
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Westdorp, Tom" <Tom.Westdorp@StationCasinos.com>
> > To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 14:19
> > Subject: RE: Client Access "Signon to AS/400" window
> >
> >
> > > I think that's normal with the <ahem> 'advanced' windows systems.  I
> > get
> > the
> > > same thing with win2K at work and XP RC2 at home both using CAE for
> > r510.
> > I
> > > now need to input passwords to our various iSeries and the exchange
> > server
> > > and some other stuff as well.  I think they are more secure
> > (although
> > still
> > > windows, and windows security remains an oxymoron).
> > >
> > > 95, 98 and ME all remembered passwords in a list file (*.pwl?)if you
> > signed
> > > on to your PC with a password and NT does not.  The only thing that
> > doesn't
> > > prompt me for repeated passwords is Code/400.
> > >
> >
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