Re: Netserver and Profiles

["Roger Pence" <rp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric--

> According to the Client Access Express Redbook, if your profile for
Windows
> differs from your AS400 profile you will be prompted for your profile and
> password. This is not happening. I must create a profile and password that
> matches on both systems.

Read the manual again. Only NT Server and NT Workstation will prompt for a
user name. Unless you're using guest profiles (which probably isn't
something you want to do), the user name (but not the password) MUST be the
same for Win9X in both environments.

> Also unless I install Operational Navigator or
> NetBEUI,
> I can see it when I search for it however when I try to access it says
"Not
> accessible, wrong handle". I have the server in my LMHOSTS file. I was
under
> the
> impression that Client Access is not even necessary, that it would just
> appear
> in my Network Neighborhood. I'm a little new to this anyone have a little
> insight?


Do you have a HOSTS table entry for your NetServer name? If you are using
DNS, put a DNS entry in it for NetServer. Make sure NetServer is started
(using
OpsNav or with the API call as shown at the URLs below).

Even when it's working, NetServer won't always show up in your Network
Neighborhood (even in my simple network with a single subnet, it never shows
up). Has to do with NetBIOS (not NetBEUI) and the way it broadcasts server
announcments. No matter though, simply right click "Network Neighborhood"
and search for your NetServer name (by default, Q + system name). Then make
shortcuts to it as needed.

You don't need _any_ of CA/400 on a Win client to use NetServer. You do,
though, need the MS networking client.

You will need at least CA/400 base and OpsNav installed on one
administrator's desktop to manage and administer NetServer.


www.as400.ibm.com/netserver is full of NetServer info.

Also, check this site out for lots of NetServer info (really the same info,
but presented differently)
http://as400.rochester.ibm.com/netserver/articles/rzahlmst02.htm

One last thing: wanna break NetServer, try copying a folder from your PC to
a mapped NetServer drive with an embedded space in its name!

rp


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