This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------581D6CD46C562FCE585900AD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I sent this bug report to NAI on 6/28/99. I haven't received any thanks, let alone been told of a patch. I hope this post will shame them into addressing a problem that has been reported with a complete diagnosis of the problem. I apologize that all of the lists to which I am posting are not quite the right forums, but disclosure to public forums that care about such issues seems to be the only recourse when a vendor won't give you the time of day... -Bayard Bell Emory University Bayard wrote: > > Dr. Solomon's Management Edition 1.51 installing Toolkit 7.96 for > NetWare installs an update script with an incorrect conditional that > will cause the NTOOLKIT.NLM for NetWare 3.1X to be installed on a > NetWare 5 server. The version condition in the MEUP.CFG beginning in > line PreInst6 of the [Toolkit Front End] section asks the system for the > NetWare 4. If the version comes back as 4.X, then the script goes to > the NetWare 4 section and renames NTK4.NLM NTOOLKIT.NLM. Otherwise, the > script assumes that the system is running NetWare 3.1X and renames > NTK3.NLM NTOOLKIT.NLM. Obviously this script does not allow for NetWare > 5, which, because it is not reported to the script as NetWare 4.X, is > assumed to be NetWare 3.1X. Loading the 3.1X NTOOLKIT promptly causes a > critical error in the server, although the server does seem to recover. > The version problem was confirmed by a checksum comparison. [The version 3.1X then unloads itself, leaving you without virus protection. You can perform the installation manually, but I haven't gotten a manual install to work with the Management Edition console.] > Furthermore, it has been my experience that a NetWare 5 SP2A server > loaded with all ManageWise 2.6 components (except InnocyLAN) and the > ARCServeIT 6.61 agent will experience a critical error when a client > attempts a read operation with the File Access Monitor. The server > remains up but ceases to process client requests and will not down > itself properly. No source of this error was determined at this time, > although it has been my experience that the file access monitor does not > work at all with NetWare 3.1X (the console locks up and the server does > not process client requests). > Please let me know if you are aware of a configuration issue or whether > a fix is available. > > -Bayard Bell > Emory University --------------581D6CD46C562FCE585900AD Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="bbell01.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Bayard G. Bell Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="bbell01.vcf" begin:vcard n:Bell;Bayard tel;fax:(404) 727-0079 tel;work:(404) 727-7157 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Emory University;Division of Campus Life version:2.1 email;internet:bbell01at_private title:Local Support/MIS adr;quoted-printable:;;Drawer DDD=0D=0A605 Asbury Circle;Atlanta;Georgia;30322; x-mozilla-cpt:;-2912 fn:Bayard Bell end:vcard --------------581D6CD46C562FCE585900AD--
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