ADT@PRIME.ACC.VIRGINIA.EDU (02/09/90)
>>>> Using the filename 'NEXT' causes Netware to hang ' Not only does the four-character word NEXT hang a server, it seems to be any four letter word starting with 'NE'. We had a file on the server called NEIL which would hang any workstation consistently if accessed. I think this problem is related to the reserved word 'NETW' in the Netware shell. Any other experiences with this? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Townsend | Bitnet : adt@virginia.edu Microcomputer Support Coordinator | Bellnet : 804-924-7567 Academic Computing Center | USPSnet : Gilmer Hall University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 22903 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
JRD@USU.BITNET (Joe Doupnik) (02/09/90)
Tony,
"Reserved words in NetWare": neither directory nor filenames of
construction NE?? cause problems here, on workstation or file server. Using
DOS 3.30. I think you may need to supply testing conditions for the effect
to be verified elsewhere (a la cold fusion).
Joe D.GTKAUFFM@UCI.BITNET (Glen Kauffman) (02/10/90)
> Tony, > "Reserved words in NetWare": neither directory nor filenames of > construction NE?? cause problems here, on workstation or file server. Using > DOS 3.30. I think you may need to supply testing conditions for the effect > to be verified elsewhere (a la cold fusion). > Joe D. I have had problems like Tony describes with a file named "NEWS" on a IBM 50Z, DOS 3.3, NetWare ADV 2.15 Rev A. I, however, cannot reproduce it. I'll say though I tried to reproduce it on Rev C, not Rev A. But, nevertheless, I too have seen this problem Glen Kauffman University of California, Irvine gkauffma@orion.oac.uci.edu
cfinney@UMAXC.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU (Charles Finney) (02/13/90)
Our problems related to the filename "NEXT" cannot be related to hidden files. as soon as NET3 is loaded. Charles E. Finney University of Iowa
adt@PCMAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU (02/13/90)
Here's some more info on the problem NetWare seems to have with
files with four-letter names starting with 'NE'.
The Novell Technical Info DataBase lists 'NETW' as a reserved
word. If you examine your list of installed device drivers after
IPX and NETx are loaded, you can see a driver containing those
letters.
Here's a listing of what of versions, etc. (from Novell's NVER):
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IPX Version: 2.01
SPX Version: 1.01
LAN Driver: Packet Driver V2.01 (890427) BYU Copyright 1989 V1.00
Packet Driver Interface. Find Interrupt.
Shell: V2.15 Rev. C
DOS: MSDOS V4.00 on IBM_PC
FileServer: ACC1
Novell SFT NetWare 286 TTS V2.15 Rev. C (08/22/89)
FileServer: ACC3
Novell SFT NetWare 286 TTS V2.15 Rev. C (08/22/89)
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I think it's a bug, but then that's easy for me to say.
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