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OS/2 Lan discussion (Fidonet) Saturday, 18-Sep-1999 to Friday, 24-Sep-1999 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Peter Knapper 18-Sep-99 08:47:16 To: Dan Egli 18-Sep-99 04:56:11 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Hi Dan, DE> What do I need to config and how to make Os/2 and Win98 DE> Network together? I have files on the Win98 box I want DE> avail to the OS/2 box and Vica Versa. Assuming they are all on the same LAN Segment, the basic set of rules to get them to talk are - 1. Make sure both systems have NETBIOS configured on the LAN card. 2. Make sure they are BOTH using the exact same DOMAIN NAME. This is the NETBIOS DOMAIN Name, NOT the TCP/IP DOMAIN NAME, they are different beasts. Widows defaults to WORKGROUPS, OS/2 defaults to IBMPEERS. Make them the same and it should be simple from there. 3. Lastly, if you can see the other machine but can't access any resources on that machine, then set up the SAME USERID and PASSWORD on each platform. The above stteps will give you the simplest configuration to get things working. I hope this helps.........pk. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Cyrill Vakhneyev 17-Sep-99 14:56:27 To: Dan Egli 19-Sep-99 06:36:09 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Hello Dan! 16 Sep 99 05:51, Dan Egli wrote to All: DE> What do I need to config and how to make Os/2 and Win98 Network DE> together? I have files on the Win98 box I want avail to the OS/2 box DE> and Vica Versa. Set up MPTS. Add and configure network card. Add IBM OS/2 NETBIOS to protocol stack. Reboot. Set up IBM PEER following instrictions. Other name of PEER is File And Print Client. It must be in OS/2 distribution. So, set up network card in wynn9x and add Microsoft Network Client to protocol stack. This is a way to connect machines in one network segment. If one of your machines is behind the router you must add IBM OS/2 TCP/IP and IBM OS/2 NETBIOS over TCP/IP to stack on OS/2 machine and M$ TCP/IP on wynn machine. Bye! Cyrill [Team OS/2 CV004] ... The sad thing about Windows bashing is it's all true. --- * Origin: I feel like Popeye! (2:5053/7.1) 3613/666 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Dan Egli 18-Sep-99 21:32:20 To: Peter Knapper 19-Sep-99 06:36:09 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 -=> Quoting Peter Knapper to Dan Egli <=- PK> Hi Dan, Hello. DE> What do I need to config and how to make Os/2 and Win98 DE> Network together? I have files on the Win98 box I want DE> avail to the OS/2 box and Vica Versa. PK> Assuming they are all on the same LAN Segment, the basic set of rules PK> to get them to talk are - It's a private lan. 3 Boxes. OS/2. Linux, and Win98 2nd edition. PK> 1. Make sure both systems have NETBIOS configured on the LAN card. Ok, where is that in OS/2's config optioms? PK> 2. Make sure they are BOTH using the exact same DOMAIN NAME. This is PK> the NETBIOS DOMAIN Name, NOT the TCP/IP DOMAIN NAME, they are different PK> beasts. Widows defaults to WORKGROUPS, OS/2 defaults to IBMPEERS. Make PK> them the same and it should be simple from there. Same here, where do I find that? PK> 3. Lastly, if you can see the other machine but can't access any PK> resources on that machine, then set up the SAME USERID and PASSWORD on PK> each platform. I'll worry about that later. I don't want username and passwords if I can avoid it. Thanks! ... Don't hit me, Mr. Moderator... I'll go back on topic... I swear! --- * Origin: Default originline (1:311/50) 3613/666 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Dan Egli 18-Sep-99 21:53:10 To: Cyrill Vakhneyev 19-Sep-99 08:23:21 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 -=> Quoting Cyrill Vakhneyev to Dan Egli <=- CV> Hello Dan! CV> 16 Sep 99 05:51, Dan Egli wrote to All: DE> What do I need to config and how to make Os/2 and Win98 Network DE> together? I have files on the Win98 box I want avail to the OS/2 box DE> and Vica Versa. CV> Set up MPTS. Add and configure network card. Add IBM OS/2 NETBIOS CV> to protocol stack. Reboot. Set up IBM PEER following instrictions. CV> Other name of PEER is File And Print Client. It must be in OS/2 CV> distribution. So, set up network card in wynn9x and add Microsoft CV> Network Client to protocol stack. CV> This is a way to connect machines in one network segment. If one CV> of your machines is behind the router you must add IBM OS/2 TCP/IP and CV> IBM OS/2 NETBIOS CV> over TCP/IP to stack on OS/2 machine and M$ TCP/IP on wynn machine. Ok. No router. I have 3 machines: Linux, OS/2 and Win98. Linux and 98 talk fine (Now that samba is installed). OS/2 won't see anyone but itself that I can tell. W/O reinstalling, how do I setup the IBM PEER or whatever it was? Thanks! ... DOS never says "EXCELLENT command or filename"... --- * Origin: Default originline (1:311/50) 3613/666 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Peter Knapper 19-Sep-99 21:06:18 To: Dan Egli 19-Sep-99 10:46:10 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Hi Dan, PK> Assuming they are all on the same LAN Segment, the basic set of rules PK> to get them to talk are - DE> It's a private lan. 3 Boxes. OS/2. Linux, and Win98 2nd edition. If they are all connected to the same Ethernet cable with no routers between them (which sounds like what you have) then they are on the same segment. PK> 1. Make sure both systems have NETBIOS configured on the LAN card. DE> Ok, where is that in OS/2's config optioms? Your Ethernet card and the protocols that it supports are configured using MPTS (Multi-Protool transport Services). You should find an MPTS icon from Desktop -> System Setup. PK> 2. Make sure they are BOTH using the exact same DOMAIN NAME. This is PK> the NETBIOS DOMAIN Name, NOT the TCP/IP DOMAIN NAME, they are PK> different beasts. Widows defaults to WORKGROUPS, OS/2 defaults to PK> IBMPEERS. Make them the same and it should be simple from there. DE> Same here, where do I find that? This is normally setup when you install OS/2 File and Print Client (FPC). If you wish to change the default values used at OS/2 install, then you need to perform the FPC Install again. It detects if it has already been installed and allows you to change the settings including the DOMAIN name. You can find this from Desktop -> System Setup -> Install/Remove -> File and Print Client Install/Remove. If you have already installed FPC, dont change anything until you get to the DOMAIN NAME. Just say NO to prevent any change to anything else, and continue though the install (which probably wont do much other than change the DOMAIN name). PK> 3. Lastly, if you can see the other machine but can't access any PK> resources on that machine, then set up the SAME PK> USERID and PASSWORD on each platform. DE> I'll worry about that later. I don't want username and DE> passwords if I can avoid it. IBM FPC requires an administrator to be logged in to be able to build shares and connections. If you make an Administrator login EXACTLY the same name as used onthe Windows platform, with EXACTLY the same password, then life will be very easy for you to get connections working. I hope this helps........pk. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Will Honea 19-Sep-99 13:15:02 To: Dan Egli 19-Sep-99 13:15:02 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Peter Knapper wrote to Dan Egli on 09-19-1999 PK> This is normally setup when you install OS/2 File and Print PK> Client (FPC). If you wish to change the default values used PK> at OS/2 install, then you need to perform the FPC Install PK> again. It detects if it has already been installed and PK> allows you to change the settings including the DOMAIN PK> name. I lost part of this, but if this is Warp 4, you can change the domain and workstation name from the desktop. Connections->Network->network services->Shared Resources and Network Connections wiil do it w/o a re-install. You can also just edit the computer name and domain in \ibmlan\ibmlan.ini regardless of which version you use - including Warp Server. Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net> --- Maximus/2 2.02 * Origin: OS/2 Shareware BBS, telnet://bbs.os2bbs.com (1:109/347) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Cyrill Vakhneyev 20-Sep-99 10:25:04 To: Dan Egli 20-Sep-99 13:24:17 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Hello Dan! 18 Sep 99 20:53, Dan Egli wrote to Cyrill Vakhneyev: DE> Ok. No router. I have 3 machines: Linux, OS/2 and Win98. Linux and 98 DE> talk fine (Now that samba is installed). OS/2 won't see anyone but DE> itself that I can tell. DE> W/O reinstalling, how do I setup the IBM PEER or whatever it was? OK. In case of leenjux+samba set up NETBIOS OVER IP on OS/2 via MPTS. 'cause samba is, AFAIK, pure TCPBEUI aka NETBIOS OVER IP. Bye! Cyrill [Team OS/2 CV004] ... Windows is to OS/2 what Etch-a-Sketch is to art. --- * Origin: I feel like Popeye! (2:5053/7.1) 3613/666 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Fredrik Gustavsson 20-Sep-99 17:51:16 To: Nick Inbody 20-Sep-99 20:42:18 Subj: Comm Manager/2 Hello Nick. NI> Anyone seen the following problem in Communications Manager/2? I have NI> a terminal session running to an AS 400. Everything works fine, NI> except...the display font has a bunch of garbage in it. The correct NI> text is there, but there are additional scrambled characters directly NI> below the text. Even for the blank spaces of the display! Help! Have you tried to change size of the display so that it changes the font by changing the width-height separate from each other? I had a similar problem and I found a size where it worked fine. /Fredrik --- GoldED/W32 3.0.1 * Origin: Wintermute, Umeå (2:205/603) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Leonard Erickson 20-Sep-99 14:11:02 To: Dan Egli 21-Sep-99 07:57:16 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 -=> Quoting Dan Egli to Peter Knapper <=- PK> 3. Lastly, if you can see the other machine but can't access any PK> resources on that machine, then set up the SAME USERID and PASSWORD on PK> each platform. DE> I'll worry about that later. I don't want username and passwords if I DE> can avoid it. I don't think you have any choice when dealing with networking software. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Shadowshack (1:105/51) 3613/666 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Mike Roark 20-Sep-99 17:39:24 To: Dan Egli 22-Sep-99 03:20:18 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Hello Dan! Saturday September 18 1999 21:32, Dan Egli wrote to Peter Knapper: PK>> different beasts. Widows defaults to WORKGROUPS, OS/2 defaults to PK>> IBMPEERS. Make them the same and it should be simple from there. DE> Same here, where do I find that? In Warp 4, it is in the shared connections folder. Open connections, Network Services, and click on Shared connections and files. A screen pops up, and fill in the blanks. For WinXX, and be aware, I've only done this with NT, it is the control panel, Network IIRC. DE> I'll worry about that later. I don't want username and passwords if I DE> can avoid it. I doubt that Win9x will allow you to connect to the network without it. And Warp doesn't afaik. Have a good day!! Mike Internet bcomber@cave.fido.de This OS/2 system uptime is 0d 22h 08m 38s 281ms (en). --- * Origin: Finally Warped! (2:2490/8016) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Dan Egli 21-Sep-99 19:52:14 To: Peter Knapper 22-Sep-99 06:08:25 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 -=> Quoting Peter Knapper to Dan Egli <=- PK> Hi Dan, Hi again, Doesn't seem to be working. Here's my setup: Win98 2nd edition machine, and OS/2 machine are only ones running (Linux box's HDD just died) I go into Connections, to Network and I see no computers. So I double click on Network->File and Print Client Resource Browser. Up comes a logon box (Doesn't OS/2 support Share level access?) so I type in my name and the only password I've used on the windows box and it says the logon was unsuccessfull. I'm lost. Never setup a OS/2 network before. thanks in advance! P.S. EACH DRIVE in the Win98 box is shared, share level access, Full access. So there are resources available. ... Isn't there a statute of limitations on stupidity? --- * Origin: The Electronic Universe - 801-274-2049 - 24/7! (1:311/50) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Peter Knapper 22-Sep-99 21:37:17 To: Dan Egli 22-Sep-99 13:35:26 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Hi Dan, DE> Doesn't seem to be working. Here's my setup: DE> Win98 2nd edition machine, and OS/2 machine are only DE> ones running (Linux box's HDD just died) DE> I go into Connections, to Network and I see no DE> computers. Thats probably because there is no user logged on to be able to view what exists on the Network. It could also be because of a Networking issue, however lets get you logged into the OS/2 machine first before we look elsewhere... DE> So I double click on Network->File and Print Client Resource Browser. DE> Up comes a logon box (Doesn't OS/2 support Share level access?) I dont know what you mean by "share level" access. OS/2 requires Connections and Shares to be defined by a user who is logged into the OS/2 machine with the appropriate level of access, to be able to define a Share or Connection, before you can share or connect to anything. Under OS/2 there are 4 user "Levels" of access - 1. Administrator. This person is the "owner" of the machine. Only ONE person can OWN a machine, however you can define other users to also have Administrator rights. The FIRST person defined as a user on the mcahine is assigned the machine owner. 2. Local Administrator. Similar to 1, however this level does not provide Administrator rights to other machines by default. 3. Accounts operator. This is actually the same level as 4 below, but with this option checked this person is able manage the User access rights for all USERS on the system. They cannot alter the "rights" of people at Level 1 or 2. 4. User. A normal system users who cannot set up or change Connections, nor can they set up or change Shares. I just have the one user set up on my home machines for me. DE> so I type in my name and the only password DE> I've used on the windows box and it says the logon was DE> unsuccessfull. The default install configuration of Peer Services sets up operation as a standalone Networked machine. The default Login is a "Peer Login" that will provide access to resrouces defined in that machine, PLUS access to remote resources defined for that Userid AND Password. If you were not prompted for a Default USERID and PASSWORD when you installed OS/2 or OS/2 Peer Services, then try using a Login of USERID and a password of PASSWORD. That should get you in. If that isn't accepted, then let me know and I can provide details of how to RESET the Peer Services environment back to the installation default. From an OS/2 Command Line, try entering - NET STATUS NET VIEW and report the output from these back here. Note that the first may provide quite a few lines of output so it may pay to re-direct it to a file. DE> I'm lost. Never setup a OS/2 network before. Like most of OS/2, the hardest part is forgetting all the "DOS THINK", and Windows way of doing things. Once you get to understand WHY OS/2 wants more details before it lets you do things, then you start to see all the reasons behind most of the changes in Networking that have come about since Win311 started polluting the workplace. DE> P.S. EACH DRIVE in the Win98 box is shared, share level DE> access, Full access. So there are resources available. Once you are logged in, THEN you should be able to browse the network and find the Windows machine. From then you can build connections... Again, I am not familiar with the term "Share Level Access", unless you mean "Open to anyone that wants to read/write to it"... I hope this helps.........pk. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Roy J. Tellason 22-Sep-99 11:04:11 To: all 22-Sep-99 13:53:26 Subj: name resolution issue? Been playing with web stuff since yesterday... I'm running the Apache server on the Linux box, and have started to look at some of the html doc files with a browser. I was pleased to find that it was no big deal to fire up the w95 box and use IE on there to do the same, too. However, I'm running into some kind of a snag with trying it from the OS/2 box using Netscape. I can type in http://(IP number)/index.html and get the page across and displayed just fine. But when I type in http://(machine name)/index.html, it sits there with the status line on the bottom saying "Connnect: Looking up host: (machine name)..." and isn't apparently doing a damn thing. Do I need a "hosts" file or something similar on the OS/2 box? My previous messing around with TCP/IP stuff (mostly ftp) has been all using numbers up until this point. --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-838-8539 (1:270/615) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Roy J. Tellason 22-Sep-99 10:32:07 To: Dan Egli 22-Sep-99 13:53:26 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Dan Egli wrote in a message to Peter Knapper: -=> Quoting Peter Knapper to Dan Egli <=- PK> Hi Dan, DE> Hi again, DE> Doesn't seem to be working. Here's my setup: DE> Win98 2nd edition machine, and OS/2 machine are only ones DE> running (Linux box's HDD just died) DE> I go into Connections, to Network and I see no computers. So I DE> double click on Network->File and Print Client Resource DE> Browser. Up comes a logon box (Doesn't OS/2 support Share level DE> access?) Apparently not, from what I can see, or at least not the way w98 does. DE> so I type in my name and the only password I've used on the DE> windows box and it says the logon was unsuccessfull. I'm lost. DE> Never setup a OS/2 network before. Here's a snip from where that one bit me, along with a bit of reply from Peter: RJT> Clicking on the third and fourth items won't let me get past a RJT> password prompt, I'm not sure what I need to configure to fix RJT> this. PK> When you installed OS/2 PEER, 1 of 2 things happened. Either your FIRST PK> startup of the network asked for a Userid and Password that PK> beccame the OWNERof the mcahine, or the system asigned the PK> DEFAULT values of USERID and PASSWORD. That Userid is the OWNER PK> of the Network environment on that machine, and that is what it PK> is asking for. Basically you MUST be logged in as an PK> Administrator to be able to run the Administration utilities! PK> Once you have access you can assign a NEW user with FULL Access PK> rights and remove the default one. PK> If you have forgotten the Userid and/or the password that you PK> set them to when you installed Networking, then you have no PK> option but to reset the User Accounts database. Doing this will PK> also wipe ALL your OS/2 PEER configuration settings and erase PK> your shares and connections! If you have not yet set any of PK> these up, then you are safe to reset them all. PK> Its actually quite easy to do this, go into the INSTALL of PEER PK> Services and follow through the install process until it finds PK> the existing Database and asks if you want to RESET it. Reply PK> YES and it isntalls tehe defaults again. What I need to do here is figure out a way to _automate_ that login process, so I can have a machine that'll boot right into using drives elsewhere (on the Linux box) as a file server. DE> P.S. EACH DRIVE in the Win98 box is shared, share level access, DE> Full access. So there are resources available. Once you get past the login hassle, go into "sharing and connecting" (at least that's what it's called under my Warp Connect setup, I don't know what version you're running there and what it might be called in there), and click on "connection". At this point if you're not logged on you'll be prompted to do so. (This is a _local_ logon, as opposed to a remote one.) There'll be a "create" option in there, and in the box that pops up when you select that you should see the other machine listed under "workstations", and its sharable resources listed as well under "share/alias", plus a box to assign a local drive letter to whatever you're setting up. --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-838-8539 (1:270/615) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Roy J. Tellason 22-Sep-99 13:03:12 To: Peter Knapper 22-Sep-99 17:54:17 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Peter Knapper wrote in a message to Dan Egli: PK> Again, I am not familiar with the term "Share Level Access", PK> unless you mean "Open to anyone that wants to read/write to PK> it"... That's pretty much what it seems to mean... The other choice in that particular portion of win9x setup is "user level access", which requires that a user be logged in with a username and password. You can then set things up differently for each user, in terms of what they can do. The last time I looked at enabling that option it asked me where the nameserver lived, and I backed out of that choice. <g> --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-838-8539 (1:270/615) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Will Honea 22-Sep-99 20:54:01 To: Roy J. Tellason 22-Sep-99 20:54:01 Subj: name resolution issue? Roy J. Tellason wrote to all on 09-22-1999 RT> Do I need a "hosts" file or something similar on the OS/2 RT> box? My previous messing around with TCP/IP stuff (mostly RT> ftp) has been all using numbers up until this point. Either that or a DNS (such as BIND) on either the server or the Warp box. Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net> --- Maximus/2 2.02 * Origin: OS/2 Shareware BBS, telnet://bbs.os2bbs.com (1:109/347) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Will Honea 22-Sep-99 20:58:02 To: Roy J. Tellason 22-Sep-99 20:58:02 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Roy J. Tellason wrote to Dan Egli on 09-22-1999 RT> What I need to do here is figure out a way to _automate_ RT> that login process, so I can have a machine that'll boot RT> right into using drives elsewhere (on the Linux box) as a RT> file server. Aw, Roy, slap yourself. File name: <boot>\startup.cmd contents: net start REQ logon <id> /p:<pw> /v:local net use m: \\machine1\resource net use n: \\machine2\resource etc.... Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net> --- Maximus/2 2.02 * Origin: OS/2 Shareware BBS, telnet://bbs.os2bbs.com (1:109/347) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Rob Basler 22-Sep-99 22:27:00 To: Roy J. Tellason 23-Sep-99 08:43:18 Subj: name resolution issue? RJT>However, I'm running into some kind of a snag with trying it from the OS/2 RJT>box using Netscape. I can type in http://(IP RJT>number)/index.html and get the page across and displayed RJT>just fine. But when I type in http://(machine RJT>name)/index.html, it sits there with the status line on RJT>the bottom saying "Connnect: Looking up host: (machine RJT>name)..." and isn't apparently doing a damn thing. RJT>Do I need a "hosts" file or something similar on the OS/2 RJT>box? Yup, MPTN\ETC\HOSTS should fix you up. Mine looks like: 192.168.0.100 virgo 192.168.0.101 spica Rob. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X The truth is out there. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Frog Hollow Port Moody BC 604-469-0264/0284 (1:153/290) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Rob Basler 22-Sep-99 22:34:01 To: Roy J. Tellason 23-Sep-99 08:43:18 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 RJT>What I need to do here is figure out a way to _automate_ RJT>that login process, so I can have a machine that'll boot RJT>right into using drives elsewhere (on the Linux box) as a RJT>file server. [D:\muglib]logon /? The syntax of the command is not correct. The correct syntax is: LOGON [userid [/R]] [/P[:|=]password] [[/L] | [/N[[:|=]node]] | [/V[:|=]{L | LOCAL | N | NONE}] | [[/D[[:|=]domain]] [/V[:|=]{D | DOMAIN}]]] [/T | /S] LOGON [/O{[:|=]option}] Rob. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Government tagline. Takes up space, no known function. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Frog Hollow Port Moody BC 604-469-0264/0284 (1:153/290) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Peter Knapper 23-Sep-99 19:43:28 To: Roy J. Tellason 23-Sep-99 10:24:28 Subj: name resolution issue? Hi Roy, RJT> Do I need a "hosts" file or something similar on the OS/2 box? Yep, without a DNS as reference you need to provide manual mapping of names to IP addresses. Go into the TCP/IP Configuration utility and select the HOSTNAMES Tab. Go to PAGE 2 of HOSTNAMES, and ADD an entry for the host you wish to contact. Make sure the "Look though HOSTS list before going to nameserver box is checked, save that and you should be away. Cheers...............pk. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Peter Knapper 23-Sep-99 19:50:21 To: Roy J. Tellason 23-Sep-99 10:24:28 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Hi Roy, RJT> What I need to do here is figure out a way to RJT> _automate_ that login process, so I can have a RJT> machine that'll boot right into using drives elsewhere RJT> (on the Linux box) as a file server. When you set up SHARES and CONNECTIONS for these resources make sure the "Autostart" (or "Start up connection/share at System Startup") checkbox is tagged, and then you dont actually need to have a User logged in to have these automatically activated at system boot up for you. Alternatively you can log in a default user using the commandline LOGON utility and then build the SHARES and CONNECTIONS using the NET SHARE xxxx and NET USE xxxx commandline commands, however in this case the logged in User must have the rights to do this. I hope this helps.............pk. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Peter Knapper 23-Sep-99 20:02:28 To: Roy J. Tellason 23-Sep-99 10:24:28 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Hi Roy, RJT> The other choice in that particular portion of win9x RJT> setup is "user level access", which requires that a RJT> user be logged in with a username and password. You RJT> can then set things up differently for each user, in RJT> terms of what they can do. The last time I looked at RJT> enabling that option it asked me where the nameserver RJT> lived, and I backed out of that choice. <g> I gave up shaking my head at the way M$ set things up some time ago, they leave holes in things so large a train could plough through and not touch the sides...;-) Cheers..........pk. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Will Honea 23-Sep-99 19:34:01 To: Peter Knapper 23-Sep-99 19:34:01 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Peter Knapper wrote to Roy J. Tellason on 09-23-1999 PK> When you set up SHARES and CONNECTIONS for these resources PK> make sure the "Autostart" (or "Start up connection/share at PK> System Startup") checkbox is tagged, and then you dont PK> actually need to have a User logged in to have these PK> automatically activated at system boot up for you. Somewhere after ip08407 this got busted and the latest (ip08412) still hasn't fixed it. Shares are started fine but connections are not made at startup. Took a while to catch since I normally use a startup.cmd to establish DB2 database connections anyway so I just added the normal connections. Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net> --- Maximus/2 2.02 * Origin: OS/2 Shareware BBS, telnet://bbs.os2bbs.com (1:109/347) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Neil Walker 20-Sep-99 20:35:17 To: Peter Knapper 23-Sep-99 23:21:15 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Hello Peter! Saturday September 18 1999 08:47, you wrote to Dan Egli: PK> OS/2 defaults to IBMPEERS. Hmm. Both of the versions of OS/2 I run here (Warp 4.0 and OS/2 Server for E-Business) default to DOMAIN01. Be lucky, Neil --- GoldED/2 3.0.1 * Origin: The Electric Pigeon - <01952 414247> (2:2500/509) 801 805/4 3613/666 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: MIKE RUSKAI 23-Sep-99 09:58:00 To: ROY J. TELLASON 24-Sep-99 07:09:01 Subj: name resolution issue? Some senseless babbling from Roy J. Tellason to All on 09-22-99 11:04 about name resolution issue?... RJT> Been playing with web stuff since yesterday... RJT> I'm running the Apache server on the Linux box, and have started to RJT> look at some of the html doc files with a browser. I was pleased to RJT> find that it was no big deal to fire up the w95 box and use IE on there RJT> to do the same, too. RJT> However, I'm running into some kind of a snag with trying it from the RJT> OS/2 box using Netscape. I can type in http://(IP number)/index.html RJT> and get the page across and displayed just fine. But when I type in RJT> http://(machine name)/index.html, it sits there with the status line RJT> on the bottom saying "Connnect: Looking up host: (machine name)..." and RJT> isn't apparently doing a damn thing. RJT> Do I need a "hosts" file or something similar on the OS/2 box? My RJT> previous messing around with TCP/IP stuff (mostly ftp) has been all RJT> using numbers up until this point. The address needs to be a resolvable host name or an IP address. The NetBIOS machine name is not a resolvable host name, unless you make it that way. Using a hosts file would work well enough. Mike Ruskai thannymeister@yahoo.com ... "Warp 3, Scotty... and close those damn Windows!" ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v3.0pr2 * Origin: FIDO QWK MAIL & MORE! WWW.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:3603/140) 801 805/4 3613/666 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Roy J. Tellason 23-Sep-99 16:33:25 To: Peter Knapper 24-Sep-99 07:25:01 Subj: name resolution issue? Peter Knapper wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason: RJT> Do I need a "hosts" file or something similar on the OS/2 box? PK> Yep, without a DNS as reference you need to provide manual PK> mapping of names to IP addresses. Go into the TCP/IP PK> Configuration utility and select the HOSTNAMES Tab. Go to PAGE PK> 2 of HOSTNAMES, and ADD an entry for the host you wish to PK> contact. Make sure the "Look though HOSTS list before going to PK> nameserver box is checked, save that and you should be away. Got it. Though I would have been just as willing to create a small text file in the proper directory (once I knew where the proper directory _was_ :-) as someone else suggested. And, testing it out just now, it works, too. Now, if I can just get this notebook to stop pestering me about autostarting sendmail on my way out... --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-838-8539 (1:270/615) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Roy J. Tellason 23-Sep-99 16:40:23 To: Peter Knapper 24-Sep-99 07:25:01 Subj: OS/2 <-> Win98 Peter Knapper wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason: PK> Hi Roy, RJT> What I need to do here is figure out a way to _automate_ that RJT> login process, so I can have a machine that'll boot right into RJT> using drives elsewhere (on the Linux box) as a file server. PK> When you set up SHARES and CONNECTIONS for these resources make PK> sure the "Autostart" (or "Start up connection/share at System PK> Startup") checkbox is tagged, and then you dont actually need PK> to have a User logged in to have these automatically activated PK> at system boot up for you. Are you referring to "Connect to resource at logon" in the settings for a given share? I have that checked here, in the one I just opened, but it also prompted me to login before it'd bring up the settings notebook. It was a bit weird, it brought up the frame of that window but then stopped for a bit until it brought up the rest of it... PK> Alternatively you can log in a default user using the PK> commandline LOGON utility and then build the SHARES and PK> CONNECTIONS using the NET SHARE xxxx and NET USE xxxx PK> commandline commands, however in this case the logged in PK> User must have the rights to do this. I'm going to have to play around some with the command-line versions of some of this stuff here... PK> I hope this helps.............pk. Yep! Every little bit helps. --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-838-8539 (1:270/615) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +============================================================================+