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how to get binaries on a file server to work?



Hi,

Here's the setup:

I'm running Linux (1.3.12), XFree3.1 (yes I am behind the times) and
Executor-1.99o.

We have netware 3.11 running, with the nfs-nlm on it.  I am
NFS-mounting all the netware volumes, which includes a volume with all
the mac software for office.

Unfortunately, I am unable to run any of these programs.  (examples:
word 5.1, hypercard, macwrite, macdraw) because executor doesn't see
them as executable.. all the files have the "scroll" icon (I assume
for identifying text files).  When I double click on Word (for
example) it opens Tex-Edit (which is understandable if it thinks it's
a text file).  get-information reveals:

creator: unix
type:    text

note, the % files are getting created in these directories (which
also, obviously, means I have write permission in these directories).

So, is there a way to get executor to correctly "create" the
creator/type (or read it from the information that's there -- is this
a quesiton of getting it to be netware-aware, i.e., aware of the way
netware stores the resource fork?)?

attempts to change the creator/type (in this case, to MSWD and
APPL) work (note, if you don't have write permission, it fails
silently (you hit ok, no warning msg, but nothing changes).

however, after i change Microsoft Word to be MSWD and APPL, executor
fails with seg violation (note, the icon has changed to some dude with
a red background (I think that's what it is)).  I get the same
behvaior when I start executor again and try to aceess word.  

same thing for hypercard 2.0

so I have no idea what's going on, so I think i'll stop here.

can anyone help?

thanks,
Jason