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In article <2l4jff$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Niklas Agren) writes:
>In article <2l04av$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (David Yeh) says:
>>
>>I have set up an FTP server with QVTNet.  Here is my question...is there
>>a way to limit user privileges so that they cannot delete files off of
>>the server, without using the brute force method of write-protecting
>>every file?
>>
>>[e-mail]
>
>If you ftp to a mainframe, the privileges are a part of the system.
>The PC doesn't have  an person-account environment and hence no
>reference in the files  and dirs who owns them and
>which people have access to them. In the qvtnet ftp-server you have
>two options, either set up person-password data with passwd.exe, or allow
>anonymous login.
>
>If a person is registered, he has total access. If you allow
>anon login, they are restricted  to the directory given in qvtnet.ini.
>
>You only have these options to play with. I have set up an anonftp directory
>where I place the files interesting to the world. A sub "uploads" points
>out where anons can put files. If you want to protect specific files, just
>put an attrib "r" to it.
>
>/Niklas

This is what readme.wri (comes with qvtnet) says about it:
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FTP Server

WinQVT/Net provides a background FTP server facility. This feature allows remote
users to access your PC remotely using FTP. Only one logged-in user at a time is
allowed.

There are several QVTNET.INI configuration directives which are associated with
the FTP server. These are:

passfile        the file which contains the list of authorized users and their passwords

login_dir        the directory to which authorized users will be attached at login time

anonftp_dir    the directory to which 'anonymous' users will be attached. These users
        will not be able to log to any other directories, except for subdirectories
        within the same tree.

A small utility program, PASSWD.EXE, is provided for the maintenance of the
password file. It is a DOS program which uses a simple TTY interface that is self-
explanatory.

FTP server security depends on whether or not you have implemented a password
file. If there is no password file, users can login at will; no passwords are required,
and there are no access restrictions (other than those indicated in QVTNET.ACL). If
you do create a password file, then only users whose names are included in this file
will be allowed to log in.

If you provide a value for the 'anonftp_dir' directive, WinQVT/Net will allow
'anonymous' logins. Anonymous users operate under some restrictions:

* Access is restricted to a single directory tree (as specified by 'anonftp_dir')
* Anonymous users are not allowed to delete files, or overwrite existing files.

Authorized users have fewer restrictions, but access control lists can be used to
protect certain files and directories from authorized users also. The set of access
control lists is stored in the QVTNET.ACL file, which should be placed in the
WinQVT/Net home directory. Each access control list occupies a single line in
QVTNET.ACL, and is of the form:

    <directory name> [<username>,<username>,...]

The <directory name> is mandatory, and gives the name of the directory to which
the ACL applies. The optional <username> entries give the names of the users who
are authorized to access the named directory. Each username should be the name of
a valid FTP user as created by PASSWD.EXE. If <username> entries are present in
an ACL, they should be separated from the <directory name> by a single blank
space. The <username>'s themselves should be separated by comma's, and there
should be no blanks anywhere in the list.

You can completely cut off access to a directory by creating an ACL with an empty list
of usernames. The inverse - a directory with no access control - will occur if no ACL is
created for a directory; any valid user will be able to access it (possible exception:
anonymous users).

In the present release, there is no attempt to distinguish different classes of access
(e.g., read-only vs. read/write). This sort of refinement may be added in a future
release.
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Good luck!

Erik Molenaar
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Robert D. Bond) writes:
>Newsgroups: alt.winsock
>Path:
>ernsty.co.uk!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!cs
>n!cherokee!walter!cc.bellcore.com!rdb1
>From: [e-mail] (Robert D. Bond)
>Subject: Re: UUENCODE & UUDECODE for Windowa -- Success!
>Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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>Nntp-Posting-Host: mre-slip3.cc.bellcore.com
>Organization: Bellcore
>X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A]
>References: <[e-mail]>
><[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
><[e-mail]>
>Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 12:25:06 GMT


>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>>Path:
>>walter!att-out!att-in!csn!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland
>.
>>reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!koriel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sundance.llnl.gov!fastr
>a
>>c.llnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!pnl-oracle!netnews.nwnet.net!ns1.nodak.edu!news.uok
>n
>>or.edu!re
>>gentdb.osrhe.edu!gee
>>From: [e-mail]
>>Newsgroups: alt.winsock
>>Subject: Re: UUENCODE & UUDECODE for Windowa -- Success!
>>Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 14:40:18 CST
>>Organization: The University of Oklahoma (USA)
>>Lines: 17
>>Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>>References: <[e-mail]>
>><[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
>>NNTP-Posting-Host: 164.58.237.90
>>X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B]


>>>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
>>says:>>        Does anyone know if versions of uuencode and uudecode exist for
>>Windows? I >>have DOS versions. They work, but are, of course, far less
>>convenient than >>native windows apps would be.

>>Dear All,

>>        Thanks to the many folks who responded, both publicly and privately, to
>>my
>>request for information on a UUencoder/decoder for Windows.  Thanks to your
>>overwhelming response, I succeeded in downloading WinCode, ver 2.2 and
>>installing it. Responses like these convince me that Usenet, contrary to its
>>reputaton, is not the exclusive preserve of the mentally ill.

>>Regards,

>>Grey
>>Grey W. Satterfield gee@ regentdb.osrhe.edu

>Grey,

>Where did you find the UUencode/decode for MS-Windows?

>Thanks!

Wincode

I found mine at ftp.demon.uk, which is closer to me than it is to you!  I
got that address from archie.


Mike Murphy                                        Tel: [phone]
Senior Manager, Systems Development             Fax: [phone]
National Information Systems            Email: [e-mail]
Ernst & Young, London EC4A 1NH
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Subject: Re: WINSOCK not ok

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mark S. Roush) writes:

>I am getting a long pause on starting the newsreader.  Sometimes 25-30 seconds
>long, but this is aparrently before any winsock calls (connection to NNTP) is
>initiated because the window does not even open during this pause, the hard
>drive is not reading, it just sits there with an hourglass symbol.  Is it
>analyzing NEWS.INI during this phase?  If so then Mr. Tattam could you please
>put in a 'Initialzing, please wait' message into the next revision?  BTW keep
>up the good work all!

It is sitting on DNS (presumably). Many programmers of the Winsock applications
don't care to mention to the User about DNS resolving. Usually it is fast, but
some times not. You may quiken the starting pause, if you use dotted numeric
IP address. (phew).

Jorma.


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Email: [e-mail]
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Subject: Re: winsock to a sun running 4.1.x (fwd)
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Attn: Mark Hayes
SentBy: David Long

Mark,

I saw your mail:

> I have a sun IPC and a dozen or so PC's could someone please give
> me  some pointers about what software and cabling are required from
> the sun to connect ....
>
The next version of our PCShare product due May or June will include a
Winsock API for the Windows clients. Our PCShare is TCP/IP networking for
DOS and Windows. It uses our own server daemon on the Sun, is much faster
than PC/NFS and also supports standard DOS record locking. We also support
IBM, HP, SGI, Dec and DG.

Let me know if you want more details.

Our Australian distributor is:

DataBasics Pty.
Mr. Michael Setterington
POB 244
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Australien
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aust0462@applelink

Best regards,


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Subject: Trumpet winsock with WfW 3.11. Help!

Hi,

We installed WfW 3.11 on our PCs. Now Trumpet Winsock don4t work. I got
dispkt.dos on FTP, but the dispkt-driver only give a error message "protman
not found" or so.
We have have 486 with 3Com network cards.
Any ideas?

Klaus
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Subject: ws_gmail POP server

Hi:
   I successfully installed ws_gmail package on my PC. I created an
"account" as per instruction for reading mail. When I ran ws_gmail I
get the follwing messages on the debug window:

    [I]<-OK DERICK WS_GMAIL (94.02.07) POP server ready for fun
    Logging on...
    [I]->USER hoho
    [I]<-ERR no mailbox for hoho here
    [E]logon failure (-ERR no mailbox for hoho here), so quitting
    [4] closing socket
    Read 2 messages from C:\MAIL\hoho. LastSize=896

Questions:

1)   Error said that I do not have mailbox hoho. But I created it under
     ws_gsp. So how do I create a mailbox on the server? My pc's host
     name is DERICK which is running the ws_gmail package.

2)   Can my pc be both POP3 server and client at the same time?

3)   Why is it that I can read test mail sent to my pc ?

4)   I am trying to run ws_gmail as a server and using Eudora as a
     client reader. Is this possible?

   Any suggestions/solutions to solving the problem is most welcome.
Please e-mail responses to [e-mail].


Regards,
D. Ho
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Conor Nolan) says:
>Do yourself a BIG favour and get the latest WinVN (version 0.90.4).  You
>won't believe the difference from 0.82
>
>[canned blurb]
>The latest version winvn is always available from
>titan.ksc.nasa.gov (use IP# 128.159.4.20), in the directory
>[.pub.win3.winvn].
>winvnstdXXX is the WINSOCK version
>winvnpwkXXX is the Pathworks/Lanman version
>winvnsrcXXX is the source.
>
>==
>Conor Nolan ([e-mail])

*****************************************************************
For all of you reading this, the only file you need to get the
(hopefully) latest version of WINVN from the site above is:

winvnstd_04.zip   (at least I hope that's right)

Don't worry about the rest of the garbage there.
*****************************************************************

Well, I downloaded the latest WinVN.  Boy, what a mess that ftp site is.
All the readme and/or message files are pathetically out of date.  The
only way I knew I got the right file was by getting all the winvnstdxxx
files, unzipping them and looking at the newest date.  I ended up with
the version you mentioned.  It doesn't exactly blow my socks off, but I
do appreciate the enhancements.  I still highly recommend it.

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Subject: Re: Chameleon 4.0 Mail

In article <2l38l7$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jeffrey D. Johnson) says:
>
>
>Could someone please tell if this program is shareware?
>And if so, what do you need to run it and what does it do?
>Is it better than Eudora?
>
>Jeff

Nope, Chameleon is NOT shareware.  In fact, it's very commercial.  Pick
almost any major PC or Windows magazine and you'll find ads for it in
the back "shoppers" sections.  You can get a full blow copy of
Chameleon 4.0 from Egghead Software for under $300, or ChameleonNFS 4.0
for around $350, or ChameleonNFS/X with an X-server for about $510.

I use Chameleon, I just bought 5 more copies for people in my section,
and so I guess you could say I recommend it.  If you can't afford it
though, sorry, I can't help you too much.

A little bit about Chameleon: it's 100% Windows, uses DLLs not TSRs;
it uses its own stack, NOT Winsock.dll even though it provides one of
the most--if the THE most--stable Winsock.dlls out there; it comes with
all the basic TCP/IP features: mail, ping, finger, whois, a newsreader,
ftp, telnet, plus a whole bunch more.  The newsreader is extremely slow
and so I don't use it, and the ftp program is OK, but there's a public
domain program I use that's better.

That's the scoop.  Feel free to e-mail me directly if you have any
more questions.

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In article <[e-mail]>,
> I haven't received my 4.0 upgrade yet, but I am running the 3.12.2 beta
> release.  When I select Timers, I have a check box that indicates whether
mail
> is to be periodically retrieved.  Un-checking it requires that I physically
> select the Retrieve Mail every time that I wish the function to be performed.
>
> BTW: Are you other folks having the same problem that I am getting the
upgrade
> from NetManage?  Having been in the beta program and gone through the effort
> and agony of documenting the breakage and difficulties, I had expected to be
> one of the first customers to receive the production level upgrade.  Instead,
> I've sent cards and faxed and e-mailed requests for a month now to no avail.
> Sigh!

Interesting...   I got a card in the mail for the free upgrade (I had the
maintenance option) and sent it back the same day.  My upgrade came in 4 days
later...

  Make sure to include the right address and any other info.  The card I was
sent had a number of mistakes.  They had an address correction area.

You may also want to include your serial# so they can look up your info more
quickly.

     - Henry

p.s. they have patches available from their ftp site.  The files are invisible
but they can be had when they give you the current name of the file.
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Subject: Re: C++ API or Wrapper for SNMP
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> From: Mark A. Scarton <[e-mail]>
> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 07:02:45 -0500

Hi Mark,

> Does anyone out there have a C++ API or wrapper that I could use in
> my apps to report and log errors via SNMP?

Just in case you're not aware of this, let me suggest that you check
out the WinSNMP APIs, particularly the WinSNMP/Manager API.  You can
join the working group by sending e-mail:

    To:  [e-mail]
    Subject:  <leave blank>
    subscribe winsnmp Mark A. Scarton

And/or you can retrieve the WinSNMP documents via anon ftp from:

    sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsnmp
        /winsnmp_app    ; WinSNMP/Manager API files
        /winsnmp_mib    ; WinSNMP/MIB API files
        /winsnmp_agent    ; WinSNMP/Agent API files

> I have several versions in straight C, but nothing exploiting C++.

The WinSNMP/Manager API spec contains a draft, sample C++ interface
for the C-oriented WinSNMP/Manager API.  This Appendix is somewhat
out-dated, but mostly correct...and the mapping to the C which has
changed since the Appendix was submitted by Maria Greene (then of
Xyplex, now of Timeplex) is obvious.

(BTW, if you or anyone else is interested in picking up the WinSNMP/C++
effort, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VOLUNTEER--Maria had to drop it after a
very auspicious start.)

> Thanks.

Let me know if you need more info re any of the above.

BobN
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