OS/2 Connection to Netserver
James Bradley
Hello,
I am looking for any help I can get connecting an OS/2 Workstation to an
AS/400 NetServer Share. I have tried several different tactics to make this
connection, but I know I am missing some minor little thing. Windows NT
Workstations can connect to the NetServer shares without any trouble. When
I try to make the same connection with an OS/2 workstation I receive a
SYS0058 message.
[C:\IBMCOM]net view \\NETSERVER
NET3502: OS/2 error 58 has occurred.
SYS0058: The specified server cannot perform the requested
operation.
[C:\IBMCOM]help sys0058
SYS0058: The specified server cannot perform the requested
operation.
EXPLANATION: You are attempting an operation that cannot be
performed
by the specified server.
ACTION: Make sure that you have specified the correct computer name
and command, then retry the command. If you continue to have
problems,
contact your network administrator.
I have tried to make this connection on more than one AS/400. I can connect
to a couple systems using the exact same configurations. On the two systems
that work one system is running v4r2m0 and the other is running v4r4m0. The
two systems that cannot make the a similar connection are running v4r4m0.
Unless I'm just missing something all three systems are configured
similarly. I
don't think it's related to the Security Level, but I thought I would throw
it in just
incase.
I have configured the OS/2 workstation to use the SMB (Server Message
Block) Protocol to communicate via NetBIOS over TCP/IP. Since the NetServer
is not currently defined in a DNS or Shadow Server, I added an entry to the
RFCNAMES.LST File. Just incase there was an authority issue communicating
to the AS/400 via OS/2, I created a local user profile on the OS/2 System
using the same ID and password that is on the AS/400.
I don't know if there is a specific server or service that can be checked on
the AS/400.
Jack J. Woehr
> [C:\IBMCOM]net view \\NETSERVER
> NET3502: OS/2 error 58 has occurred.
Have you tried just to do 'net use" without a 'net view' first?
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