NetStorage not prompting Login box

[droc...@gfnet.com]

I just inherited a NetWare 6.0 SP5 Small Business Server. Up until
recently, this company was using NetStorage to access files remotely. Now
when anyone (including me!) plugs in the web address to a browser and
accepts the certificate, we are not propted with a login dialog but
instead the default information screen about NetStoraqe is presented.

Okay, the first thing everyone is asking is "What changed?" The only
thing I can put my finger on is Java was updated to JVM 1.4.2 (sp4), but I
checked the documentation & was led to believe it was compatible with what
I am running.

Any help is appreciated! This is my first experience with NW ver 6!
Thanks!

- Dan

[droc...@gfnet.com]

[Geoffrey Carman]

droc...@gfnet.com wrote:
> I just inherited a NetWare 6.0 SP5 Small Business Server. Up until
> recently, this company was using NetStorage to access files remotely. Now
> when anyone (including me!) plugs in the web address to a browser and
> accepts the certificate, we are not propted with a login dialog but
> instead the default information screen about NetStoraqe is presented.
>
> Okay, the first thing everyone is asking is "What changed?" The only
> thing I can put my finger on is Java was updated to JVM 1.4.2 (sp4), but I
> checked the documentation & was led to believe it was compatible with what
> I am running.

Probably the registry (yes, Netware has a registry, alas), settings for
XTier (the actual client that NetStorage uses) are hosed.

You can look at this TID for tips on recreating settings:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?10098297.htm

You can hit the https://server.ip/oneNet/nsadmin (in IE Only) and see if
the settings look ok there first.

[droc...@gfnet.com]

>
> Probably the registry (yes, Netware has a registry, alas), settings for
> XTier (the actual client that NetStorage uses) are hosed.
>
> You can look at this TID for tips on recreating settings:
> http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?10098297.htm
>
> You can hit the https://server.ip/oneNet/nsadmin (in IE Only) and see if
> the settings look ok there first.

The TID you reference only lists NW6.5. Do you think it is okay to use
thin on NW6.0?

[Geoffrey Carman]

Dunno. :) Test? I am pretty sure the tool, appeared in the SP for
the OS it first worked on... I forget when that was.

[droc...@gfnet.com]

The tool is available. However when I attemped to load it, it returned
with initialization failure and would not load. Any ideas?
BTW, thanks again for your help.

[Geoffrey Carman]

Usually that means there is a NLM depenency. Most function write
prepend the function name with something useful...

So try again, look on the logger screen for the errors, and post here.