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From: bachovch@sjuphil.uucp (Jeffrey J. Bachovchin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: QPro 2.0 & PC-NFS 3.5
Message-ID: <1991May9.150917.10389@sjuphil.uucp>
Date: 9 May 91 15:09:17 GMT
Sender: Jeffrey J. Bachovchin
Reply-To: bachovch@sjuphil.UUCP ()
Organization: Saint Joseph's University
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Recently, we installed PC-NFS 3.5 on several administrative PC's on our campus
ethernet.  We run a Sun 4/490 (SunOS 4.1.1) as a file server for all PC-NFS users
on campus.  We also got the latest patch of rpc.lockd from Sun (although since
we did get it yesterday, there might be a new one today :-) ).  Now, we are
experiencing difficulties with Quattro Pro 2.0(LAN Pack).  There were no
problems with 3.01, but with 3.5 and the new lockd, when one user starts QPro,
everything is fine, but when the 2nd starts it, you get the error message
"Can't read startup strings".  This only happens when we mount the virtual
drive QPro is on with the /ms option.  Without the option, no problem.  But, we
cannot mount this drive without the /ms option.  Has anyone seen this problem?
Is it yet another bug for rpc.lockd?  Is it a QPro problem?  Is it that (this
is the scary pazrt) 3.01 wasn't file locking properly?  

Thanks in advance,
Jeff


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Jeffrey J. Bachovchin                      Saint Joseph's University 
Systems Manager                            5600 City Avenue
bachovch@sjuphil.sju.edu                   Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
Office of Academic Computing               215/660-1524