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From: ray@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Jeff Ray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Problems launching Macintosh files on a Novell server
Keywords: mac novell
Message-ID: <956@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>
Date: 21 Jun 91 22:36:21 GMT
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(Apologies for any breachs of net etiquette; I'm very much the novice at this.)

This one has me completely stumped.  I hope someone has some insight they might
be willing to share.  We are running a Novell (v3.11) network, and supporting
Macintoshes via the Netware for Macintosh v2.0 VAPs on an external PC.  The PC
is running the new router software that came with 3.11.  The Macs are all at
System 6.0.7, with the System 7.0 printer drivers (but that shouldn't come into
play here).  Major applications are Word and AutoCAD.

Here's the problem:  we are have a great deal of trouble launching from data
files stored on the server.  The symptoms tend to fall into three major
categories:

1)  Files will not launch unless first unlocked.

2)  Files will not launch at all, but may be opened from within the application
    that created them.

3)  "Type" in View By Name frequently displays the filename of some other file
    on the server, rather than the correct creator's type.

The data fork does not appear to be corrupted.  The information returned by
ResEdit appears to be correct.  Reinstalling the desktop files (using MACSETUP)
only changes one set of symptoms for another, as does using Norton Utilities
for Macintosh on the server from accross the net, and then rebuilding the
desktop.  (However, Norton does consistently see something wrong with the
bundle bits; it just doesn't seem to be able to fix it.)

Thanks in advance for any help posted.


Jeff Ray (ray@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov)
Woodside Summit Group, Inc./NASA Dryden Flight Research Center