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NFS Services for Netware printing meltdown...

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From: Steven Klepzig
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 00:00
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Okay, I just moved my primary 4.1 server to new hardware (was on ProLiant 
2000, now on ProLiant 5000).  New server has more RAM, same HD space as 
old server.  Same copy of Netware, NFS Services, etc.  Used DSMAINT to 
move NDS to the server (as per readme with DSMAINT).  Have applied all 
patches and updates to new server that I could find, thought this was a 
prime opportunity to do so.  410PT6 was unable successfully patch 
SERVER.EXE, when I tried running the patched version it would hang w/o 
even starting to load NW, so I backed it off.

I have a -pressing- need to have an SCO Unix box print to a NW Queue on 
this server (I have other UNIX boxes that need to print as well, just 
not as pressing as this one), using a specific NW print job to add codes 
to switch the LJ5si to Line Printer font, VMI 5.4, etc.  It worked with 
the old server (the old server had all the same patches applied, 
including 410PT6).  Now, when I send an lpr job to -any- exported print 
queue that has a specific device & print job attached to it, error 
messages like the following appear in the audit.log file, and the print 
job is dumped to dev/null:


10-03-96 11:43:54am PLPD-Error-720:
   Unable to add re-initialization printer codes to the file(s) 
autoexec.bat.
   LPR request sent by klest on klest.
10-03-96 11:43:54am PLPD-Error-655:
   Unable to transfer the print job to the queue.   Reason: Unknown error
   Queue: catsalias File: autoexec.bat

I'm guessing that for some reason, the daemon is unable to read the 
printer codes defined for the specific print job.  I've deleted and 
re-imported the printer .def files, I've deleted and re-created the print 
job definitions - no joy.  I can nprint jobs using the print job 
definitions and they come out fine.  I've removed and reinstalled NFS 
Services (twice) - no joy.  I've even run DSREPAIR a couple of times, 
thinking that the whole DSMAINT process hacked up the directory - no joy.

I've got NFS Services working for NFS Mounts, DNS, Lock Manager, etc.  I 
can even LPR jobs to exported queue IF I don't attach a specific print 
job to the queue.

Any ideas?  Any ideas why 410PT6 won't run on a ProLiant 5000 (Pentium 
Pro problems?)?  ????

Thanks in advance!
-- 
Steven Klepzig (klest@mcdss.co.gov)
DP Manager - Mesa County Department of Social Services
Grand Junction, Colorado, USA
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From: Steven Klepzig <klest@mcdss.co.gov>
Subject: NFS Services for Netware printing meltdown...
Date: 1996/10/03
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