
                              TECHNICAL BULLETIN
                                Bulletin #1-258

Date:  December 6, 1989

                           Updated NetWare Utilities

Several NetWare utilities have been updated.  The following list explains the
limitations caused by the utilities and identifies the updated files' sizes 
and dates.  These files are available on NetWire.  NetWare version 2.15 
(revision C) also contains the updated files.

NVER

            When NVER was used on an 8088 workstation (such as the IBM PS/2    
            model 25, the IBM PC, PC/XT, or any other IBM PC-compatible 
            machine), the workstation would hang.  This limitation did not 
            exist on 80286 and 80386 machines. The new NVER.EXE file has this
            limitation repaired.  It is dated 6/15/89 and is 13,805 bytes.

FCONSOLE

            A console operator with READ, OPEN, and SEARCH rights in a given
            directory could not see any files from within FCONSOLE.EXE.  This
            has been fixed.  The new FCONSOLE.EXE file is dated 5/19/89 and 
            is 214,380 bytes.

NINSTALL    

            Previous versions of NINSTALL.EXE (NetWare v2.1 through v2.15 
            revision A) placed incorrect printer information on the network 
            disk when even parity was selected.  The new NINSTALL utility,         
            explained in Technical Bulletin #1-253, contains this fix.  
            The new file is dated 10/4/89 and is 145,385 bytes.

            If you have previously installed a printer and defined it to use 
            even parity, you must remove that COM port as a network device 
            using the "Printer Maintenance" option in NETGEN.EXE.  After 
            removing the port, you can redefine the COM port with even parity.
            You must replace the old NINSTALL.EXE file with the new file before
            you redefine the COM port.

LOGIN

            If the MACHINE_NAME variable was used in the login script on a     
            computer running DOS 4.0, the "DOS 3.1 or greater is required" 
            error would occur.  This limitation has been fixed.

            The DOS command BREAK OFF was not properly supported in previous
            versions of the login script.  This is now supported in the new 
            login utility.

            The new LOGIN.EXE utility is dated 8/15/89 and is 57,143 bytes.


IPX.OBJ, NET2.COM, NET3.COM, NET4.COM

      o     When a user attempted to rename a directory using  FILER, the 
            "file not found" error occurred.  Changes to the shell files 
            corrected this.

      o     When a user attempted to rename a file that another user had opened,
            the "file not found" error occurred.  The error message has been 
            changed to "access denied."

      o     The dates and file sizes of the new shell files are as follows:

            IPX.OBJ     8/14/89  17,473 bytes
            NET2.COM    8/14/89  38,283 bytes
            NET3.COM    8/14/89  41,733 bytes
            NET4.COM    8/14/89  42,080 bytes

SESSION
            SESSION reported incorrect user login times.  The new SESSION.EXE
            file now reports the correct information.  The new file is dated 
            6/29/89 and is 92,415 bytes.

NCOPY
            When a Macintosh file was copied from one area to another with 
            NCOPY, the date created, last modified, and last accessed dates 
            were changed to indicate the date the file was copied.  This 
            information was reflected in the get info screen on the Macintosh.
            The new NCOPY utility will no longer change these dates.  The new
            NCOPY.EXE file is dated 8/2/89 and is 24,626 bytes.

DISK CONTROLLER
            The disk controller selection labeled "IBM AT HARD DISK                
            CONTROLLER OR COMPATIBLE" has been changed to "Industry        
            Standard (ISA or AT Compatible) Disk Controller."


                  Note: 

                  Since the ISA disk driver that comes with revision C is 
                  incompatible with earlier revisions of NetWare v2.15, the
                  driver has not been placed on NetWire.