Netserver Bug at 4.5 IBM won't PTF?

["Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is the situation:

AS400 running V4R5. Some machines w/CA Express, some w/CA for 95/NT. AS/400
has Netserver enabled and running. In the 95/NT client all is good because
the clients use "shared folders", not Netserver.

But... in the CA Express client IF the user maps a drive and the userid and
password match then the drive comes up, no problem. HOWEVER, if the userid
matches and the password is different the windows machine attempts to
connect repeatedly until the max signon count is exceeded and the user
profile is disabled, only then is the user is prompted to enter the userid
and password.

IBM, after much yelling, screaming, and line tracing, has said, "Yup, it's a
bug in 4.5 and 5.1. We've PTF'd it in 5.1 but we don't want to PTF it in
4.5"

Has anyone hit this problem? We can't go to V5R1 because of office vision.
We can't roll out CA Express because of this net server problem so we're
forced to roll out the 95/NT client. Of course when we do go to V5R1 we'll
have to update all clients to CA Express since 95/NT isn't supported.

Suggestions? How can IBM call V4R5 supported if they're unwilling to PTF
bugs in it. How is V4R5 different from V4R1?

BTW, the "PTF" in 5.1 is that if netserver "Sees" the same request repeated
it ignores it instead of attempting to connect with the incorrect userid and
password again. IMHO, the correct fix would be to send the correct error
message in the SMB block to begin with.

-Walden


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