Microsoft KB Archive/154701

= DIR Command on a NetWare Directory Results in "File Not Found" =

Article ID: 154701

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q154701





SYMPTOMS
When performing a DIR command, you may receive a "File not found" error message if the NetWare server directory contains a very large number of files.



CAUSE
After typing the DIR command, the sequence of events that causes this error is:


 * 1) The server message block (SMB) client requests the directory information from the SMB server.
 * 2) The SMB server requests files from the NetWare server. Sometimes the SMB server must rewind the DIR search for the SMB client.
 * 3) Since the NetWare server does not support this rewind, the SMB server does a brute force rewind starting from file 0 (zero).
 * 4) After the server gets down to about the 2000th file, this unwind takes so long that the SMB client times out.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kb3rdparty kbnetwork KB154701

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