NWRedir Reports Incorrect Free Space If Limited by Admin |
Q160897
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
SYMPTOMS
If a NetWare network administrator has limited the amount of disk space available to a user in a particular folder on a NetWare server, the free disk space available reported by the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks does not reflect this limitation.
The value reported as free disk space is the total amount of space physically available on the server's volume, instead of the amount available to the user.
CAUSE
The Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks makes a single request for directory information with the permanent directory handle that returns the total free disk space.
RESOLUTION
This issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and OSR2:
For the Bindery (non-NDS) version of the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks:
NWREDIR.VXD version 4.00.957 dated 8/19/96 123,987 bytes
For the NDS version of the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks (Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services):
NWREDIR.VXD version 4.00.970 dated 8/19/96 174,618 bytes
NOTE: Later versions of these files do not resolve this issue. For more information, see the Notes in the "More Information" section later in this article.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2). An update to address this problem is now available, but is not fully regression tested and should be applied only to computers experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft does not recommend implementing this update at this time. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for additional information about the availability of this update.
This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.
MORE INFORMATION
Notes
This update resolves the issue only if the user performs a "MAP ROOT" to the actual subdirectory that is limited in size. In other words, if the user maps to the top-level volume and then changes directories to the limited directory, the new NWRedir will still not report the correct limited directory size. The user must issue a MAP ROOT command in the form of:
MAP ROOT <drive>:=server/volume:directory
- These files potentially break functionality for users who do not have any directory restrictions on very large volumes (over 2 GB in size) and who rely on correct space to be reported. This version of NWRedir reports no more than 2 GB of free space (0xffff * ClusterSize) because the only NCP available to request free space is limited to a 16-bit value for free clusters.
- Because of the limitations listed, these NWRedir changes will not be propagated to future versions of NWRedir. This is a stand-alone version that incorporates all the prior updates, but will not be incorporated into future updates.
For additional information about issues resolved by updates to this component, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q177222 NetWare Printers or Volumes Unavailable in Windows 95
Q165402 Windows 95 Update to Encrypt Passwords in Memory
Q163673 "Exception 0E" Using MSNDS Over Dial-Up Connection
Q160824 MSNDS Drops Connections to More Than Eight Servers
Q158058 MSNDS Client Does Not Prompt to Log On
Q153470 Incorrect Error Code Returned for Locked Files
Q152186 Possible Network Data Corruption If Locking Not Used
Q151912 NWRedir Returns Cached File Size Information
Q149606 Fatal Exception 0E in VNETBIOS Using NetWare Login Script
Q147838 Cannot Access Folders with Long File Names on NetWare Servers
Q143282 No Documents Appear in the File Open Dialog Box
Q139747 MS-DOS-Based Program Reports Not Enough NetWare Server Space
Q136303 Connecting to Schedule+ 1.0 Calendar File Drops Connections
Q132786 Known Issues with MS Print Agent for NetWare (MSPSRV)
For additional information about Windows 95 updates, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates
Keywords : kb3rdparty kbnetwork win95
Issue type : kbprb
Technology : kbWin95search kbWin95
Last Reviewed: December 15, 2000 |
