Article ID: 178045
Article Last Modified on 3/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual InterDev 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Active Server Pages 1.0
This article was previously published under Q178045
SUMMARY
Active Server Pages (ASP) needs a special configuration in order to access file-based data from a Novell server. Simply mapping a drive letter to a Novell share (utilizing Novell Client Services) will fail. You may receive one of the following errors:
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MORE INFORMATION
Because IIS runs as a service and impersonates Windows NT accounts, IIS must access the Novell server's resources via an NT Gateway setup by GSNW (Gateway Services for NetWare).
Step 1 - On the Novell Server
- Create a new account or use any existing account.
- Give this account "Trustee Directory Assignments" for the folder in which the database resides.
- Give this account the following rights: Create, Erase, File Scan, Modify, Read, Write.
- Create a Group called NTGATEWAY.
- Add the user to this group.
Step 2 - On the NT Server
- Install GSNW (Gateway Services for NetWare) if not already installed.
- Open GSNW control panel. Set the preferred server to the Novel Server.
- Click on Gateway and set the Gateway Account to the account created or modified in Step 1 - On the Novell Server.
- Set the password for that account.
- Click ADD, and map a drive letter to a Novell share. Note the drive letter.
- Click OK twice to exit GSNW. You should now be able to create a new DSN that uses the gateway's mapped drive letter to access the database on the Novell server.
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