Suse 10.2/Netware 4.1/Foxpro 2.0 LAN

Hi,

I have a very specific question that probably can be answered by anyone
with more knowledge than I. I am running 10.2, accessing my Novell Netware
4.1 network using IPX over ncpfs. I also installed ipxutils and mars-nwe
(although neither installation is required to access my server and they
don't seem to do anything anyway!).

I am accessing some very old DOS programs, i.e., Foxpro 2.0 LAN and
Wordstar 7.0 LAN (actually, the access is through Dosemu). Both work well
EXCEPT I seem to be having file locking or user access issues. Foxpro
requires the use of a file called foxuser.dbf, which doles out user access
to the database and controls file locking. I think I am having a problem
with this file. If I open Foxpro on my server using Linux everything
works just fine. HOWEVER, all other users cannot get in. If I close
Foxpro, access for others works just fine. Run FP again -- other users get
locked out. There is a pattern here.

My DOS mounting point is on my drive, and have used the Yast SUDO to give
the ncpfs utilities root access. I tried giving foxprol.exe root through
SUDO but no avail.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
Alan

The foxuser.dbf and foxuser.fpt are stored in the Foxprolan home
directory (ie: /foxprol )
Under DOS environtment the Fox dBase family programs works with the
cfox and the capplicat two-different folders. First contain
foxpro.exe libraries and other foxpro runtime files. In capplicat for
example only leave your application files like tables, forms, menus and
reports, indexes, etc.
To run the application you should include the fox path into autoexec.bat
sentence. With this the foxuser.* files still working into fox folder.
Now, if these don't exist, when application start, the foxuser.* files
are created into application folder.
Then, check the path of these foxuser.* files and see the date. If are
recent, backup and delete both foxuser.* files. Start the application
and fox will create new ones.




Alan O escribió:
> Hi,
>
> I have a very specific question that probably can be answered by anyone
> with more knowledge than I. I am running 10.2, accessing my Novell
> Netware 4.1 network using IPX over ncpfs. I also installed ipxutils and
> mars-nwe (although neither installation is required to access my server
> and they don't seem to do anything anyway!).
>
> I am accessing some very old DOS programs, i.e., Foxpro 2.0 LAN and
> Wordstar 7.0 LAN (actually, the access is through Dosemu). Both work
> well EXCEPT I seem to be having file locking or user access issues.
> Foxpro requires the use of a file called foxuser.dbf, which doles out
> user access to the database and controls file locking. I think I am
> having a problem with this file. If I open Foxpro on my server using
> Linux everything works just fine. HOWEVER, all other users cannot get
> in. If I close Foxpro, access for others works just fine. Run FP again
> -- other users get locked out. There is a pattern here.
>
> My DOS mounting point is on my drive, and have used the Yast SUDO to
> give the ncpfs utilities root access. I tried giving foxprol.exe root
> through SUDO but no avail.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Alan
>
>

Foxpro is set up properly, in separate directories, etc. I have been
using this set up for many years, and when I log into Linux on my machine,
it works wonderfully. The problem is that once I start running what is
usually a shared program, for some reason Linux is locking the program or
directory so that it cannot be shared.

My Netware server is set up so that most of the files in the /apps/foxpro2
directory, i.e., the program and setup files, can be SRO, but the data
files in /data/dbase are SRW (they can be written to). However, as soon
as I start the programs in Linux, all files become RO and cannot be
properly executed.

I cannot explain this.

Thanks
Alan

Your across-platform schema is not helping in this case.
You mean fox and app are stored and hosted in a IPX NW4 server, right?
You can do a lab: install a old 486 or PII machine the free DR-DOS
-called Caldera DR-DOS- and try load the fox application. The DR-DOS
comes with native IPX client. If the problem persist the the problem
still in the NW4 box. If the problem is suppered then the problem can be
in emulator utility.