NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              NetWare for Macintosh 3.12 AFP Patch
DOCUMENT ID:        TID350040
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               10MAY94
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         AFPFX8.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare for Macintosh 3.12

ABSTRACT:

This patch should only be used with NetWare for Macintosh 3.12.  It addresses
two problems with AFP v3.12a: 1) Certain combinations of volume names lead to
mounting the wrong volume, failure to mount a volume, or ABENDs, and 2) Users
with expired passwords could not login using the NetWare UAM.  They are
disconnected, and sometimes the file server malfunctions.

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SYMPTOM

     Certain combinations of volume names lead to mounting the wrong volume,
     failure to mount a volume, or ABENDs.

SYMPTOM

     Users with expired passwords cannot login using NetWare encrypted
     passwords.  They receive the following error message:

     MESSAGE

          Error -1072 occurred while trying to login:  session has been closed
          by server.

SYMPTOM

     As soon as any Macintosh user tries to login, file server utilization
     goes up to 50 to 65 percent and the same error message is returned.

SYMPTOM

     The user names show up as logged in, but cannot be deleted in MONITOR
     under Connection Information.

SYMPTOM

     After three or four users login and receive the -1072 error, the next
     user who tries to login with encrypted passwords will have their
     Macintosh workstation hang.

SYMPTOM

     If you try to LOAD MONITOR after a user receives the -1072 error, the
     file server may ABEND.

SYMPTOM

     If you try to UNLOAD AFP, the file server appears to hang.

CAUSE

     To resolve a problem with some third-party products, AFP.NLM was changed
     to try to match volume names as closely as possible.  This caused an
     anomaly that may surface in the above listed ways.

SOLUTION

     Apply the AFP.NLM v3.12a patch to v3.12c.

     Self-Extracting File Name:  AFPFX8.EXE     Revision:  A

     Files Included     Size     Date      Time

     \
       AFPFX8.TXT         (This File)
         AFP5.RTP       2851   04-01-94   10:28a
        PATCH.EXE      45450   01-01-28    1:00a
       AFP200.RTP       2906   04-01-94   10:30a

     Installation Instructions:

     1.   At the file server, UNLOAD AFP.

     2.   From a DOS workstation, copy *.RTP and PATCH.EXE to the SYS:SYSTEM
          directory.

     3.   At the DOS prompt, type PATCH.

          A prompt will ask which file you would like to use.

     4.   If you have the NetWare for Macintosh 3.12 5-user version, type
          AFP5.

          If you have the NetWare for Macintosh 200-user version, type AFP200.

     5.   At the file server, LOAD AFP.

          Note that the version has been changed from 3.12a to 3.12c.

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