Setup of OS/2 Logon Servers Fails Under WinNT 3.51 SP3

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.1 and 1.2

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) will not set up an OS/2 logon server if the site server is running Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack (SP) 3. There is a change in Windows NT 3.51 SP3 that does not allow execution of a DIR command on the UNC name of an OS/2 1.3 server share. When this command is executed, the response is always "File Not Found." This behavior does not apply to Windows NT 3.51 SP2.

CAUSE

The Maintenance Manager uses the above technique as a way of verifying that it can see the OS/2 server share. Since this fails, no files get downloaded to the logon server's SMS_SHR. The result is that the SMS Administrator UI believes that the logon servers are configured correctly, but in fact the OS/2 logon server is nonoperational.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

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