SNA Server Cannot Find the Share COMCFG or file COM.CFG

 Last reviewed: November 5, 1997
Article ID: Q161048
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.11, and 3.0

SYMPTOMS

Starting SNA Server Admin results in an Event ID 633 error stating: 

   The sharename COMCFG does not exist, or the SNA Server configuration
   file com.cfg does not exist.

CAUSE

This error may be the result of setting the NTFS permissions on Com.cfg to Admin Full Control only and on the directory CONFIG to Admin Full Control only. These permissions may have worked with Windows NT 3.51, but will fail under Windows NT 4.0. This problem may also occur with SNA Server 3.0 if the services are configured to run under the local system account.

RESOLUTION

Adding the group Everyone with Read access to the permissions will eliminate the error. The Com.cfg is located in <snaroot>\system\config directory. In addition, the COMCFG share also requires that the group Everyone have Read Access. To eliminate the need for Everyone:Read access, please refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARITCLE-ID: Q140556
   TITLE: Securing SNA Server to Not Require Everyone:Read Access

Additional query words: 633
Keywords : snaadmin snamanager snaprod kbprb kbtshoot
Version : 2.0 2.1 2.11 3.0
Platform : winnt

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Last reviewed: November 5, 1997
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