DOS Applications Receive Wrong Error Code in FPNW

Last reviewed: September 7, 1996
Article ID: Q150008

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft File and Print Services for NetWare version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

Certain applications, such as Btrieve, may fail when you attempt to create a file that already exists on a File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW) server.

Btrieve may return the following error:

    Code 25: Cannot Create File

CAUSE

This problem is caused by FPNW returning a NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) Completion Code of Failure (FF) when attempting to create the file, instead of the expected NCP Completion Code of No Create Delete Privilege (85).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in File and Print Services for NetWare 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):

   S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: ntinterop NTSrv
Additional reference words: 3.51 prodnt bempty erase brequest

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Last reviewed: September 7, 1996
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