FPNW Needs GSNW for RPC SAP Services

 Last reviewed: April 10, 1997
Article ID: Q154038
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51
  • Microsoft File and Print Services for NetWare version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following error message when you are trying to change your password on a File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW) Server: 

   Unexpected Error (89F8)

SUMMARY

To change passwords in a master domain scenario, (Gateway Services for NetWare (GSNW) must be installed on the primary domain controller (PDC) of the master domain.

MORE INFORMATION

To make password changes in the Master Domain-Resource Domain scenario, the client has to be able to directly contact the PDC of the Master Domain. The client uses RPC to do this. The client queries the server it is logged on to for the Net Address of the FPNW PDC. If the Server is not advertising itself by means of Service Advertising Protocols (SAPs), the server the client is logged on to will not be able to return an address to the client. Without GSNW installed on the PDC the server will not advertise the RPC service needed for the client to connect. For this reason GSNW must be installed on the PDC of the Master Domain so that the other computers in the Domain will be able to forward his address to the clients. GSNW is not required on any of the other computers in the domain, but you will not be able to browse NetWare servers if it is not installed.

STATUS

This has been corrected in Windows NT 4.0. FPNW will advertise the RPC service itself.

Additional query words: domain novell gateway services fpnw gsnw
netware
Keywords : kbnetwork ntnetserv NTSrv
Version : 3.51
Platform : WinNT

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Last reviewed: April 10, 1997
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