DEL *.* Through Gateway Services for NetWare Leaves Files

ID: Q114703

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
  • Microsoft Gateway Service for NetWare

SYMPTOMS

When you connect from an OS/2 LAN Manager 2.2 workstation to a Windows NT share that is redirected to a Novell NetWare 4.0 server resource, where the Windows NT server is running Microsoft Gateway Service for NetWare and you attempt to delete all the files in a directory with the command: 


   DEL *.*


the files are not deleted. This does not happen from a Windows NT client.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

  1. From a Windows NT computer, NET USE to NetWare 4.0 server shared resource


  2. From the Windows NT computer, NET SHARE the redirected drive


  3. From an OS/2 LAN Manager 2.2 Workstation or Server (OS/2 v1.3), NET USE to the shared resource on the Windows NT computer


  4. From the OS/2 computer, type "COPY C:\OS2\*.* F:\TEST" (without the quotation marks and where F: is the drive mapped to Windows NT redirected share)


  5. From the OS/2 machine, type "MKDIR F:\TEST\TEMP"


  6. From the OS/2 machine, type "COPY F:\TEST\*.* F:\TEST\TEMP"


  7. From the OS/2 machine, type "CD \TEST\TEMP"


  8. From the OS/2 machine, type "DEL *.*"


  9. From the OS/2 machine, type "DIR" and you will still see files.



STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. 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


NetWare is manufactured by Novell, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: prodnt NWCS NCC-NT csnw

Keywords : kbnetwork ntnetserv kbbug3.10
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: February 3, 1999
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