SUMMARY: Sunlink DNI troubles
ORIGINAL POSTING:
> While transferring files from a VAX/VMS system to a Sparc 2, the dni software
> will often get into an odd state and return the nfars error: NF_EINAPPOP,
> "inappropriate operation". Once in this state the software cannot recover,
> and any subsequent dni commands return this same error.
> Stopping and restarting DNI does not help. Rebooting the Sparcstation
> does help; the dni software will then work normally for a while. This
> happens about once per day or so.
> The systems are Sparc 2, SunOS V4.1.1, Sunlink DNI V7.0, and VAX/VMS V5.3.
No one is very found of Sunlink it seems.
Most respondees suggested a work-around, using ftp, TCP/IP instead of DNIlink.
Unfortunately, the VAX systems with which we are communicating are closed to
us, the only network option provided is DECnet.
Another work-around is to abandon the Sun, and use a DEC platform of some
kind. This I have been considering, if $ can be appropriated.
Sun support told me they have never seen this problem, and gave me a jumbo
patch to install in hopes that it would fix whatever was wrong. I have not
done this yet because I think I may have stumbled upon a fix for the problem!
Normally to do file transfers I send username and password in the command line:
dnicp -u username -p password hostname::"disk:[directory]filename" filename
this works fine for a while until the "inappropriate operation" bugaboo
appears. However, if there is a "proxy" account on the VAX/VMS system for that
username on the sun, then the problem goes away (99%, not completely).
Proxy accounts work sort of like .rhosts or hosts.equiv files. To install
a proxy account under VMS:
$ run authorize
UAF> add/proxy sunhost::sunusername vaxusername/default
Wildcards (*) can be substituted anywhere in the command line.
Thanks, very, very much to all for your suggestions!
davee@lightning.mitre.org
sob@tmc.edu
stpeters@spare-parts.crd.ge.com
garyb@gcm.com
sls@cs.duke.edu
sam!davidsys.com!goldberg@uunet.UU.NET
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