FPNW Needs GSNW for RPC SAP Services
PSS ID Number: 154038
Article Last Modified on 11/4/2003
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft File and Print Services for NetWare 3.51
This article was previously published under Q154038
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.
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