On 04/29/2009 07:11 PM, Mike Powell wrote:
> |>  NET VIEW \\samba_machine
> |>
> |>  Produces a 58 error.  I can ping the samba server with both its name and
> |>  its IP address.
> |
> | Looks like I'm not going to be of much use.  Can't find a list of OS/2
> | error codes to read up on it.  If we knew the meaning of the code, we
> | might be able to move forward...
> +-[JG=>MP]
>
> [C:\]help sys0058
>
> SYS0058: The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.
>
> EXPLANATION: You are attempting an operation that cannot be performed
> by the specified server.
>
> ACTION: Make sure that you have specified the correct computer name
> and command, then retry the command.  If you continue to have problems
> contact your network administrator.
>
>   ===snip===
>
> Actually, it works now, sort of.  I can issue a NET VIEW \\samba_machine
> and get a list of shares.  I can also issue a NET USE (etc.) and map a
> drive letter to a share on the machine.
>
> Oddly, attempting to list the shares from the Connections/Network/File and
> Print Client Resourse Browser folders still gets a SYS0058.  Since I can
> access the shares via the command line commands, I am not too concerned with
> it.  ;)

Glad you made headway.  It strikes me as a protocol mismatch, perhaps 
with the OS/2 protocol being a version that the Windows machine no 
longer recognizes.  Only a guess, though...

-- 
Jeff Guerdat

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universe are pointed away from Earth?
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