| Title: | DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT. |
| Notice: | Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187 |
| Moderator: | TAEC::BEROUD |
| Created: | Mon Aug 21 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 6497 |
| Total number of notes: | 27359 |
Using the DECnet Phase IV Autoconfiguration, when the application is launched errors similar to the following are returned: could not find file DSN$CONTROL.EXE in sys$system could not find file DSN$CONTROL.BIN in sys$system could not find file DNS$LIB in sys$share Since the MCC node is not the DNS server, the fact that these files are missing is understandable. Is it a restriction that for the autoconfig to work that the DNS server and the MCC node be one and the same? If not how do you get around it. I have also looked at mcc_common:mcc_wan4_autoconfig.com and see the requirement that these files exist so DNS$CONTROL can be used to determine the existance of domains. Shouldn't clerk requests be used instead of mandating the use of DNS server files like dns$control??
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3667.1 | work-around | TOOK::FIGWER | Ulla Figwer LKG2-2/T2 x226-7858 | Tue Sep 08 1992 18:13 | 29 |
Hello,
DNS$CONTROL is used to verify the presence of directories in DNS
to match the prefixes specified in the Autoconfiguration prefix
file mcc_common:mcc_autoconfig_prefix.dat. We were not aware
that the control program would not be present if the node is
not a DNS server.
To prevent DECnet Phase IV Autoconfiguration from trying to check
the namespace using DNS$CONTROL, edit
mcc_common:mcc_wan4_autoconfig.com and comment out the line
"GOSUB check_prefixes". You will find this line after the
label "BEGIN:", toward the end of the DCL command procedure.
To to prevent IP Autoconfiguration from trying to check the namespace,
edit mcc_common:mcc_ip_autoconfig.com and comment out the
same line.
Please verify yourself that there are directories in your DNS
namespace which match the Autoconfiguration prefixes before
you edit the DCL procedures to remove the checking. If the
directories are not present, attempts by Autoconfiguration to
register discovered entities will fail.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
Ulla Figwer
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| 3667.2 | QAR'd in MCC_INTERNAL - 03414 | TOOK::FIGWER | Ulla Figwer LKG2-2/T2 x226-7858 | Tue Sep 08 1992 20:21 | 3 |
Entered QAR 03414 in MCC_INTERNAL
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