David,
 
I thought that this message had already appeared on the HP3000-L.  If I had
forgot to send it... here it is.
 
 
 
 
Fellow HP3000-L listners,
 
We are just starting down the C/S path and are proceeding very slowly.  Our
initial choice for communications was ODBC on the client side.  Which requried
the ARPA listner services on the HP3000 (MPE/ix 5.0) to be turned on.
Following the directions in the HP PC API User's Guide seemed to be quite
straight forward until we hit the following error:
 
:anstart arpa
(ANUtil): Checking ALLBASE/NET listener status for ARPA.
(ANUtil): ERROR -31995 STARTING ALLBASE/NET LISTENER FOR ARPA.
 
From past references on the list it was clear that our problem was related to
not finding our HOSTS or SERVICES file in NET.SYS.  However, these files were
there and hade the correct entries within them.
 
The HP Support Centre suggested that our problem was related to the existance
of another file RESLVCNF.NET.SYS which points to the location of our Domain
Name Server.  They suggested that we remove this file and sure enough we could
get the ARPA listner running.  The problem was that outgoing TELNET was
effected adversely.  We could not resolve the names being used to identify the
targets of our telnet activity.  Our temporary solution was to change the
command files ANSTART, ANSTOP, ANSTAT to check for ARPA as an argument and if
so then using a file equation temporarily disable the reference to
RESLVCNF.NET.SYS as follows:
 
 
PARM dc_type='',debug=''
COMMENT **********************************************************************
COMMENT *
COMMENT * @(#)HP36216-02A.G0.19     ALLBASE/NET 900       ALLBASE/SQL
   <snip>
COMMENT *
COMMENT **********************************************************************
setvar _dc_type ups('!dc_type')
setvar _debug ups('!debug')
comment
if ( ('!_dc_type' = 'DEBUG') and ('!_debug' = '') ) then
   setvar _dc_type 'NS'
   setvar _debug 'DEBUG'
else
if ('!_dc_type' = '')  then
   setvar _dc_type 'NS'
endif
endif
comment
if ( ( ('!_dc_type' <> 'ARPA') and ('!_dc_type' <> 'NETWARE') and &
       ('!_dc_type' <> 'NS') ) or &
     ( ('!_debug' <> 'DEBUG') and  ('!_debug' <> '') ) ) then
    echo Usage: anstart [dc_type] [DEBUG]
    echo        dc_type = {ARPA|NS|NETWARE}
    return
endif
comment This additional condition was put in by Bob Hilverth
comment =====================================================
if ('!_dc_type' = 'ARPA') then
   echo Disabling RESLVCNF.NET.SYS....
   file RESLVCNF.NET.SYS=$NULL
endif
comment =====================================================
continue
anutil.pub.sys "START !_dc_type !_debug"
comment This additional condition was put in by Bob Hilverth
comment ====================================================
if ('!_dc_type' = 'ARPA') then
   echo Resetting RESLVCNF.NET.SYS....
   reset RESLVCNF.NET.SYS
endif
comment ====================================================
 
 
I feel uncomfortable changing command files that could be overwritten with an
update to the operating system.  Has anybody got a better solution?
 
TIA
 
\rjh
 
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Robert Hilverth, I.S.P., Database Administrator
Mohawk College of App. Arts & Tech.
PO Box 2034, Hamilton, Ontario Canada, L8R 3T2
Tel: 905/575-1212 x3052 Fax: 905/575-2302 or 905/575-2378
Internet: [log in to unmask]
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>>> David Maclary <[log in to unmask]> 12/11/95 10:01am >>>
I started experimenting with Image/SQL, and it look's good so far.  So, I
figure the next step is to get the ARPA listerner up and running.  I have hit a
snag however.  Has anyone seen this one before?
 
:ANSTART ARPA DEBUG
(ANUtil): Checking ALLBASE/NET listener status for ARPA.
(ANUtil): ERROR -30067 STARTING ALLBASE/NET LISTENER FOR ARPA.
 
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