So here I was, trying to make myself a NW6SP5 build. I get it all built, I patch the server, the server reports all modules I installed in the patch installed as I expected. All is great! Except...
Wha? I check NWCONFIG and it shows the service-pack is installed alright. Then I get a thought. I check the date-stamp of SERVER.EXE. It most definately was not 5/27/2004. I check the CD I burned, and it isn't there. I check my directory that I built the CD from, and it isn't there.
Grumbling, I expand the patch again from the source-file and it isn't there. Watching the unpack I see a possible error and see that "server.exe" had some error associated with it. Curious, I go to a cmd-prompt and manually attempt to extract the file (
So I disable my virus-scanner, VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i, and try again. Comes right out. I turn the scanner back on, recreate the CD-project and get told that someone is using SERVER.EXE and it can't be added to the project. Sensing the pattern again, I turn off the scanner, put SERVER.EXE back in the project, burn the new CD, and turn the scanner back ON again.
I then patch server #2 and it comes up like it should.
Right, then. That's all good. I then manually copy SERVER.EXE to the server I patched yesterday and get it rebooted. Now it also comes up with the correct SP-revison.
It seems that McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i thinks server.exe is some form of malware from the name. This will need noting, as I routinely expand service-packs on my local machine.
Novell NetWare 6
Support Pack Revision 04
(C) Copyright 1983-2003 Novell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending.
Server Version 5.60.04 December 12, 2003
Novell eDirectory Version 8.7.3.2 SMP
NDS Version 10551.13 May 26, 2004
Wha? I check NWCONFIG and it shows the service-pack is installed alright. Then I get a thought. I check the date-stamp of SERVER.EXE. It most definately was not 5/27/2004. I check the CD I burned, and it isn't there. I check my directory that I built the CD from, and it isn't there.
Grumbling, I expand the patch again from the source-file and it isn't there. Watching the unpack I see a possible error and see that "server.exe" had some error associated with it. Curious, I go to a cmd-prompt and manually attempt to extract the file (
nw6sp5e -e \nw6sp5e\startup\server.exe for the curious) and get an "Access denied" error on extraction. This, unfortunately, looks familiar.
So I disable my virus-scanner, VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i, and try again. Comes right out. I turn the scanner back on, recreate the CD-project and get told that someone is using SERVER.EXE and it can't be added to the project. Sensing the pattern again, I turn off the scanner, put SERVER.EXE back in the project, burn the new CD, and turn the scanner back ON again.
I then patch server #2 and it comes up like it should.
Novell NetWare 6
Support Pack Revision 05
(C) Copyright 1983-2003 Novell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending.
Server Version 5.60.05 May 27, 2004
Novell eDirectory Version 8.7.3.2 SMP
NDS Version 10551.13 May 26, 2004
Right, then. That's all good. I then manually copy SERVER.EXE to the server I patched yesterday and get it rebooted. Now it also comes up with the correct SP-revison.
It seems that McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i thinks server.exe is some form of malware from the name. This will need noting, as I routinely expand service-packs on my local machine.