[slinkelist] Question about DCOM

[Dave Kolb]

Simon,

Try just going to the START/RUN and enter "dcomcnfg" and see what happens.
You will likely get prompted to configure for user level security or else
dcomcnfg will just start if you are already configured as such.

To configure user level security, right mouse on Network Neighborhood, do
properties then hit the Access Control tab and check the user level security
radio button. You'll likelly get prompted for the W98 CD and have to reboot.
Then run dcomcnfg and enter the userids allowed to access and launch any
application and/or any specific applicaitons.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Mason <simon@themasons.net>
To: 'Dave Kolb' <davekolb@email.msn.com>; slinkelist@nirvis.com
<slinkelist@nirvis.com>
Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 5:51 PM
Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM


>Thanks for the response.  What do you mean by the domain?  I was not aware
I
>was using a domain on my local network, at least I don't think I configured
>one anywhere.  Also, whenever I try to configure based upon a user it says
>no user list is available.  The help files seem to point to the lack of NT
>server as the issue here.  One last thing, how do you load the DCOM on the
>machines in the start-up, I can't find any executables that I could run?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
>Behalf Of Dave Kolb
>Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:59 PM
>To: simon@themasons.net; slinkelist@nirvis.com
>Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM
>
>
>Windows 98 comes with DCOM.
>
>Go to start/run and do DCOMCNFG and it may ask you to configure for user
>level security via the network icon. I think this just means you have to
>logon as a specific user on the other machines. You should not need an NT
>domain controller.
>
>Once it comes up, the Slink-e software should be in the application list
and
>if so you can configure it for other machines to access by userid that logs
>onto those machines. Just don't use domain names and I would think this
>should work. I do not have Slink-e not multiple machines installed yet
>though I am planning to do both after I get my ducks lined up ...
>
>Note the COM server will have to be prestarted on the server machines as
>DCOM on 98 will not automagically instantiate the server side software as
it
>will on an NT machine. That's OK as you can just put it in the startup
menu.
>
>Dave
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Simon Mason <simon@themasons.net>
>To: slinkelist@nirvis.com <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
>Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:36 PM
>Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM
>
>
>>I am trying to get another computer on my network to talk to the computer
>>with the slinke attached using the DCOM utility.  All of the machines on
my
>>home network are communicating via TCP/IP, but none are running Windows
NT.
>>All are running Windows 98 and 95.  Much of the DCOM configuration appears
>>to rely on user level access which can only be configured when you have an
>>NT server running and everyone logs into it.  Is there a way to get this
>>working without NT or do I have to breakdown and install it on one of my
>>machines?
>>
>>
>>Simon D. S. Mason
>>simon@themasons.net
>>
>>
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