[slinkelist] Question about DCOM

[Tom Hammond-Doel]

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Sorry, you need an NT Server to run user level access.  95/98 comes with
dcomcnfg, but only so they can be seen by an NT server

Simon Mason wrote:

> 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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