Troubleshoot iSeries NetServer using Windows-style messages

A user trying to connect to a share through iSeries NetServer™ may be denied access for variety of reasons, including:

• A password mismatch
• Not enough authority to the underlying file system object
• The user profile does not exist
• The user profile is disabled
• The user is disabled for iSeries NetServer access
• The password is expired
• The user profile does not have a password
• There was a Kerberos authentication failure

In each of the previous situations, the client typically does not report a meaningful error message to help distinguish the problem. In V5R2, support has been added to iSeries NetServer to allow Windows-style informational messages to be sent over the network to client users on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, as well as Linux operating systems. This can greatly improve problem analysis for user profile connectivity issues.

For more detailed information using these messages, see Use Windows-style messages with iSeries NetServer.