Re: FW: Not every PC is in a named domain

On 9/19/07, Jan Dubois <jandactivestate.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> > Jan Dubois wrote:
> > > Did you get a copy of this message? Could you
please run the
> > > included program and send me the output. I
would like to resolve
> > > this issue before I go offline for a month
next week.
> >
> > Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> > > No, I didn't get it.  I'll try running it
this evening.  Thanks.
> >
> > Actually, I was able to do it remotely.  Here's
the results:
> >
> >     module=0x5b860000
> >     NetApiBufferFree=0x5b867750
NetWkstaGetInfo=0x5b869a3a
> >     NetWkstaGetInfo returned 2138
> >
> > That's it.  Hope it helps.
>
> Thanks, it does indeed explain things:
>
>     D:>perl -e$^E=2138;print$^E
>     The Workstation service has not been started
>
> The Workstation service is normally running on Windows,
but you can disable
> it on a standalone system, which I assume is what you
have done.
>
> So I guess failure to return a name should also be
treated as a success
> for this test.

So you concur with my patch?  Should the magic p5p fairies
apply it to blead?

On 9/19/07, Jerry D. Hedden <jdheddencpan.org> wrote:
> On 9/19/07, Jan Dubois <jandactivestate.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> > > Jan Dubois wrote:
> > > > Did you get a copy of this message?
Could you please run the
> > > > included program and send me the output.
I would like to resolve
> > > > this issue before I go offline for a
month next week.
> > >
> > > Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> > > > No, I didn't get it.  I'll try running
it this evening.  Thanks.
> > >
> > > Actually, I was able to do it remotely. 
Here's the results:
> > >
> > >     module=0x5b860000
> > >     NetApiBufferFree=0x5b867750
NetWkstaGetInfo=0x5b869a3a
> > >     NetWkstaGetInfo returned 2138
> > >
> > > That's it.  Hope it helps.
> >
> > Thanks, it does indeed explain things:
> >
> >     D:>perl -e$^E=2138;print$^E
> >     The Workstation service has not been started
> >
> > The Workstation service is normally running on
Windows, but you can disable
> > it on a standalone system, which I assume is what
you have done.
> >
> > So I guess failure to return a name should also be
treated as a success
> > for this test.
>
> So you concur with my patch?  Should the magic p5p
fairies apply it to blead?

Oh, wait.  You're saying 'undef' is success, and my patch
does a skip.
 Oh, well, I'll leave it to you then to write the correct
patch for
this.  Thanks.