Article: Q242309
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:95
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbProgramming osr2 win95 win98 win98se
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
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SYMPTOMS
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Creating a file on a NetWare server with Read/Write access may return a handle
to a read-only file. The caller is unaware that the file is read-only because
GENERIC_READ and GENERIC_WRITE were specified in the CreateFile call.
CAUSE
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When CreateFile is called, a read-only file can be opened even thought the
GENERIC_READ and GENERIC_WRITE flags were specified by the caller. The problem
occurs when you create a file with a long file name on a NetWare server by using
Nwredir. The problem occurs in the bindery client as well as Services for
NetWare Directory Services.
WORKAROUND
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If you call CreateFile(..., GENERIC_READ, ...), this issue is likely to occur.
If it succeeds, you can then close the returned handle and call CreateFile(...,
GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, ...) as normal.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbProgramming osr2 win95 win98 win98se
Technology : kbWin95search kbWin98search kbWin98SEsearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin98 kbWin98SE
Version : WINDOWS:95
Issue type : kbprb
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