ADSM-L

Re: ADSM Webshell

1998-03-23 13:38:26
Subject: Re: ADSM Webshell
From: "Smith, Richard" <smithrr AT MARITZ DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:38:26 -0600
Jim,

        Yes, I seen your e-mail earlier, but when you run it this way,
does it open a MS-DOS window??  I've also been having troubles with the
ADSMPSWD and MKWSPSWD utilities.  Is there a bug in V3??

Thanks,
Rick Smith
Maritz, Inc.
Storage & Security Administration
smithrr AT maritz DOT com
(314) 827-1584

> ----------
> From:         Jim Hunt[SMTP:Jim_Hunt AT VENCOR DOT COM]
> Sent:         Monday, March 23, 1998 12:11 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: ADSM Webshell
>
> This is the info I have collected on it so far.
>
> You can run the webshell client as an NT service using the SRVANY.EXE
> utility
> that comes with the Windows NT Resource Kit.In that directory are the
> SRVANY.EXE file and the SRVANY.WRI file. The latter is in Windows
> Write
> format
> (can be read with WordPad), and provides general information on using
> SRVANY.EXE to run a Windows NT applicaiton as a service.
> Using the SRVANY.WRI file for reference, here is my procedure:
> 1) Install SRVANY.EXE as a service with this command (from an MS-DOS
> prompt):
>      INSTSRV WebShell D:\NTRESKIT\SRVANY.EXE
> This will create a new NT service called "WebShell".
> 2) Run REGEDT32 to edit the NT registry. ***** CAUTION ***** Always
> use
> this
> utility with extreme care. Incorrect changes to the registry can cause
> problems
> for your system, even possibly rendering it unbootable.
> 3) Add a key under
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebShell called
> "Parameters". To that key, add the three values shown in the table
> below:
> VALUE NAME        DATA TYPE     STRING
> -------------     ---------
> -------------------------------------------
> Application        REG_SZ
> c:\win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient\webshell.exe
> AppParameters      REG_SZ       3019
> c:\win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient\wsstuff
> AppDirectory       REG_SZ       c:\win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient
> "Application" represents the path to the webshell executable. Your
> path may
> be
> different, depending on where you installed ADSM.
> "AppParameters" represents the port number used to connect to the
> webshell,
> and
> the directory of the webshell and ADSM IDs and passwords (these are
> the
> ones
> you created with the MKWSPSWD.EXE and ADSMPSWD.EXE utilities). I
> picked
> port
> number 3019, and I stored my password files in the ...\wsstuff
> directory.
> Your
> port number and password file directory may be different.
> "AppDirectory" is the directory where the DSMC.EXE executable resides.
> Your
> directory may be different.
> 4) Close the registry editor.
> 5) Go into the "Services" applet (from "Control Panel"), and start the
> WebShell
> service.
> At this point, you should be able to start your browser and point it
> to the
> webshell. In my sample scenario above, the URL is
> http://storman.sanjose.ibm.com:3019/webshell
>
>
>
>
> smithrr AT MARITZ DOT COM on 03/23/98 12:24:04 PM
>
> Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc:    (bcc: Jim Hunt/IS/Vencor)
> Subject:  ADSM Webshell
>
>
>
>
> ADSMer's
>         Is there any way to run the webshell as a service without
> starting a MS-DOS window??  We are trying to do this on the NT servers
> that we are backing up, and to keep the MS-DOS session running you
> must
> leave yourself logged in, which poses a security threat.  Any ideas??
>
> Rick Smith
> Maritz, Inc.
> Storage & Security Administration
> smithrr AT maritz DOT com
> (314) 827-1584
>
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