The Webshell runs on your client,   not your PC (where you're using the
browser to get to the shell)

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>From:  Karen Krowzack[SMTP:Karen.M.Krowzack AT UCM DOT COM]
>Sent:  Monday, March 23, 1998 11:09 AM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Re: ADSM Webshell
>
>I've been trying to get WEBshell to work from my windows 95 PC, using an AIX
>client.  I created a password using MKWSPSWD, and started WEBSHELL on the
>AIX client.  I tried to connect from my PC and I get a login screen, but I
>cannot connect -I keep getting a message about being unable to open the
>password file.
>
>Does WEBshell work on Version 3?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Smith, Richard [SMTP:smithrr AT MARITZ DOT COM]
>> Sent: Monday, March 23, 1998 12:38 PM
>> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject:      Re: ADSM Webshell
>>
>> 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
>> >
>