NWGetInetAddr returns 0x89ff for non-authenticated connections

  • 7005107
  • 06-Jan-2010
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell NetWare 6.5

Situation

On Novell NetWare 6.5 NWGetInetAddr returns 0x89ff when the connection information is not authenticated.

Resolution

This is working as designed.

Additional Information

Prior versions of NetWare returned sucess (0) if the connection was logged in but not authenticated.  The address information buffer contained 0 values.
 
Note:
 
There is no change to the return values for "Authenticated" Connections: IP address,  nor for "Not Logged In" connections: 0x89FD.