[osiris] Re: Windows agent on NT4

[Steve Ledwith]

On 9/14/06, David Vasil <dmvasil at ornl.gov> wrote:
> Steve Ledwith wrote:
> > I am unable to get the scan agent to install on NT4. The error is:
> >
> > Entry Point Not Found
> > The procedure entry point SHGetSpecialFolderPathA could not be located
> > in the dynamic link library SHELL32.DLL
> >
> > Apparently the version of shell32.dll with this function only exists on
> > NT4 if Active Desktop was installed with IE4. From what I can figure out
> > I would have to downgrade from IE6 to IE4 turn on Active Desktop and
> > then upgrade back to IE6. Does anyone know if the Osiris Windows agent
> > can be patched so that it doesn't require this function?
>
> Hi Steve,
> Do you know if this error is seen only on NT4 systems?  I only have
> access to a WinXP Pro system for building/testing so my Osiris+NT4
> experience is nill.  I did look through the source code for this
> function and the culprit is here:
>
> src/libfileapi/fileapi.c:747:    if( SHGetSpecialFolderPath( NULL, path,
> CSIDL_APPDATA, TRUE ) == TRUE )
>
> This function is required for the CLI functionality to work as it
> defines where to store the MD's certificate and temporary files during
> CLI operation.  I also looked on the MSDN website and saw this:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/reference/enums/csidl.asp
> CSIDL_APPDATA (0x001a)
>    Version 4.71. The file system directory that serves as a common
> repository for application-specific data. A typical path is C:\Documents
> and Settings\username\Application Data. This CSIDL is supported by the
> redistributable Shfolder.dll for systems that do not have the Microsoft
> Internet Explorer 4.0 integrated Shell installed.
>
> Could you try installing Shfolder.dll and then run the scan agent
> install again?
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=30340
>
> --
> -dave
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Dave,

Still no luck. I'm just going to move the critical application on that
server over to a Win2003 server.

Thanks,

Steve