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Add WebSDK context to the Transaction Tracking System endpoint handling. The WebSDK documents NCP 0x2222/34/00 TTS Is Available as a completion-code-only status probe with no reply data. A completion code of 0x00 means Transaction Tracking Unavailable, 0xfd means Disabled, and 0xff means Available. The SDK headers expose this call as NWTTSIsAvailable(). MARS-NWE does not implement TTS rollback semantics, transaction files, transaction status tracking, or the begin/end/abort transaction state machine. Keep reporting the documented unavailable status for the availability probe, but leave state-changing TTS subfunctions unsupported rather than pretending to start or complete transactions without rollback behavior. lwared and the Rust nwserver implementation do not provide a fuller TTS transaction implementation to mirror, so keep the remaining TTS work tracked as deferred optional protocol work in TODO.md. This preserves existing protocol behavior while documenting why the only locally handled TTS subfunction is the availability probe.
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# TODO
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This file collects follow-up work that is known but intentionally not part of the current patches. It is meant for project-level items that are too broad or too low-priority to keep as inline source TODO comments.
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## Server / NCP compatibility
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### Console privilege model
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Current status:
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- `NCP 23/200 Check Console Privileges` is implemented as a protocol-compatible status check.
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- For now, console privileges are mapped to the existing supervisor-equivalence state computed for the connection.
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- Callers with supervisor equivalence get success; other callers get `0xc6` (`No Console Rights`).
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Follow-up:
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- Add a real console-operator privilege model instead of treating console rights as identical to supervisor equivalence.
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- Decide where the console privilege map should live:
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- a bindery property,
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- a server configuration option,
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- or a small explicit internal list similar to queue operator handling.
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- Check how NetWare 3.x tools such as `PCONSOLE`, `SYSCON`, and console utilities expect console operators to be represented.
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- Keep `NCP 23/200` as a completion-code-only endpoint; only the privilege source should change.
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### Queue spool path case handling
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Current status:
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- Queue job paths can still be rebuilt from DOS/bindery path spelling such as `SYS:SYSTEM/EPSON.QDR`.
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- On a case-sensitive Unix filesystem this can differ from the existing directory, for example `system/epson.qdr`.
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Follow-up:
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- Resolve queue job file paths case-insensitively in the queue connection/path resolver, or use the queue object's already-resolved Unix spool directory instead of rebuilding it from the DOS path.
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- Avoid creating duplicate directories that differ only by case.
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### NCP 17/4C test coverage
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Current status:
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- `NCP 17/4C List Relations of an Object` is implemented server-side.
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- Existing DOS and Linux tools do not reliably trigger it for all useful set properties such as `GROUP_MEMBERS` and `GROUPS_I'M_IN`.
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Follow-up:
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- Add a small direct test utility to `mars-dosutils` / `NWTESTS` that sends `NCP 17/4C` directly.
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- Suggested test cases:
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- `TESTGRP1` type `0x0002`, property `GROUP_MEMBERS`
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- `TESTGRP2` type `0x0002`, property `GROUP_MEMBERS`
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- `MARIO` type `0x0001`, property `GROUPS_I'M_IN`
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- `NOPASSUSER` type `0x0001`, property `GROUPS_I'M_IN`
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- `GUEST` type `0x0001`, property `GROUPS_I'M_IN`
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### NCP endpoint SDK documentation / stub audit
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Current status:
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- Several legacy NCP endpoints in `src/nwconn.c` are implemented only as
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disabled stubs, explicit `0xfb` unsupported replies, or success/no-op dummies.
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- The known candidates now have inline SDK-context comments so future work can
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start from the documented wire semantics instead of from guesswork.
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Follow-up:
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- Implement or deliberately reject remaining endpoint gaps after client
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evidence or direct protocol tests.
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- Keep SDK details close to the corresponding endpoint in `nwconn.c`, and keep
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broader prioritization/status here in `TODO.md`.
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### NCP endpoint audit tracking
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Current status:
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- `src/nwconn.c` contains a mix of implemented, forwarded, partial, dummy,
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and intentionally unsupported NCP endpoints.
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- Endpoint comments should be aligned with the Novell SDK Web documentation,
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SDK headers, the Rust `nwserver` implementation, `lwared`, and the existing
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mars_nwe admin/Pascal code where those sources cover the same call.
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Follow-up:
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- Keep inline `TODO:` comments only where endpoint behavior is incomplete,
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approximate, intentionally dummy/no-op, or still needs SDK layout
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verification.
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- Mirror every real incomplete endpoint in this file so follow-up work remains
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visible outside the source code.
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- Do not treat every `return(-1)` in `nwconn.c` as incomplete: many of those
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paths intentionally forward bindery/global-server work to `nwbind`.
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### NCP synchronization endpoint audit
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Current status:
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- The old NCP synchronization endpoint family in `src/nwconn.c` is now
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annotated with Novell SDK endpoint names.
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- The existing source already marked this area as not well tested, so the
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comments intentionally keep that compatibility warning visible.
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- `NCP 0x03`, `0x05`, `0x06`, `0x07`, `0x08`, `0x09`, `0x0a`, `0x0b`,
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`0x0d`, `0x0e`, `0x1a`, and `0x1e` have local implementations.
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Follow-up:
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- Verify the implemented file/logical-record/physical-record calls against the
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Novell SDK request/reply layouts and a real DOS requester or direct test
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caller.
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- Continue direct requester or NWTESTS coverage for the file, logical-record,
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and physical-record synchronization calls that are now wired.
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- Verify timeout and error-code behavior for set-oriented locking calls against
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a real requester, especially where MARS-NWE currently relies on the existing
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underlying share implementation.
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### Extended volume information field mapping
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Current status:
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- `NCP 0x16/0x33 Get Extended Volume Information` returns the documented
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`NWVolExtendedInfo` reply and fills the core fields that can be derived from
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generic Unix filesystem statistics.
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- NetWare-specific fields that MARS-NWE does not currently model are returned
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as zero for now instead of guessed values.
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Follow-up:
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- Fill additional `NWVolExtendedInfo` fields when reliable data is available
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from the backing filesystem or from MARS-NWE metadata.
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- Candidate fields include suballocation, deleted-file/limbo accounting,
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compression counters, migration counters, EA counters, Directory Services
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object id, and last-modified timestamp data.
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- Treat compression-related fields as real follow-up work rather than permanent
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zeroes; populate them only when the backing filesystem exposes trustworthy
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compressed-file or compressed-block accounting.
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### Object disk restriction fallback coverage
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Current status:
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- `NCP 0x16/0x29 Get Object Disk Usage And Restrictions` keeps the existing
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`QUOTA_SUPPORT` split.
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- With quota support enabled, the endpoint is routed through `nwbind` so the
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bindery Object ID can be mapped to a Unix uid before querying the quota
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backend.
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- Without quota support, the endpoint returns the SDK-compatible fallback:
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unrestricted (`0x40000000`) and no space in use.
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Follow-up:
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- Add direct tests for both build modes.
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- Verify the quota-enabled path against a real Unix quota setup.
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- Verify that the quota-disabled fallback remains compatible with requesters
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and with the WebSDK rule for invalid object IDs.
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## Printing / Queue backend
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### Q_UNIX_PRINT backend status
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Current status:
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- Queue metadata handling and the `Q_UNIX_PRINT` backend are intentionally separate.
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- The backend can already call `/usr/bin/lp`, `lpr`, or a custom script.
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Follow-up:
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- Improve logging around queue job submission to the Unix print command.
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- Capture and expose backend exit status where possible.
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- Consider direct CUPS integration only if MARS_NWE needs CUPS job IDs, cancellation, or status polling. Do not add a hard CUPS dependency for basic queue compatibility.
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### Transaction Tracking System (TTS)
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Current status:
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- `NCP 0x22/0x00 TTS Is Available` reports the WebSDK-documented
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unavailable status.
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- MARS-NWE does not currently implement TTS rollback semantics, transaction
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files, transaction status tracking, or the begin/end/abort transaction
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state machine.
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- Other TTS subfunctions remain unsupported instead of pretending to succeed
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without real transaction tracking.
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Follow-up:
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- Implement TTS only if a concrete client requires it.
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- Treat this as a real transaction subsystem, not as a completion-code shim:
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the WebSDK TTS calls include begin/end/abort transaction, status, threshold,
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and control/statistics operations.
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## Deferred / optional protocol work
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* Basic Packet Burst file transfer support is implemented and verified with a
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diagnostics-enabled DOS client test.
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* Packet Burst support is built by default, but runtime use remains controlled
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by `nwserv.conf`.
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* Packet Burst/NDS fragmentation support remains out of scope unless a concrete
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client requires it.
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