SAP Note 28852 - Services file

Symptom:

Services file not maintained correctly after installation in the Windows directory.

Cause and prerequisites

With the installation of the frontend under Windows, a services file is also generated. It is stored in the Windows directory but is not found by Windows NT and other network systems under certain conditions.
Windows NT, for example, expects to find it in the WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC directory. Other network systems, e.g., Novell, store the services file in their own directories.

Solution
The contents of the services file, which SAPsetup creates in the Windowsdirectory, must be manually copied into the services files with which the newtwork system acually works.
From 3.0B, the services file for Windows, Win95 and WinNT is copied into the correct directory. Any other systems, that expect the services file in an other directory, must be maintained as described above.

Additional key words

services