Perforce installation in network folder for Windows -

Perforce installation in network folder for Windows -

i install windows version of perforce in network location users can phone call p4 via:

\\somewhere\p4.exe -p server:1666 -c some_client_name sync

where "somewhere" consistently mapped on windows machines. tried installing locally, copying p4.exe \\somewhere.

on computer installed locally, \\somewhere\p4.exe works fine. when switch machine , seek run

\\somewhere\p4.exe -p server:1666 info

i next error:

perforce client error connect server failed; check $p4port. tcp connect server:1666 failed. non-recoverable error occurred during database lookup.

what error mean? couldn't find info in documentation; suspect might need file besides p4.exe. indeed, when install perforce locally on other machine, using local p4.exe works, \\somewhere\p4.exe still not.

any pointers?

thanks!

you shouldn't need other files besides p4.exe.

the tcp connection error because other machine isn't able translate "server" ip address.

try using of windows command line tools diagnose this, in:

nslookup server

or

ping server

also, seek changing test run:

\\somewhere\p4.exe -p nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn:1666 info

where "nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn" ip address of server machine.

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