SHARE Internal Error: RSC: SFT Not Found in SFT List (119431)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22

This article was previously published under Q119431

SYMPTOMS

The following error occurs while SHARE.EXE is loaded:

RSC: SFT NOT FOUND IN SFT LIST
SHARE INTERNAL ERROR

CAUSE

This error is caused by programs that attempt to gain access to the System File Tables (SFT), bypassing SHARE in the process. This problem occurs most often with small peer-to-peer network operating systems.

SHARE.EXE requires continuous communication between the sharing information tables that it maintains and the tables that the MS-DOS kernel maintains. SHARE adds tables that link SFTs to paths and locks records for all open files. When it searches the SFT and finds an entry for which it has no entry in its own tables, the above error is generated and the system may stop responding (hang) because SHARE is in an infinite loop.

RESOLUTION

If you do not use Windows, you must choose between SHARE and the other program that wants to have access to the SFT. No workaround is available.

For information about this error in Windows for Workgroups, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

115884 Err Msg in WFWG 3.11 w/LANtastic 5.x: RFC:SFT Not in SFT List.


Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 5/6/2003
Keywords: KB119431