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%2, %3, %4, %5

Specify substitution values for login script variables.

These parameters are equivalent to the corresponding parameters you can pass in the login command in DOS.


/a

Causes the advanced option tabs (Connection, Script, and Variables) to appear in the login dialog box.

Example: c:\novell\client32\loginw31.exe /a


Bindery connection

Specifies whether the server connection is to be made in Bindery Services (NetWare* 2 and 3) mode or NDS* (NetWare 4*) mode.

This option is ignored if Tree is selected.

Check this check box if either the resources you want to access or your user identity are currently available only through Bindery Services.

Uncheck this check box if you want to log in as an NDS user.


Change Password dialog box (login procedure)
Change Password

Purpose

Your login password has expired.

Use this dialog box to change it , so you can continue the login procedure.

Options

Change password for

Enter new password

Retype new password

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Change password for

Lists the trees and servers to which you are currently connected whose passwords are the same as the one that expired.

The new password will be applied to all the selected items in this list.

To exempt a tree or server from the password change, deselect it.

You cannot deselect the tree or server for which your password expired.


Clear current connections

Specifies whether the new login connection will replace or augment your existing network connections.

Check this check box if you want all existing connections to be cleared (that is, you are switching trees or servers, or you are logging in as a different user).

Uncheck this check box if you want to retain your existing connections (that is, you are making an additional tree or server connection). The login scripts for the new connection will overwrite any existing resource mappings that use the same drive letters, port numbers, and so forth.


Close script results automatically

Specifies whether the Login Results window is to be closed automatically when the login procedure is done.

To auto-close the results window, check this check box.

To keep the results window open, uncheck this check box.

Note:  If a login script error occurs and a message is written to the screen, the results window will stay open no matter what you specify for this option.


Command-Line Options
Command Line Options

Purpose

When specifying the command line for the NetWare* Login program, you can use any of the options allowed by the login command in DOS.

For NetWare Login, the following additional option is allowed.

Additional Option

/a

Related Topics

Connection, Script, and Variables tabs

To control user interaction during login

Logging in and out (overview)

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Connection tab (login dialog box)
Connection

Purpose

Use this tab to control the process by which you connect to the network.

Options

Tree

Server

Bindery connection

Context

Clear current connections

Related Topics

Login, Script, and Variables tabs

To control the login connection process

To control login script processing

To set login defaults

Context search order

Logging in and out (overview)

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Contents

Overview

Logging in and out

How to...

Log in using defaults

Control the login connection process

Control login script processing

Control user interaction during login

Set login defaults

Log out

Reference

Dialog box options

Command-line options

Context search order

Trademarks


Context

Specifies the context (location in the tree) to search for your user object, to verify your rights as a user.

In the available field, type or choose the desired context.

Example: Sales.ACME

You can override this context by specifying a fully distinguished username in the Name option on the Login tab.


Context Search Order

Purpose

Before granting you an NDS* connection, the login procedure must find your user object in the tree.

To do this, it searches sequentially the contexts you supply in the following options. As soon as the user object is found, the search is terminated.

Search Order

1.	NetWare Login|Login|Name

This option is used only if it contains a fully distinguished username.

2.	NetWare Login|Connection|Context

3.	NetWare client software|current context

On startup of the NetWare client software, the current context is set to your Name Context setting. However, after startup the current context can be changed by various NetWare utility programs.

4.	NetWare Login|Connection|Server

or

NetWare Login|Connection|Tree,

whichever you specified in the login dialog box. If you specified a server, its context is used. If you specified a tree, the context of the first responding server in that tree is used.

Related Topics

To control the login connection process

Logging in and out (overview)

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Dialog Box Options

Basic Options

Login

Advanced Options

Connection

Script

Variables

Subdialog Box Options

Change Password

Find


Enter new password

Type the new password for the trees and servers specified in the Change password for list.

As you type, only asterisks will appear.

If you aren't sure how long your password should be, ask your network supervisor, or look it up using the NetWare* Administrator utility program.


Error

This shortcut works only if the NetWare* Login program is installed in the default location, which is the C:\NOVELL\CLIENT32 directory.

To find the NetWare Login program, use the Windows** Find or Search command and look for the executable file.


Find dialog box (login procedure)
Find

Purpose

Use this dialog box to choose a tree or server from those available in your network.

Options

Search


Logging In and Out (Overview)
Logging In and Out

Purpose

Logging in enables you to use the resources and services that are available in the NetWare* network, such as files, printers, and messaging.

Logging out enables you to to disconnect from all or part of the network.

Prerequisites

Computer is physically connected with the network medium (cabling or other signal carrier)

Novell* NetWare Client* software is installed and running

Logging in

To log in to the network, use one of the following:

NetWare Login program (Windows**)

LOGIN command (DOS)

When you log in, your identity as a user is verified, and your rights to resources and services are determined.

Logging out

To log out from the network, use one of the following:

Network Neighborhood File menu (Windows 95**)

NetWare User Tools program (Windows 3.1 and Windows NT**)

LOGOUT command (DOS)

Using NetWare Login

By default, the NetWare Login program displays a simple dialog box that lets you log in using your default login settings. Unless your system administrator restricts it, you can edit your default login settings.

You can configure the NetWare Login program to include advanced option tabs in the login dialog box. These options let you override your default login settings each time you run the NetWare Login program.

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Logging Out Using NetWare User Tools

Purpose

Use this procedure to disconnect from all or part of the NetWare* network.

You might want to do this if you are done using the resources provided by the connection.

Steps

1.	Open NetWare User Tools and then choose NetWare Connections (the server icon).

2.	From the list on the left, drag the tree or server from which you want to log out to the list on the right.

Repeat this action until you have logged out from all the desired trees and servers.

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Login Script

Specifies a login script to run in place of all of the other login scripts including profile, container, and user.

To use this option, type or choose the desired script name in the available field.

The script name can be a fully qualified filename (drive, path, and filename), or it can be the name of an object in the tree you are logging in to. The object must have a Login Script property to which you have the Read right.


Login tab (login dialog box)
Login

Purpose

Use this dialog box to log in to the NetWare* network.

Options

Name

Password

Related Topics

Connection, Script, and Variables tabs

To control the login connection process

To control login script processing

Context search order

Logging in and out (overview)

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Name

Type your username for the tree or server specified in the dialog box.

Fully distinguished names are allowed.

Example: .MSmith.Engineering.ACME


NetWare Login program filename
Program filename

The name of the executable file for the NetWare* Login program is as follows:

loginw32.exe (Windows** 95**)

loginw31.exe (Windows 3.1)

loginw32.exe (Windows NT**)


Password

Type your login password for the tree or server specified in the dialog box.

As you type, only asterisks will appear.

If you can't remember your password, see your network supervisor.


Profile Script

Specifies a login script to run in place of your profile login script.

To use this option, type or choose the desired script name in the available field.

The script name can be a fully qualified filename (drive, path, and filename), or it can be the name of an object in the tree you are logging in to. The object must have a Login Script property to which you have the Read right.


Retype new password

Retype the new password exactly as you did in Enter new password.


Run scripts

Causes all the login scripts that have been set up for you to run, including any alternate ones you specify on this tab.

To bypass all login script processing, uncheck this check box.


Script tab (login dialog box)
Script

Purpose

Use this tab to control the processing of login scripts. You can override user and profile login scripts, or bypass all login scripts.

Options

Login Script

Profile Script

Run scripts

Close script results automatically

Related Topics

Login, Connection, and Variables tabs

To control login script processing

To control user interaction during login

To control the login connection process

Logging in and out (overview)


Search

Lets you choose an item from the list by typing the first few letters of the item's name.

Depending on the size of your network, the list might take a few moments to be created. You need not wait to choose an item until the list is done being created.


Server

Specifies a server connection.

In the available field, type the desired server name (do not include a context in the name). Or, choose [image] to get a list of available servers.

If you choose the Server option, you are connected to the specified server, and the Tree option is ignored.


To control login script processing
Control Login Script Processing

Purpose

Use this procedure to override your default settings for login script processing.  You can override user and profile login scripts, or bypass all login script processing.

Note:  When you specify the Login Script to be run, no other scripts are executed.  When you fill in the Login Script option, the script you specify is the only one that runs.  No other container, profile, user or default script runs.  Also, when you fill in the Profile Script option, the user's profile is not executed as the entry you make here is executed instead.  In addition, when you make entries into both login scripts, only the specified login script is executed.

Steps

1.	Open the login dialog box.

If the Script and Variables tabs don't appear in the dialog box, enable them as defaults.

2.	On the Script tab, complete the desired tasks.  For more information, click one or more of the following.

Login Script.

Profile Script.

To bypass all login script processing, uncheck Run scripts.

To keep the Login Results window open so you can examine the results of login script processing, uncheck Close script results automatically.

3.	On the Variables tab in %2, %3, %4, and %5, type any parameters you want passed to the login script processor.

4.	On the Login tab, type your user Name and Password, and then choose OK.

Related Topics

To set login defaults

To control the login connection process

To control user interaction during login

Logging in and out (overview)

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To control the login connection process
Control the Login Connection Process

Purpose

Use this procedure to override your default settings for the login connection process, such as which tree or server you log in to.

Steps

1.	Open the login dialog box.

If the Connection tab doesn't appear in the dialog box, enable it as a default.

2.	On the Connection tab, specify one of the following connection types:

Tree -- use the Tree and Context options

Server (NDS*) -- use the Server and Context options

Server (Bindery Services) -- use the Server and Bindery connection options

3.	On the Connection tab, use the Clear current connections option to indicate whether the connection should replace or augment your existing connections.

4.	On the Login tab, type a user Name and Password for the tree or server, and then choose OK.

Related Topics

To set login defaults

Context search order

To control login script processing

Logging in and out (overview)

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To control user interaction during login
Control User Interaction during Login

Purpose

Following are some tips for controlling the level of user interaction during the login procedure.

Tips

To show or hide one or more advanced tabs (Connection, Script, and Variables) in the login dialog box, check or uncheck the corresponding check boxes on the Login tab in the user's client configuration settings.

You can also enable all three advanced tabs by including the /a option in the NetWare* Login command line.

To cause the Login Results window to close automatically, check the Close script results automatically check box on the Login tab in the user's client configuration settings.

To cause the user's choices in the login dialog box to be saved as default settings each time, check the Save Settings on Exiting Login check box on the Login tab in the user's client configuration settings.

Related Topics

To set login defaults

Command-line options

Logging in and out (overview)

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To log in using defaults
Log In Using Defaults

Purpose

Use this procedure to log in to the network using your default login settings.

Steps

1.	Open the login dialog box.

2.	Type your user Name and Password, and then choose OK.

Related Topics

To set login defaults

Logging in and out (overview)

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To log out
Log Out

Purpose

Use this procedure to disconnect from all or part of the NetWare* network.

You might want to do this if you are done using the resources provided by the connection.

Steps

1.	In Network Neighborhood or a similar Windows** utility program, select the trees or servers from which you want to log out.

2.	From the File menu, choose Logout.

In some utilities, such as Windows Explorer, the Logout option doesn't appear in the File menu unless you select the target trees or servers in the right-hand pane of the utility window.

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To set login defaults
Set Login Defaults

Purpose

Use this procedure to set the defaults used by the NetWare* Login program.

Steps

1.	Open the Network control panel.

2.	Choose NetWare* Client for Windows 95*, and then choose Properties.

3.	On the NetWare Client for Windows 95 and Login tabs, choose the default settings you want, and then choose OK.

For information on any setting, right-click it and choose What's This? from the quick menu.

Note: Your system administrator might restrict your access to the settings in the Network control panel.

Related Topics

To log in using defaults

To control user interaction during login

Logging in and out (overview)

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Trademarks

Copyright © 1994-1998, Novell, Inc.  All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, photocopied, stored on a retrieval system, or transmitted without the express written consent of the publisher.

U.S. Patent Nos. 5,157,663; 5,349,642; and 5,455,932. U.S. Patent Application No. 5,572,528. U.S. and International Patents Pending.

Novell, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this documentation and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.  Further, Novell, Inc. reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to its content, at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes.

Further, Novell, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to any NetWare software, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.  Further, Novell, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of NetWare software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes.

Novell Trademarks

NetWare Client for Windows 95 is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

NetWare 3 is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

NetWare 4 is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

NetWare Client is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

NDS is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Third-Party Trademarks

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

Windows 95 is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.


Tree

Specifies a tree connection.

In the available field, type or choose the desired tree name. Or, choose [image] to get a list of available trees.

If you choose the Tree option, you are connected to your default server in the specified tree, and the Server option is ignored.

Your default server is a property of your user object, which is stored in the NetWare* Directory. It is unrelated to the Preferred Server setting used by the client software.


Troubleshooting LOGIN.EXE

When using login.exe to log in to the network, you can choose whether to display a banner page. If you choose to display a banner page, you can also specify what that banner page contains. If a banner page is not displaying when it should, is displaying the wrong or no information, or is displaying when it should not, you may find the following information to be useful.

If the text file called login.nb is found in the load directory, no banner will be displayed. if the text file lgoin.txt is found in the load directory, its contents will be displayed right after the banner but before the user enters their password.

There are four combinations that can be used:

1.	If there is no login.nb or login.txt file in the load directory, the standard Novell banner will appear.

2.	If login.nb does not exist but login.txt does, the standard Novell banner will display followed by the text contained in the login.txt file.

3.	If login.nb does exist but login.txt does not, the Novell banner will be suppressed and no additional text will be displayed.

4.	If both login.nb and login.txt exist, the standard Novell banner will be suppressed, but the text in login.txt will be displayed.


Variables tab (login dialog box)
Variables

Purpose

Use this tab to pass parameters to your user login script.

Options

%2, %3, %4, %5

Related Topics

Login, Connection, and Script tabs

To control login script processing

To control the login connection process

Logging in and out (overview)


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