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From: cd5340@mars.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Win3 and Novell LOGIN
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Date: 26 Mar 91 17:30:22 GMT
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In article <3106@beguine.UUCP> mcphil@med.unc.edu (Philip McNamara) writes:
>I am trying to run the Novell LOGIN command from windows and am not very 
>successful.  I have tried running it as a network control pannel optinion
>and as a stand alone DOS command.  No luck.  Even "run" from the Program
>Manager hangs up.  In all cases the login asks for a user, accepts the
>user ID and then hangs before it can ask for a password.

Your problem is that Novell is mapping logical drives in and out during
a LOGIN.  As soon as all drives are unmapped (between entering name and
password), Windows' parameter tables become dead wrong, and the system
crashes.  I know of no solution.
--
David Charlap                   "Invention is the mother of necessity"
cd5340@mars.njit.edu            "Necessity is a mother"
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