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From: steved@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: other than in the login script...
Message-ID: <1991May8.153520.86683@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 8 May 91 05:35:20 GMT
References: <3662@borg.cs.unc.edu>
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
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In article <3662@borg.cs.unc.edu>, averett@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Shava Averett) writes:
> Is there any way I can get the user's login directory from novell, other
> than hacking everybody's login script to create an environment variable
> (which I haven't tried but assume will work...)  Every other file system
> I have ever worked will puts this into some sort of script accessible
> logical/symbol/variable/whatever-they-care-to-call-it, but I somehow don't
> see it in Novell...  I am working in 2.15C but will be working on 3.11
> real (*cough*) soon now...
>

Well you may have to "hack" a little bit.

Before the individual accounts login script is run the LOGIN program
processes the system login script. You can access this by using SYSCON/
SUPERVISOR OPTIONS/SYSTEM LOGIN SCRIPT.

Pressing F1 whilst you are there will be quite helpful.
A few lines I like to put amongst the other stuff there goes like this.

IF MEMBER OF "VOL1USERS" THEN BEGIN
    MAP G:=VOL1:USER\%LOGIN_NAME
    DRIVE G:
END

When you create the user accounts, use MAKEUSER to help create all their
home directories and give them all membership of VOL1USERS and a default
login script of a single semi-colon ";" .

Hopes this helps
SteveD.