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From: bboyer@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Brian Boyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Login Script question(s)
Message-ID: <1991May17.173943.4575@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Date: 17 May 91 17:39:43 GMT
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Hello. I hav a question that I hope somebody can help me with. I am new to
NOVELL sys admin, so please forgive me if this question has been discussed
before. 

The problem arises with the login scripts. If I have a personal login script
(even if it just contains FIRE PHASERS 5 TIMES), I get the following drive
mappings. And I get placed into my personal directory (as specified by the
system login script).

------------ mapping with personal login script -------------------
Drive  A:   maps to a local disk.
Drive  B:   maps to a local disk.
Drive  F: = FOO/SYS:USERS/BBOYER
      -----
SEARCH1:  = Z:. [FOO/SYS:PUBLIC]
SEARCH2:  = Y:. [FOO/SYS:DATA]
SEARCH3:  = X:. [FOO/SYS:AFWUTIL]
SEARCH4:  = W:. [FOO/SYS:PUBLIC/WP51]
SEARCH5:  = C:/
SEARCH6:  = C:/DOS
......
SEARCH12:  = C:/NET
-----------------------------------

However, this is the drive mappings I get if I don't have a personal login
script. 


------------- mapping WITHOUT personal login script -------------
Drive  A:   maps to a local disk.
Drive  B:   maps to a local disk.
Drive  F: = FOO/SYS:
Drive  U: = FOO/SYS:PUBLIC
Drive  Z: = FOO/SYS:PUBLIC
      -----
SEARCH1:  = V:. [FOO/SYS:PUBLIC]
SEARCH2:  = Y:. [FOO/SYS:DATA]
SEARCH3:  = X:. [FOO/SYS:AFWUTIL]
SEARCH4:  = W:. [FOO/SYS:PUBLIC/WP51]
SEARCH5:  = C:/
SEARCH6:  = C:/DOS
.....
SEARCH12:  = C:/NET


Why the difference?? Where does the U: drive come from, and why is it the
same as the Z: drive? And why is the Z: drive no longer a search drive??
The system login script just contains the lines to insert the search drives
(and place the users in their personal directory) that you see in the first
version of the mappings, i.e. 
 
SEARCH1:  = Z:. [FOO/SYS:PUBLIC]
SEARCH2:  = Y:. [FOO/SYS:DATA]
SEARCH3:  = X:. [FOO/SYS:AFWUTIL]
SEARCH4:  = W:. [FOO/SYS:PUBLIC/WP51]

MAP *1:=SYS:; *1:=SYS:\USERS\%LOGIN_NAME

And why (in the second version) do I not get deposited into my own personal
directory (by the system login script) when I do in the first version???

I understand that there is a default login script that gets executed if the
user does not have a login script, but what is happening does not correspond to
what the manuals claim the default login script does.

I really want to avoid adding a blank line to EVERY users login script just so
they have one. So is there any other way to avoid the default login script,
which is causing all of my problems, or is there some way to change it??

BTW, they are running NOVELL Advanced Netware 286 v 2.15 .


Thanks for any help,
Brian Boyer
bboyer@cs.indiana.edu
blboyer@ucs.indiana.edu
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