invalid path when mapping drive

[MarkRCC]

Hi.

I just set up network accounts (NW5SP6) for two new staff members including GroupWise accounts w/ aliases. The problem is when they log in. They get the following error message during the login script processing:

LOGIN 4.21.15-470: The specified drive mapping is an invalid path.
(Root H:=Sys:\users/jmacdona)

The actual Login username is jmacdonald. The first thing I looked at is our GroupWise alias is 8 characters (in this case jmacdona@xxxx.xx.xx). This seems to be just a coincedence. The other thing I thought might be happening is that DOS still only allows 8 characters, but other existing accounts are fine. Novell's KnowledgeBase said that this happens when you try to map to a server that you're not connected to. These accounts log into the correct server.

Any suggestions or help would (and is) greatly appreciated!

 

[theripper]

MarkRCC -

Had the same thing happen. Deleted the user, and when I recreated her, had to drop off the last letter of her name. A user's home directory mapping can't exceed 8 characters.

Groupwise account will work fine with full name/letters in alias.

Good Luck ~

 

[TheBoySmith]

there are a couple of ways to fix/get around this problem.

Here are a couple of TID's that may help you

TID10023982
TID2947636
TID10015081

Hope some of these help Lee Smith
Xenon Network Services
Snr. Technical Support
LSmith@xenon-uk.co.uk