logon script locking Win98 clients up

[butchrecon]

I have a logon script that seems to lock up when it executes. The user logs into Windows then the login exicutes. Then it stops with a gray box that states "Please wait while your login script executes..." abd it just hangs there. I have tried exit and done commands on the script with no results. The AIX Domain Controller is AIX version 4.2.1 samba 2.0.7. Any ideas? James Collins
Field Service Engineer
A+, MCP

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[gheist]

creation of windows login scripts is a long process (a week for me or so) to get it working on all three windows flavours from anywhere in network (this is not AIX-specific, nor SAMBA probl)
OK
write login script called user.bat (not .cmd) from one line:

@echo off

if that works - build it further

 

[butchrecon]

Thanks for the input gheist. I found the problem. I was using a change directory command and not changing back to the origional directory at the end of the script. This can cause scripts to lock up. When creating scrips it is best to use the executable path instead of changing directories to the executable. Yes a .bat extension is good to use, however, a .cmd is reccomended for Windows 2000. James Collins
Field Service Engineer
A+, MCP

email: butchrecon@skyenet.net

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