novell drives mapped from NT server 1

[smshing]

i have a NT 4 server that i want to use to map some novell 4.11 drives for a few people. i'm in the middle of converting a large multi-site network from novell to NT, and i need some users to keep access to a few novell resources. i can map the shares manually from the command line using a net use command with no problem, but the shares won't map from a login script. any ideas?

 

[sobak]

What error are you getting? I have a citrix server that I map to a novell server using the net use command. My syntax is....


net use m: \\server\sys\data\home\%username% /PERSISTENT:NO


This maps my users novell home drives to their Cirtix session. I don't have any problem with this syntax at all. Does your login script match this syntax?

david e
*end users are just like computers, some you can work with...others just need a simple reBOOTing to fix their problems.*

 

[Jpoandl]

I think your problem may stem from the fact that the users's NT username/password is different from the username and password on the NOVELL server.

We ran into the same type of problem. To fix this, the logon script will ask the end user to type thier NetWare password. After they enter this information, the logon script will use it to map a drive. We use KixTart script language. But here is the idea. (Kixtart is free and works well with NT environments. You can get the software and many example scritps from

http://www.kixtart.org)

AT (9,3)"Key in your NETWARE server password and press the enter key "
GETS $PW
USE: "\\NetwareServer\vol\common" /USERUSERID /PASSWORD:$PW


Hope this helps some...
Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

 

[smshing]

i'm using kixtart to map the drives, and the command reads: "use k: \\mcexchange\vol1". mcexchange is the name of my nt server, vol1 is a share that i setup in the gateway service for netware icon. the vol1 share is the vol1 volume of my netware server. i know that the passwords are the same on both systems (i created a test user account on both systems). any other ideas? thanks for the help

 

[Jpoandl]

Its good that you are using Kixtart...that scripting language rules...

Anyway, I not sure then....

Maybe slight syntax adjustment?

Change this:
"use k: \\mcexchange\vol1"

To this
use k: "\\mcexchange\vol1"

Not sure but maybe your quotes are slightly in the wrong spot. I use the corrected syntax in my scripts.

(Also, it is best not to use your actual server names and share names when posting.. could lead to security problems.)

Anyway, I hope this helps a bit...

Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000