Setting Up NetWare Client Workstations to Log In
Modifying the NET.CFG File for Logging In to NetWare 4
Modifying the NET.CFG File for Logging In to NetWare 4
When logging in to NetWare 4™, you don’t attach to individual servers as with previous versions of NetWare, but you log in to the entire network.
With your Distinguished Name (DN), you can simplify the login process by adding information to your client workstation’s NET.CFG file. To do this, you need to add lines under the NetWare DOS Requester heading in the NET.CFG file.
If you add lines for the following parameters, you will not need to type your Distinguished Name each time you log in to the network after booting your client workstation:
•Name Context
•Preferred Tree
You must know your name context before making these modifications, or you cannot add entries for the parameters. For information about setting your client workstation’s name context, see “Understanding Logging In to NetWare Directory Services” on page 9.
Using the Name Context Parameter
By using the name context parameter in the NET.CFG file, you inform the NetWare DOS Requester of your name context within the Directory tree. The LOGIN utility can then locate your User object and connect you to the network.
The parameter is as follows:
name context=”name_context”
The default for this parameter is at the root, which might cause confusion if duplicate usernames exist within a Directory tree.
If you are using an earlier version of the NetWare shell on your client workstation, the Name Context parameter is invalid. NetWare 4 creates a User object for client workstations using NetWare shell files in the same container as the NetWare Server object that you will log in to.