LOGIN_NAME Truncated to 8 Characters

(Last modified: 12Aug1998)

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Symptom

When using the LOGIN_NAME parameter in a login script and logging in using any of the following Logins:
     - NetWare Client 32 for Windows 95
     - NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows
     - intraNetWare Client 4.1 for Windows NT
     - NetWare 4.x LOGIN.EXE
     - intraNetWare LOGIN.EXE

the login name is truncated to 8 characters during the login script processing.

Cause

The LOGIN_NAME parameter was truncated to 8 characters back when NetWare 4.0 was released because of directory mapping issues. With the DOS limitation of 8.3, mapping drives to a users %LOGIN_NAME caused problems. The truncation to 8 chars was a result of this issue.

Solutions

The solution is to use one of a couple of different login script variables.

NetWare 3.x:
Use %1 variable for the users login name (%0 is the servername)
Use the FULL_NAME variable instead of LOGIN_NAME.

NetWare 4.x
Use %1 variable for the users login name (%0 is the servername)
Use the CN (Common name) variable instead of LOGIN_NAME.
Note: The FULL_NAME parameter will work in NetWare 4.x if the administrator puts the user's login name in the Full Name field in NWAdmin.

NOTE:
To use the CN variable in an IF...THEN statement use the following syntax:

IF "%CN"="mylongusername" THEN

Keywords:
Login, Name, Eight, 8, truncated, shortened, long name, LONG.NAM, name space, user directory, NWAdmin, GUI Login, LOGINW95, LOGINW3X, intraNetWare, NetWare 4.11, 4.10, 4.x. MAP, home, attach

document

Document Title:	LOGIN_NAME Truncated to 8 Characters
Document ID:	2905523
Creation Date:	04Mar1996
Modified Date:	12Aug1998
Revision:	9
Novell Product Class:	End of Life (EOL) NetWare Other

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