Contextless Login
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Jun 2003
Q.
I am having a bear of a time getting contextless logins to work at my shop. I can provide specific details, but thought I would ping you to see what general advice you can offer. I am using Windows NT and 2000. Any and all help would be appreciated!
Contextless Carry in Chaldingville
A.
Dear Contextless Carry: This is a solution for those of you who are trying to get contextless login to work without having to set up the catalog. Of course, the catalog that I speak of is Novell's Catalog Services, which has been obsolete for several years.
To get contextless logins to work with Windows NT 4 /2000, you can use the Contextless Login Free Tool (LgnCLW32). The Contextless Login Extension for Windows 9x and Windows NT allows for contextless login without requiring catalogs on the backend. This extension searches specified locations in the tree for all occurrences of the username. If one exists, LgnCLW32 automatically updates the context field of the NDS tab.
If more than one occurrence exists, the user is presented a dialog where he may choose which context is to be used. You can download this utility at http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/1138.html.
However, you will need to make a shortcut to the executable, then change the switch from Windows 9x to Windows NT.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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