NetWare v4.1 LOGIN.EXE fixes

NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

DOCUMENT ID:         1005981

DOCUMENT REVISION:      1

DATE:			  28SEP95

ALERT STATUS:		  Yellow

INFORMATION TYPE:	  Problem Reference

README FOR:

	log412.exe;  168063 bytes;  Date/Time:  09-28-95/11:29a

NOVELL PRODUCT CLASS:

     NetWare OS

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:

     NetWare 4.1



ABSTRACT:

This version of LOGIN.EXE corrects three problems: 1) The "if

member of  <group>" statement in a login script will always

result in a true outcome.  2) Search drives mapped as root drives

are not searched if directory is subsequently changed. 3) Using

the login script DRIVE command caused the drive to be deleted.

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SYMPTOM

This version of LOGIN.EXE corrects three problems:



1) If you

have groups that are identical except for the last character, the

"if member of <group>" statement in a login script will

result in a true outcome regardless of whether it is, in fact,

true or not.



2) Search drives mapped as root drives are not

searched if directory is subsequently changed. That is, if you

map root S1:=SYS:\PUBLIC then CD to SYS:PUBLIC\UTILS, the UTILS

directory will not be searched. This is a result of the PATH

statement being changed to PATH=Z:. (current directory) instead

of PATH=Z:\ (root directory) as was the case in earlier versions

of NetWare.



3) Using the login script DRIVE command caused the

drive to be deleted. Thus,  if the login script contained the

line DRIVE F:, the F: drive would be deleted upon exiting the

login script.

SOLUTION

LOGIN.EXE v4.12 PTF (950418)  Size: 314,557  Date: 04-18-95 

Time: 11:59a



The MAP.EXE which shipped with NetWare 4.10 handles map root

drives as described in symptom #2 above. If you want map to

handle map root drives the same as the is version of LOGIN.EXE,

download MAP412.EXE, which contains:



MAP.EXE v4.12 PTF (950922)  Size: 273,607  Date: 09-22-95  Time:

1:19p





Self-Extracting File Name:  LOG412.EXE



Files Included     Size     Date      Time   Version   Checksum



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    LOG412.TXT       3133     09-28-95       11:36a   

     LOGIN.EXE     314557     04-18-95       11:59a   

     LOGIN.MSG      11333     09-22-94        2:59p   

Installation Instructions:

1.  Replace the file LOGIN.EXE in the SYS:\LOGIN and SYS:\PUBLIC

directories with the new LOGIN.EXE file.  



2.  Replace the file LOGIN.MSG in the SYS:\LOGIN\NLS\ENGLISH and

SYS:\PUBLIC\NLS\ENGLISH directories with the new LOGIN.MSG file.

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