NetWare 4.1/9000 Utilities Reference

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Workstation Utilities
NCUPDATE
NCUPDATE
Purpose
Use at a workstation to automatically update users’ NET.CFG files with a
new name context after a container has been moved or renamed.
Syntax
NCUPDATE [/? | /VER] [/NP]
Using NCUPDATE
• You can execute NCUPDATE at the command line, but it is designed to be run
from a container login script.
• When you move or rename a container object using NetWare Administrator or
NETADMIN, you can create an alias that points to the moved or renamed
container.
An alias allows users who do not know the container has been moved or
renamed to continue seeing the container (and the objects in it) by its original
name or in its original location.
In addition, an alias allows users whose name context in their NET.CFG file
refers to the moved or renamed container to continue to log in, even though their
actual context in the Directory tree has changed.
• Because moving or renaming a container object changes the context of both the
Parameter Use to
/? View online help. (Other parameters are
ignored.)
/VER View the version number of the utility and
the files it uses to execute. (Other parameters
are ignored.)
/NP Avoid getting the prompt that asks whether
to update the name context in the NET.CFG
file.