Supervising the Network

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Customizing the User Environment
Creating, Modifying, Copying, and Printing Login Scripts
Creating, Modifying, Copying, and Printing Login
Scripts
To create or modify login scripts and to copy one object’s login script into
another’s, you can use either NetWare Administrator or NETADMIN. Both
procedures are described in this section.
If you are logged in to a server running NetWare 2 or NetWare 3 and that
server is in a Directory tree, do not create or edit a login script using the
SYSCON utility. If you do, the changes to that login script will not appear in
your NetWare Directory Services login script.
The reason is that your NetWare Directory Services login script is a property
of your User object, while your bindery-based login script is a file in your
MAIL directory.
The main difference in creating container, profile, and user login scripts is
the object you select to contain the login scripts:
• Container login scripts are assigned to container objects (Organization or
Organizational Unit objects).
• Profile login scripts are assigned to Profile objects. For a User object to use a
profile login script, you must select that User object and assign it to the Profile.
• User login scripts are assigned to User objects.
All types of login scripts use the same conventions, commands, and
variables.
Hints for Planning Login Scripts
The following hints can help you plan effective login scripts. For a
description of the commands you can use in a login script, see “Login Script
Commands and Variables” in this chapter.
For login script examples, see “Examples of Login Scripts” in this chapter.