User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Enhanced Reference
Command and Utility Summary
Repeated attempts to log on when you don’t remember your password are
not recommended. If, after several tries, you have not supplied the correct
password, you may be locked out of the account. Locking out protects your
account from anyone who may try to guess your password. Your network
administrator can remove the lock by re-enabling your account.
If your password is within three weeks of expiring, and your logon requests
are handled by a LAN Manager server, LAN Manager warns you to change
it. If the password has already expired, you must change the password in
order to log on. See the net password command.
About Domains
A domain is a group of workstations on a Windows NT Advanced Server or
LAN Manager networks set up by an administrator. When you don’t specify
a /domain:name, LAN Manager Enhanced logs you on in your workstation
domain, which is designated by the domain entry in the LANMAN.INI file.
Your workstation domain probably includes the workstations and servers
you most often work with. When you specify a /domain:name, you are
logged on in a domain other than your workstation domain. This domain is
called the logon domain.
Use the net view command to display servers visible in your workstation
domain, the logon domain, and the domains listed in the othdomains entry
in the LANMAN.INI file.
When you log on in a domain, you get access to most of the shared resources
in the domain. Computers running Workgroup Connections may be grouped
into workgroups, which function much like LAN Manager or Windows NT
Advanced Server domains.
When you log on there may be a delay while the workstation broadcasts
your logon request and waits for a domain controller (a server that validates
logon requests) to respond. If no domain controller is available, this delay
can last more than 12 seconds. To avoid the delay, you can specify the
/domain:standalone option.
Examples
• To log on in your workstation domain, type:
net logon