earp@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James K Earp) (03/29/91)
We're running Netware 386 on ethernetjjhh (oops! Sorry!) on an ethernet network. Only thing I can't figure out is how come the PC paths get blown away when we login then logout. Looks like the search paths replace the first directories in teh (sigh!) the MSDOS path command. Any help is greatly appreciated!
karinc@isc.intel.com (Karin Coffee) (03/30/91)
In article <1991Mar29.131908.21047@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> earp@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James K Earp) writes: > >We're running Netware 386 on ethernetjjhh (oops! Sorry!) on >an ethernet network. Only thing I can't figure out is how come >the PC paths get blown away when we login then logout. Looks like >the search paths replace the first directories in teh (sigh!) the >MSDOS path command. Any help is greatly appreciated! If you always use MAP INSERT instead of just MAP for you search drives, your DOS path will be intact when you log out. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Karin Coffee Intel Supercomputer Systems Division Network/System Administration 15201 NW Greenbrier Parkway The LAN Lords Beaverton, OR 97201 karinc@ssd.intel.com (503) 629-7693 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
trier@cwlim.INS.CWRU.Edu (Stephen C. Trier) (03/30/91)
In article <1228@intelisc.isc.intel.com> karinc@isc.intel.com (Karin Coffee) writes: >If you always use MAP INSERT instead of just MAP for you search drives, your >DOS path will be intact when you log out. Not always. I have had different computers with almost-identical configurations and the same login script (same user ID, even! ;-) either keep the path or replace it, even if MAP INS is used. I've concluded that it has something to do with the order of the variables in the environment, since redefining PATH to the exact same contents will change the behavior to what you describe. I haven't spent the time to narrow it down any more, or to determine what is causing this to happen. -- Stephen Trier Case Western Reserve University Work: trier@cwlim.ins.cwru.edu Information Network Services Home: sct@seldon.clv.oh.us %% Any opinions above are my own. %%
Rick_Vandenberg@mindlink.UUCP (Rick Vandenberg) (03/31/91)
We were running two servers, one with NW 286, the other with 386 3.0. When I set up the users' IDs on the new (386) server, I had the same problems, but also had extra drives mapped that I had not specified. It drove me crazy, until I figured out that the default login script was doing it. I setup blank login scripts for all the users, and presto! everything worked. Rick Vandenberg Rick_Vandenberg@Mindlink.UUCP Vandenberg Systems Research
medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) (03/31/91)
earp@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James K Earp) writes: >We're running Netware 386 on ethernetjjhh (oops! Sorry!) on >an ethernet network. Only thing I can't figure out is how come >the PC paths get blown away when we login then logout. Looks like >the search paths replace the first directories in teh (sigh!) the >MSDOS path command. Any help is greatly appreciated! Use MAP INSERT SEARCHn:=vol:path This will insert the path into your existing search path. When you logout of the server, the network search mappings will be deleted but your original path will survive. Alternatively, you could do some environment variable acrobatics: rem LOGIN.BAT -- Saves current search path in env. var. OldPath rem and logs user in. set OldPath=%PATH% L:\LOGIN\LOGIN %1 rem LOGOUT.BAT -- Logs user out and restores previous search path c: Z:\PUBLIC\LOGOUT set PATH=%OldPath% set OldPath= Large search paths with small environments may result in an error. If this occurs, increase the environment size with the DOS 3.3 and higer command: SHELL=c:\command.com /e:640 /p in the config.sys file. You can vary the 640 to whatever size fits your needs. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Medici/SysProg3 * RUCS/User Services * medici@elbereth.rutgers.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------------
jamesp@world.std.com (james M peterson) (04/01/91)
I don't have problems if you insert novell drives at the END of the path. INS S16:=serv/vol:dir/..... If I insert then anywhere else I get unpredictable results @ logoff. You can do multiple ins s16: jamesp@world.std.com
AMillar@cup.portal.com (Alan DI Millar) (04/02/91)
One thing I found with the paths is NetWare's dislike of lower-case. Normally it shouldn't matter, but I found if I had a directory in my path which was lower case, NetWare would drop it. If you use the Dos "PATH" command, everything will be upshifted before being stored as an environment variable. However, if you use "SET PATH=" it will be stored in the environment without being upshifted. Dos doesn't care, but Netware will delete it. Poof. (This was 2.15) - Alan Millar AMillar@cup.portal.com