klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (01/10/91)
I am mystified as to why upon LOGOUT, the DOS PATH is not being reset to what it was originally before a LOGIN. Any suggestions?
abrams@cs.columbia.edu (Steven Abrams) (01/10/91)
In article <2752.278b55af@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes: >I am mystified as to why upon LOGOUT, the DOS PATH is not being reset to >what it was originally before a LOGIN. Any suggestions? I've seen this before. Near as I can see, it's a result of modifying the path using the PATH command rather than the MAP SEARCH command. Any more definative comments? ~~Steve -- /************************************************* * *Steven Abrams abrams@cs.columbia.edu * **************************************************/ #include <std/dumquote.h> #include <std/disclaimer.h>
iho@cac.washington.edu (Il Oh) (01/10/91)
klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes: >I am mystified as to why upon LOGOUT, the DOS PATH is not being reset to >what it was originally before a LOGIN. Any suggestions? I suspect that your Netware search mappings are "overwriting" the DOS path entries. Try using MAP INSERT S1:= and so on. The keyword INSERT tells Netware to insert the mapping before what's there rather than overwriting it. -- "And now, adding color | Il Hwan Oh a group of anonymous, Latin-American | University of Washington, Tacoma meat-packing glitterati" | iho@cac.washington.edu -- Pink Floyd, Final Cut |
tim@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Timothy Lange) (01/10/91)
What I've seen happen is people use the MAP SEARCH... command instead of MAP INSERT SEARCH... The first will 'replace' entries in the path the second will insert entries at the beginning of the path. At logout all network search paths are removed. So if you use the MAP INSERT... to set the path you will wind up with what you originally had before logging into the network. Another feature you should be aware of, use MAP INSERT SEARCH16:=... for all your network search directories to append them to your current path. Again, just the network drives will be removed at logout. This is what I use to guarrantee my local stuff is looked at first in the path. -- Tim Lange. Purdue U. Computing Center/ENAD Bldg./W. Lafayette, IN 47907/317-494-1787 Internet=tim@cc.purdue.edu Bitnet=TIM@PURCCVM CIS=75410,525
bdelvecc@kinetics.com (Brian Del Vecchio) (01/12/91)
In order to preserve the original DOS path after Logout, we use the
strategy of always using MAP INSERT for creating new search drives.
This will preserve the DOS 'search drives' (entries in path variable)
while you are logged in, and when Logout deletes the NetWare search
drives from the path, the DOS entries will be left untouched.
Here's my login script:
map display off
REM ***** My preferred mappings
map root F:=sys:users/bdelvecc
map M:=proj:nw386
map G:=proj:nw386/devenv
map N:=proj:nw386/devenv/nlm
map p:=proj:nw386/bdv/stack
map root S:=proj:nw386/stack
map H:=s:sys/h
map I:=s:include
map J:=g:include
map L:=s:lib
map R:=S:release/v0300b9
REM ***** Search mappings;
REM ***** always use MAP INS to preserve original DOS path
map ins s4:=sys:public
map ins s4:=proj:nw386/bdv/wv
map ins s4:=g:bin
map ins s4:=sys:local/bin
map ins s4:=f:bin
REM ***** Try to attach to wc-fields *****
if "%P_STATION" != "00001B02FF4C" then begin
attach wc-fields/bdelvecc
if "%ERRORLEVEL" == "0" then begin
map rem z:
map t:=wc-fields/sys:system
map insert s4:=wc-fields/sys:public
end
end
drive F:
#sys:public/capture
DOS SET DEV_ENV="M:\\nw386\\devenv"
brian del vecchio; software engineer; novell, inc.; walnut creek, ca, usa;
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[---the opinions expressed are mine...the official Big Red Word may differ---]karinc@isc.intel.com (Karin Coffee) (01/18/91)
In article <2752.278b55af@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes: >I am mystified as to why upon LOGOUT, the DOS PATH is not being reset to >what it was originally before a LOGIN. Any suggestions? I had this problem! The answer has to do with search paths. If you simply do a MAP S1= command, you will lose part of your DOS path. If you do a MAP INSERT S1= command, the search path will be added to your DOS path, and when you logout, your DOS path will still exist. To the best of my knowledge, Novell doesn't state this anywhere in the documentation. I *finally* got the answer from my tech support folks (not Novell). This little problem exists in every version of NetWare that I've seen (Adv.NetWare 2.12 and 2.15C, NetWare 386 3.0 and 3.1). Adding INS to each mapping solved the problem. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Karin Coffee Intel Supercomputer Systems Division Network/System Administration 15201 NW Greenbrier Parkway The LAN Lords Beaverton, OR 97201 karinc@isc.intel.com (503) 629-7693 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-