Login Script Variables

Novell® Application LauncherTM/Explorer supports many, but not all, login script variables. The following is a list of supported login script variables and what they mean. Alternate variable names are shown in parentheses.

Login Script Variable Description
COMPUTER_NAME The name of the computer. For example: work_pc.
DAY Numeric day of the month. For example: 01, 10, 15.
FILESERVER (FILE_SERVER) Name of the NetWare® file server or NDS® monitored connection. For example: APPS_PROD.
FULL_NAME Full name attribute of the User object. This is supported by virtue of Application Explorer's support for NDS attributes from the User object.
HOUR24 (24HOUR) Time of the day according to a 24-hour clock. For example: 02, 05, 14, 22.
HOUR (HOURS) Hour of the day. For example: 0 = 12, 13 = 1.
LAST_NAME Last name of the current user (also known as the user's NDS Surname attribute). For example: Jones.
LOGIN_NAME First eight bytes of the user's NDS object name. For example: jsmith.
MINUTE (MINUTES) Current minute. For example: 02, 59.
MONTH Current month number. For example: 01 for January.
NDAY_OF_WEEK Numeric day of the week. For example: 1 for Sunday, 2 for Monday.
NETWORK (NETWORK_ADDRESS) Workstation network address. For example: 01010120.
OS_VERSION Version of the OS. For example: v5.00 (Win3x shows the DOS version, Win 95/98 and Win NT/2000 show the Windows* version).
OS OS type. For example: MSDOS, WIN95/98, WINNT, WIN2000. (Win3x shows MSDOS.)
PLATFORM Platform running. For example: WIN, W95/98, WNT, W2000.
PHYSICAL_STATION (P_STATION) MAC address. For example: 0000C04FD92ECA.
REQUESTER_CONTEXT Context of the requester for the selected tree.
SECOND (SECONDS) Number of seconds. For example: 03, 54.
SHORT_YEAR Short year number. For example: 97, 00.
WINVER Windows version. For example: v3.11, v4.00.
WORKSTATION_ID The name of the workstation object.
WORKSTATION_TREE The name of the tree in which the workstation is located.
WORKSTATION_DN The distinguished name and context of the workstation object.
YEAR Full year number. For example: 2000, 2001.

Unsupported Login Script Macros
The following is a list of login script macros that Application Launcher/Explorer does not support:

ACCESS_SERVER
AM_PM
DAY_OF_WEEK
DIALUP
ERROR_LEVEL
GREETING_TIME
LOCATION
LOGIN_ALIAS_CONTEXT
LOGIN_CONTEXT
MACHINE
MONTH_NAME
NEW_MAIL
OFFLINE
PASSWORD_EXPIRES
REQUESTER_VERSION
SHELL_VERSION
SMACHINE
STATION
USERID


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